The Arena Management Conference (AMC) just wrapped up, and among sessions covering branding lessons from U2 and AC/DC, evacuating 50 guests in wheelchairs, the art of building (and negotiating) a new venue, and handling local civil unrest, attendees also looked at upcoming shifts in P

Editor’s note: We used to have an industry news roundup every Friday on this blog; however, it shuffled off, took a nap (because they’re good for you), had a costume change, and reemerged as “News You May Have Missed.” These are selected news articles that show

A stranger chided me for looking at my phone while I was at dinner with my wife two weeks ago. It embarrassed me, but he was correct—here I was eating a nice meal with good company, and I was busy plotting the next point on our trip across New England. I put the phone away; however, I

We invest in what we think is important. In order to better understand what technology upgrades venue managers consider important enough to invest with their people and their cash, VenueDataSource surveyed more than 250 venues to identify the trends that are most common. The recently

A new episode of our monthly podcast, The Venue, will air this Friday, August 28, at 2 p.m. (CST). You can register at this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/50090377894186342 Our guest host will be Jeremy Huelsing, director of finance at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mis