In response to recent incidents in Baltimore, Maryland, and the ongoing potential for demonstrations and civil unrest to affect the operations of public assembly facilities, IAVM presents a webinar that will share best practices, legal considerations, and actual real-time responses fr

To paraphrase Ferris Bueller: Life moves pretty fast—if you don’t keep up, you could miss out. The venue management industry isn’t immune to the fast-pace of the world around it, which makes a new textbook that much more important. Public Assembly Venue Management: Sports,

We brought up the issue of live-streaming apps a couple of weeks ago here on the blog, and now we have a real-work example of them being used to broadcast a sporting event—the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight on May 2, 2015. “Rather than pay the $100 pay-per-view fee to wat

Exchanging ideas and best practices with members is one of IAVM’s hallmarks, and nowhere is that more prevalent than on VenueNet. Not only is it a great place to pose questions and receive answers, it can also contribute to your overall well-being. According to a new study in th

Some of you, like me, may have never heard of Jorkyball. Well, get ready, because I’m about to tell you about it. It was invented in Europe in the late 1980s. It’s a two-person-to-a-side football (soccer) game played in a 10-meter x 5-meter court surrounded by 3-meter high