The Arena Management Conference (AMC) takes place this year in Long Beach, California, September 14-16. There are several great educational sessions, including one titled “Sports Bidding/Hosting Process.” It’s a panel discussion moderated by Bredan Buckley, vice pres

The June/July issue of FM magazine is printed and currently mailing. Our cover story is a profile of IAVM’s in-coming chair, Kim Bedier, CFE. Other feature topics include emergency response lessons from commercial airlines, college sports and alcohol, and why you should give a m

There was a lot of news this past week. Here are some stories that caught our eyes. The Broadway Musical Crisis —Commentary “The rise of the commodity musical, then, is at least as much a symptom as it is a disease. Either way, it will probably not be cured in our lifetimes. To

Arcade Fire played in a warehouse in Brooklyn late last year and loved how it felt. That’s when the group turned to its tour production manager, Richard Stembridge, and asked, “How can we take an arena and make it feel like a club?” One way he did that was to lower t

The Colorado Springs World Arena and AEG Facilities announced this week that they have finalized a comprehensive multi-year Venue Services Agreement for the public facility company to provide a diverse range of venue support services that focuses on event booking and sponsorship sales