William Arthur “Bud” Cunningham, of Manteca, California, born on June 29, 1928 in Newark, New Jersey, passed away peacefully at age 89 on May 8, 2018. William is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Theresa Cunningham. Mary and Bud moved to Manteca in 2001 – after

Yesterday was a difficult and sad day at IAVM with word received of the passing of two of the greatest men to serve in the history of the public assembly venue industry and within the Association in Ray Ward, CVE, and William “Bill” Cunningham, CVE. Ray Ward passed away on

To get your customers to show up at your arena and open their wallets, there is first the little matter of getting them to invest with their time. It’s a jungle out there, and one that marketing, branding, and creativity expert Ron Tite knows too well. Tite, found and CEO of Chu

Dasha Kelly gets the performing arts world. She totally understands what it takes for those venues to become “satellites for transformation” to become fresh, energetic, and, perhaps most important, relevant. “For the past 20 years, I have existed in the performing ar

VenueConnect 2018 is an outstanding opportunity to check one more item off your “Golf Bucket List.” We are sure that “Playing a Round of Golf in Canada” is on that list! On Sunday, July 22nd, the annual IAVM Foundation Golf Tournament will tee off from Lionhead Golf and Country Club’s