By R.V. Baugus In basketball, the term “going coast to coast” refers to taking the ball from one end of the court to the other and usually culminating in a made basket. Sadaf Usmani has moved the term into the public assembly venue world with her career relocation from Met

By R.V. Baugus I first met Neil Campbell back in 1990 or 1991. I take that back, we didn’t actually “meet” but it was through phone calls and likely even a fax or two. I told you it was 1990 or 1991. Neil oversaw the Kingdome in Seattle, home to the NFL Seahawks and

IAVM member Jeff Blosser says he turns away $200 million a year because the Washington State Convention Center is too small for big conventions. For example, a conference of emergency room physicians recently turned down the venue. “That is a show that we know we could get back,

I’d like to point you in the direction of a good article in the Seattle Times that focuses on one of IAVM’s member venues—the KeyArena at Seattle Center. The article discusses how the arena bounced back after the NBA’s Seattle Sonics vacated the venue. “The Low