By Blair Cardinal Entertainment booking veteran Joe Giordano has been named vice president of Oak View Group’s Arena & Stadium Alliance, a collection of the top 38 venues in North America that provides a platform for booking, content development, procurement, and sponsorship sale

Sara Beatty, CVP, has been named Director of Theater Operations at Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Her expanded role includes financial, contract, and programmatic management of ticketed events at the venue. Beatty has been part of the Kauffman Center staff sinc

By Mary Klida Karen Totaro, CVE, general manager for ASM Global, announced Freeman as the exclusive electric service provider in Huntington Place in Detroit. For almost a century, Freeman has been servicing trade shows, conferences, and events across the country, and is an electric se

By Jim Kelley As in-person events continue to return, Fern, the leading provider of exhibition and event services, has announced two new hires and a promotion on its management team. Stuart Stapp has joined the company as the General Manager of the Kansas City branch; Jason Axtman has

Long-time IAVM member Frank Rodriguez, who opened the Wheeling Civic Center in 1976, passed away on March 13. He was 93. “Frank was a long-time member of the Association and served two years on the IAAM board in the late 70’s or early 80’s as well as being a leader in Dist