By stadiumbusiness.com Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United, has claimed a first for a professional sports stadium after it was awarded Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) precertification for its zero waste efforts. TR

FIFA has decided on the 16 cities that will host the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, with President Gianni Infantino outlining the goal that by the time of the tournament football will be “the No. 1 sport” across North America. The announcement on June 16 in Ne

By Maggie Yu The Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association (“HKECIA”) successfully held the annual conference on 1 June to update members of the latest industry information and trends. The physical conference was hosted at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Cent

By ASM Global As part of ASM Global’s new strategic convention and meeting space initiative, its U.S. Bank Stadium recently hosted VeeCon, the first-ever NFT-ticketed convention, launched by social media mogul Gary Vaynerchuk. Held May 19-22 in Minneapolis, the inaugural VeeCon, produ

By R.V. Baugus Andy Gorchov, General Manager of State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, gets to be the “home team” when VenueConnect rolls into Phoenix in just a month from now. In fact, as this newsletter reaches IAVM members it is in fact one month exactly when Gorchov