By Jana DeGeorge On Thursday, October 3, Simmons Bank assumed naming rights to Verizon Arena, which is now Simmons Bank Arena. The event comes nearly a year after the bank’s November 2018 announcement of a $10.5 million deal to acquire naming rights to the 18,000 seat multi-purpose ar

Sports & Entertainment General Manager Barry Geisler will retire after 34 years at EagleBank Arena on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, at the end of the year. Geisler began his career in 1982 at the Oakland Coliseum and subsequently became an event coor

By Jana DeGeorge Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, was the latest venue to receive quality Situational Awareness and Trained Crowd Manager training from IAVM Director of Education/Life Safety Mark Herrera. COURSE OVERVIEW Situational Awareness: This course is designed to e

By Greg Johnson A coordinated process for NCAA championship bids in all three divisions will be used to award more than 500 preliminary and final host sites for the 2022-23 through 2025-26 academic years. While information has been available at ncaa.org/bids, the bid portal for those

Boise State Athletics has reached an agreement with ExtraMile Convenience Stores, LLC, to change the name of Taco Bell Arena to ExtraMile Arena, Director of Athletics Curt Apsey announced. During the 15-year, $8.4 million agreement for ExtraMile Arena, Boise State will receive more th