Billboard magazine published a great story yesterday in which several arena executives were asked what it takes to run a successful venue in today’s competitive touring business. One of the executives was IAVM member Sean Saadeh, senior vice president of programming at the Barcl

Congratulations to two of our member venues for being named on Convene‘s “2014 Best in Show” list. The San Jose Convention Center (pictured above) was named as one of the best high-tech venues. “The San Jose Convention Center, which is currently building out 16

Two of my favorite things are music and sports, and when the two come together, it’s like flight, magical and mesmerizing. So what James Murphy is doing in partnership with IBM and the US Open is very interesting because it’s a new way to experience an event. Murphey, form

2014 Arena Management Conference September 14-16 / Hyatt Regency Long Beach, California www.iavm.org/AMC

The photos are starting to roll in from VenueConnect 2014, and we’re putting them on our Facebook page for everyone to enjoy. What, you don’t follow IAVM on Facebook? You really should. It’s one of many channels we use to highlight news, members, events, and venues.