VenuWorks names Gimenez as Vice President, Event Programming & Content VenuWorks President, Steve Peters, CFE announced the addition of John Gimenez as Vice President of Event Programming and Content. He will be relocating to Ames and begins his new position on July 6. Gimenez joins VenuWorks after working as an agent with The Agency Group, […]
With a heavy heart we share the new that we lost one of our employees over the weekend. Marcus Smith, who was part of our team at the Chesapeake Conference Center, passed away over the weekend in a motorcycle accident. The following is an email that Troy Thorn, the Executive Director for the Chesapeake Conference […]
Ben Bolander Named as Executive Director of Hartman Arena PARK CITY, KS (June 17, 2015) – VenuWorks President, Steve Peters, CFE and Hartman Arena are excited to announce the hiring of Ben Bolander as Executive Director. Bolander has been serving as interim Executive Director since April. Bolander brings extensive experience in building relationships through a […]
Ames Company Backs Tony Winners on Broadway VenuWorks founder and president Steve Peters attended the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall Sunday night with his wife Randi hoping that the three Broadway shows the company backed this season would win their share of Tony Awards. You Can’t Take It with You, staring James Earl […]
HSP Director, Pollock Passes Carol Pollock, longtime venue director and IAVM member passed away unexpectedly on May 15 after suffering complications from pancreatic cancer. She was a trailblazer for women in the venue management industry with her career spanning over three decades. She served as Executive Director of Hoyt Sherman Place, a historic theatre in […]
IOWA GIRLS’ STATE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR IN CEDAR RAPIDS WITH 5-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION Tournament Will Continue to Call U.S. Cellular Center Arena Home Through 2021 November 2015 will mark the 25th year that the Iowa Girls’ State High School Volleyball Tournament will return to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The U.S. Cellular Center, […]
Steve Peters, CFE, Honored by IAVM with the Prestigious Charles A. McElravy Award IAVM Headquarters, Dallas, TX – The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) is pleased to announce Steve Peters, CFE, founder and president of VenuWorks, as the recipient of the 2015 Charles A. McElravy Award. The McElravy Award, named in honor of one […]
Hallgren named Executive Director at Bridge View Center Steve Peters, President of VenuWorks, is pleased to announce Scott Hallgren as the new Executive Director of the VenuWorks-managed, Bridge View Center following City Council approval last night. He replaces Larry Gawronski who is moving into a corporate role. “We are pleased to have Scott continue his work […]
Gawronski Named to Corporate Position Steve Peters, president of VenuWorks, announced that Bridge View Center Executive Director Larry Gawronski will be leaving that post to take a national sales position with the corporate office in Ames, IA. He will continue to serve in his present position until a successor has been named. VenuWorks has begun […]
VenuWorks Dives into Theatrical Producing With National Tour and Broadway Opening VenuWorks, based in Ames, Iowa, has taken the extraordinary step of creating a new subsidiary, and also partnering in the formation of a new company, to produce and co-produce new stage productions for national tour and for Broadway runs. VenuWorks Theatricals, a wholly owned subsidiary […]
