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The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the live entertainment industry and been particularly tough on those charged with marketing and promoting the world’s biggest touring shows. With many of their members facing furloughs or job loss and their annual event indefinitely on hiatus, the Event and Arena Marketing Conference had to get creative to keep their members engaged and connected to the colleagues they can’t see in person.
Enter the Adventures In Venueland podcast, an interview-style bi-monthly show hosted by longtime members
Dave Redelberger, EAMC president with Nationwide Arena and Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio and
Paul Hooper, EAMC vp of marketing and communications who served as marketing and promotions manager at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. and was recently included in a company-wide layoff due to pandemic.