Food and Beverage
Has a permanent stage and permanent seats with a sloped floor.
There are three "best times" to sell merchandise at an event
Ingress, intermission, and egress
This department is in charge keeping the venue clean and sanitized
Housekeeping
This type of seating allows attendees to pick their own seat on a first-come-first-served basis
What is general admission
The word for the the rope and pulley system for chain motors to suspend sound and lights
Rigging
Time and Space
What are a venues most important commodities?
(also accept what are we selling or what is Booking the venue)
As ride-share apps like Uber and Lyft gain more and more popularity, venues might start to see a decrease in this type of ancillary revenue
Parking
These two departments have two distinct areas of responsibility- the physical venue upkeep/maintenance and the delivery of events
Engineering and Operations
This, the act of reselling a ticket for a higher price than the original face value, is done mostly online now
Ticket scalping
An RFP, short for this phrase, is a business document that announces a project and solicits bids from qualified contractors
Request for Proposal
Food & Beverage, merchandise, parking
What are Ancillary Revenues?
Additional revenue most often seen at weddings and other formal social events
Decorating services
Engineers, housekeeping, stagehands, operations, and carpenters are examples of this type of employee
Back of house
This person is assigned to a section and keeps others from sitting in your seat
Who is an usher
This is the name for the document created by an artist, explaining in detail each element required of the venue
Rider
Hotel Rooms, Food, Gas, Retail spending in a City.
What is Economic Impact?
An option for a more private event viewing experience, and is considered an additional revenue stream for venues
Premium suites
The goal of this person is to plan and prepare for every situation, so the customer and client can focus on their event
Event Manager
For the safety of attendees and the venue, purchasing a ticket to an event is considered a this kind of contract
Revocable
Real estate, furniture, fixtures, equipment and major repairs are examples of
Capital expenditures
Revenue Bonds, General obligation bond, TIF Districts
What are venue financing options?
The main revenue source for all type of venues
What is Food and Beverage
This department - or arm of the Events Department - is the eyes and voice of the venue
What is Guest Services
This two word phrase refers to the initial inventory of seats for an event
Ticket Manifest
These types of documents, never seen by the attendees, include BEOs, event files, event timelines and diagrams/ floorplans
Internal planning documents