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Steve Peters, CVE, Honored As IAVM


Foundation Legacy Award Recipient


By Amy Fitzpatrick


 - tion announced Steve Peters, CVE, as the 2018 Legacy Award Recip- ient. Peters is the founder and President of VenuWorks.  -


   objectives of the IAVM Foundation, leaving a legacy for the advance- ment of the venue management industry. -


       impact towards the mission and objectives of the IAVM Foundation,” said Kathryn Eades, IAVM Foundation Director of Development. “Steve Peters, a valued member of IAVM and supporter of the Foun- dation, truly embodies those qualities and is a tremendous industry leader.” Peters has over 40 years in the venue management industry. He be-


      named the National Director of Operations for Ogden Entertain- ment, Inc., and served as opening director of the Target Center in    create VenuWorks. Stephanie Curran, CVE, chair


of the Foundation Board of Trustees, remarked that “Steve Peters has been a valuable mem- ber of IAVM and investor in the Foundation and our industry. We are fortunate to have someone of his caliber making our indus- try better through his leadership and leaving a strong legacy for IAVM” “I have known Steve for over 30 years and know him to be a man of


Peters’ passion for the venue management industry can be seen in the success of the company he founded, VenuWorks. Starting from a desk in the basement of the Peters home, VenuWorks has grown to become the management company of choice for over forty venues in twenty US markets. He created VenuWorks Sports, a subsidiary   of the Evansville Thunderbolts of the Southern Professional Hockey League.


Steve’s lifelong passion for live theatre resulted in the cre- ation of VenuWorks Theatricals,


“IAVM has been a very important part of my professional, and my personal life for


over forty years. You might say IAVM has become a part of my DNA. I am thrilled to be able to give back to IAVM, through the Foundation, at this stage in my life.”


- my Koolbeck, CVE, IAVM Board of Directors 2nd Chair. “Steve’s passion for the industry sets the direction for his continual support of the Foundation, both professionally and personally. Most recently,   the Association through the Foundation. Coupled with the incredible attributes mentioned, Steve is a tremendous advocate for IAVM’s con-   


      Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Re- vival of a Play for co-producing You Can’t Take It with You on Broadway, starring James Earl Jones.


“I am humbled, and very


honored to receive the Legacy Award,” stated Peters. “IAVM has been a very important part


of my professional, and my personal life for over forty years. For many years we planned our family vacations around the annual conference. My kids grew up in the business, and now three of them are involved in our company. You might say IAVM has become a part of my DNA. I am thrilled to be able to give back to IAVM, through the Foundation, at this stage in my life.” FM


Peters is a Past President of the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), and received their highest honor, the Charles A. McElravy Award for lifetime achievement in 2015.


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