Last night at Astroworld, a festival held at NRG Park in Houston, at least eight people died and more than 300 others received medical treatment in a crowd crush during Travis Scott’s […]
Mandates, Facts, and Objections
In this issue of Adelman on Venues, we are back to all COVID, all the time. This is not to say that the rest of the event world is tranquil […]
Reopening Madness!
I. Yo, privacy advocates – HIPAA does not apply to events I am fascinated by culture “controversies” that amount to little more than Monty Python-style arguments. We seem to have a […]
Vaccine Passports
A few nights ago, I had dinner in a friend’s backyard here in Scottsdale, Arizona. There were about 10 of us. It was a nice night outside. No one wore […]
In Praise of Critical Thinking
“I want what I want when I want it.” This is the inner monologue of every event professional who looks longingly at their empty calendar, at each stress-inducing bank statement, […]
Steve’s Super Picks!
I’m not a betting man, at least not with my own money, but I do have some predictions for Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay […]
Goodbye 2020
Here is a brief photo tour and rant of good riddance to 2020, year of pestilence and plagues. Enjoy one last video from me, number 66 on the year if […]
Dispatches from the Front Lines
For the last several months, I have served as health and safety consultant for a series of outdoor corporate activations. They have been successful, in the sense that no one […]
Vaccines: Liberty Regulated by Law
Like most people, I expect, I am excited by the prospect that a vaccine against COVID-19 will rescue us from this purgatory of a year, perhaps in the relatively near […]
Authority and Responsibility
I often have occasion to insist that the authority to take some action should align with the responsibility for doing so in a reasonable manner. This is the intersection of […]