2026 Industry Award nominees
CASINO OF THE YEAR
Choctaw Casino & Resort
Deadwood Mountain Grand
Firekeepers Casino Hotel
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Parx Casino Thunder Valley Casino Resort
Yaamava' Resort & Casino
Theater of the Year
ACL Live
Altria Theater
Beacon Theater
Capital One Hall
Peacock Theater
Sound Board Detroit
Arena of the Year
Barclays Center
Climate Pledge Arena
Desert Diamond Arena
Madison Square Garden
Moody Center
Target Center
Amphitheater of the Year
Acrisure Amphitheater
Ascend Amphitheater
The Gorge Amphitheatre
Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Mystic Lake Amphitheater
Santa Barbara Bowl
Fair/Expo of the Year
The Big E!
California Mid-State Fair
Minnesota State Fair
Orange County Fair
New York State Fair
Festival of the Year
Bourbon & Beyond
Coachella
Country Thunder Wisconsin
Lollapalooza
Louder than Life
Summerfest Milwaukee
Club Buyer of the Year
Margaret Galton, C3
Sonia Grover, First Ave
Martin Kamau, NS2
Colin Keegan, Live Nation
Chris McLane , AEG Presents
Casino Buyer of the Year
Drew Dixon, Yaamava' Resort & Casino
Kell Houston, Houston Productions
Joe Moallempour, Danny Wimmer Presents
Lori Otelsberg, Signature Events
Helmut Perzi, Parx Casino
Lisa Romeo, Fran Romeo Agency
Corporate Buyer of the Year
EastCoast Entertainment
Fran Romeo Agency
G7
Gulf Coast Entertainment
Kerr Entertainment
International Buyer of the Year
Kelly Berehulka, Club Regent Event Centre
Jim Cressman, Invictus
Simon Moran, SJM
Donna Zanetti, ZImagined
Fair/Expo Buyer of the Year
Crystle Carlson, Fran Romeo Agency
Carly Dibble, Romeo Entertainment Group
John Juliano, Mellowship Entertainment
Lisa Sexton, OC Fair
Justine Vergeer, Variety Attractions
Young Professional of the Year
Lauren Cunningham, WME
Taylor Fennell, Moody Center
David Green, Thunder Ridge Amp
Erin Patterson, Day After Day Productions
Ben Sauberman, Universal Attractions Agency
Spencer Zubrow, Pinnacle Entertainment
Festival Buyer of the Year
Brad Coombs, Meridian Entertainment Inc.
Amy Bryan Fosgate, Activated Events
Andrew Fortin, Neste Live!
Tom Hoppa, Danny Wimmer Presents
Huston Powell, C3 Presents
Del Williams, Danny Wimmer Presents
Venue Executive of the Year
Zane Collings - Amerant Bank Arena & War Memorial Auditorium
David Kells, Bridgestone Arena
Jeff Nickler, Moody Center
Amy Rahja, Target Center
Chris Semrau, Paycom Center OKC
Boutique Agency Agent of the Year
Heath Baumhor - Reliant Talent
Sullivan Bigg, BTE
Bruce Solar - Paladin Artists
Ricky Regalado, Universal Attractions Agency
Frank Riley, High Road Touring
Club of the YeaR
9:30 Club
Boeing Center at Tech Port
First Avenue
Lori's Roadhouse
Music Farm
The Pinnacle Nashville
Music & Entertainment Industry Educator of the Year
Gloria Green - Middle Tennessee State University
Kevin Lyman, University Southern California
Pam Matthews - Belmont University
Nick Martucci - Universal Attractions Agency/Pace University
Ed Traversari - Point Park University
Major Agency Agent of the Year
Becky Gardenhire - WME
Adam Kornfeld, IAG
Mario Tirado - CAA
Kevin Shivers - The Team
Elisa Vazzana - UTA
Promoter of the Year
Adam Weiser
Darin Lashinsky, NS2
Patrick McDill - Live Nation
Rich Schaefer - AEG Presents
Mike Smardack - Outback
Danny Wimmer, DWP
Aaron Zimmerman, Gate52