2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Madeline Mims
MADELINE MIMSCreative Brand & Content Manager Legends | ASM Global LEARNING THE ROPESHosting everything from Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” to a local hot tub expo. For a lot of people in the live entertainment industry, the career journey begins…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Erin Prober
ERIN PROBERVP, National PartnershipsOak View Group FIRST & 10 “High school and college football inspired me to work in live – the culture, comradery, and feeling of being a part of something bigger.” FireAid — the massive, two-venue, six-hour concert…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Mac Sellars
MAC SELLARSStrategy & Innovation Lead r.World A HIGHER PURPOSEOnly Pollstar NextGen honoree to graduate from Harvard Divinity School. Though he’s a lifelong musician, Mac Sellars has found his niche in live in a totally different place: helping venues cut down…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Ciera Culcasi
CIERA CULCASI Sustainability ManagerOak View Group / Moody Center PUTTING IT IN CHARLI XCX TERMS “Protecting the planet is brat.” To make it in most lines of work, you must not be afraid to get your hands dirty and start…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Jenny Ice
JENNY ICESenior Director, Event OperationsCiti Field / New York Mets MS. METHas been with MLB team 11 years. Although only 31 years old, Jenny Ice has become a stadium events veteran at Citi Field, with 11 years under her belt…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Scott Newman
SCOTT NEWMANVice President, Strategy & Growth313 Presents HIS THOUGHTS ON P!NK“There’s no other performer like her.” A rolling stone gathers no moss, and Detroit entertainment powerhouse 313 Presents is hard at work to make sure to continue growing and elevating…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Becky Rosen-Checa
BECKY ROSEN-CHECATalent BuyerGoldenvoice WHAT PROMPTED HER TO LEAVE SOUL-SUCKING ADVERTISING JOB? Seeing Sufjan Stevens at the Hollywood Bowl. Like many industries, there are barriers to entry in the world of live music. However, rather than the time and money needed…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Shannon Saunders
SHANNON SAUNDERSAgent, Head of Nashville InternationalWME THUNDER DOWN UNDER & LONDONERSLuke Combs shakes up Australian stadiums, while Zach Bryan headlines BST Hyde Park in London. Country music continues on a red-hot tear across the U.S. and the world, and WME’s…
2025 Impact NextGen Honoree: Vilona Trachtenberg
VILONA TRACHTENBERG Live Events Marketing ManagerBuffalo Sabres RECENT HALLMARK HIGHLIGHTGeorge Strait closing out the old Highmark Stadium. As the Pollstar Impact: NextGen list looks to usher in a new era of live industry leaders, Vilona Trachtenberg is already well on…
Sphere Entertainment Posts Surprise Earnings Win, Updates On Mini-Spheres
Shares of Sphere Entertainment stock soared in early trading Monday after the company — the parent of both the eponymous Las Vegas venue and the MSG family of TV networks — posted a massive earnings surprise in the second quarter.…
Chance The Rapper Announces ‘And We Back Tour’
After appearing at Lollapalooza two weekends ago, Chance The Rapper announced his “And We Back Tour.” The Live Nation-produced 15-date trek kicks off on Sept. 26 in Houston with stops in Atlanta, New York City, Toronto, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco…
EXIT Defies Pressure To Make 25th Anniversary A Reality
EXIT festival celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, July 10-13, at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia. To unsuspecting bystanders, it may have looked like an ordinary EXIT edition, but nothing could have been further from the truth. As Pollstar…
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