Best Practices for Booking and Scheduling: An Interview with Bredan Buckley

Chad S. Seifried

Many sport and entertainment management scholars and practitioners are extremely interested in the various activities involved with successfully booking acts for venues. As an example, recent technological and industry-level developments present the act of booking and scheduling as dynamic and requiring innovative and adaptive employees. This section contains an interview with Brendan Buckley, vice president of Columbus Arenas Sports & Entertainment in Columbus, Ohio, a joint operation between Nationwide Arena and the Jerome Schottenstein Center, about the current and future direction of booking and scheduling events for arenas. Buckley also provides recommendations or best practices to consider for sport and entertainment management practitioners.