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Reports on Bradley Center's addition of the Arena Football League expansion team Milwaukee Mustangs to its roster of tenants. Mustangs as the fourth professional sports team to call Bradley Center home; Marquette University's playing of its men's home basketball games at the facility; Challenge of scheduling the four teams; Concerts; Leasing of the building's 68 suites.

Reports on the plan of Alpine Amusements carnival group to expand its itinerary in Wisconsin. Reason for the expansion plan; Projections on the financial results of Alpine in fiscal 2002; Short list of carnival equipment which Alpine plans to acquire in 2003.

Reports on the attendance records at the Wisconsin State Fair from August 1 to 11, 2002. Total number of people who attended the fair; Admission fees; Earnings of the Wisconsin Bakers Association; Carnival gross of Murphy Bros. Exposition; Performers at the fair.

Focuses on the decision of Wisconsin Exposition Center to open bids for a third party concessionaire for foodservices at its fairgrounds facilities in Wisconsin. Concessionaires who plan to bid for the facility; Capital improvement project of the fair; Information on the third party vendors of the exposition center.

Reports on the opening of the season of Alpine Amusements at the Wisconsin State Fair Park from May 4 to 5, 2002. Reasons for opening the carnival during the Cinco de Mayo Festival; Features of the carnival; Problems encountered during the set-up of the carnival.

Focuses on the contract of Jerry Murphy, owner and operator of Murphy Bros. Enterprises, with the Wisconsin State Fair. Intent of fair officials to renegotiate the deal; Decrease in midway business experienced by Murphy Bros.; Game concessionaires at the state fair.

Reports that Alpine Amusements will team up with Tip Top Shows fielding many rides and attractions from July 25 to 29, 2001 at the Jefferson County Fair in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Comments of Alpine operator/owner Don Massie III on Tip Top; Details on Alpine's Waymatic ticket booth/office trailer.

Reports the 2000 Wisconsin State Fair blackout on August 4, 2000 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Effect of the blackout on the state fair; Information on the freebie given by the state fair on August 8, 2000; Views of Rick Bjorklund, Wisconsin State Fair executive director, on the blackout.

Focuses on the Murphy Bros. Enterprises carnival location at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin. Information on the renovations of the park; Amusement rides for the state fair.

Interviews Dick Geyer, a veteran building manager and president of the Wisconsin Center District, about private venue management. Career background; His opinion on the consolidation of Aramark/Ogden and SMG/Leisure Management International; Information on his company; His contribution to the private management of Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Midwest Express Center convention facility, United States Cellular Arena and Milwaukee Auditorium.

Deals with the planned renovation for the Lambeau Field of the Green Bay Packers football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Cost and financing of the renovation; Details on the proposal; Issue of naming rights.

Details the closure of stadiums of three Major League Baseball teams in the United States and their revenues during the 1998 final season. County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin owned by the Milwaukee Brewers; 3Com Park in San Francisco California owned by San Francisco Giants; Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan owned by Detroit Tigers.

Focuses on the activities held at university arenas in the United States. Information on the Value City Arena at the Ohio State University; Details about the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison; Events held at the Bryce Jordan Center at the Pennsylvania State University-State College; Information about the Stabler Arena at Lehigh University.

Discusses the business performance of Peoples Shows of Ripon, Wisconsin in 1998. Problems encountered by the show; History of the company; Rides featured in the show.

Discusses the reorganization within the family of the owners of Earl's Rides in Larsen, Wisconsin. Appointment of Doug and Jake Fink and their wives to manage the business; How the show was founded; How the show operates.

Reports on the decline in attendance at the 1995 Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee, because of heat and storms. Fair's signing of a 12-year lease with Jerry Pendleton's Skyfair Inc. to improve the State Fair Park; Expansion of public transportation to get people to the park; Addition of automated teller machines; New attractions in the State Fair Park.

Reports on the announcement of grandstand talent lineup dominated by country artists for the 1995 Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis on August 3-13. Ticket prices; Booking of talents by Jam Productions; New attractions for this year's fair; Mega Pass Ride which covers all rides and admission; Capital improvements.

Features the Riverside Amusement Park in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Change into a family entertainment center; Competition in the market; Additional revenues expected.

Reports on the plan of Wisconsin Bakers Association (WBA) to renovate the bakery inside the exhibit hall at State Fair Park. Amount invested in the renovation; Production of cream puffs as the fair's trademark; Design and fixture.

Reports on the Wisconsin State Fair held from August 4 to 14, 1994. Target number of attendees; Impact of bad weather on attendance; Musical entertainment at the fair; Daily acts and special events; Traffic flow pattern; Capital improvements.

Provides information on Wenzel Amazements carnival owned by Harlan Wenzel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. How the company was established; Equipment and resources of the company; Attractions at the facility.

Announces the transfer of ownership for the Tommy Bartlett Thrill Show and Robert World & Exploratory in the Dells of the Wisconsin, to Tom and Margaret Diehl after Bartlett's death. Terms of the ownership transfer; Plans of the couple for the thrill show; Inclusion of a tribute to Bartlett in the 1999 show; Themes for the water theatrics staged in 1998.

Reports on the decrease in overall attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 6-16, 1998 due to heavy rains. Federal government's declaration of a state of emergency in some areas in metro Milwaukee; Activities; Entertainment.

Details the opening of the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 24, 1998. Event held to celebrate its opening; Economic benefits of the center to the city; Features of the center; Events to be hosted by the center; Background on the center.

Features Barq's Lounge, an area in the right field bleachers at the County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that was reserved by Coca-Cola Co. for primarily youth groups throughout the state. Affiliation with Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers team; Components of the marketing package for the lounge; Distribution of Barq's Root Beer and hotdogs to those using the lounge; Details about the Wisconsin root beer market.

Focuses on the groundbreaking of the arena that will replace Brown Expo Centre in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Companies who are bidding for the concession management contract of the arena; Terms included in the contract; Obligation of the winning contractor.

Reports about the celebration plans of the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the state in 1998. Information on ceremonies and events to start of the celebration; Sesquicentennial activities at Washington D.C. in the summer of 1998; Marketing efforts of the commission to promote the event.

Reports about the effect of the wet and cold spring and rain to the Rainbow Valley Rides, a Wisconsin-based carnival owned by the Kedrowicz family on its 25th anniversary celebration. Flood and thunderstorms on its Strates Shows; Others event dates for the year; Admission and ride ticket prices.

Reports about the effect of the wet and cold spring and rain to the Rainbow Valley Rides, a Wisconsin-based carnival owned by the Kedrowicz family on its 25th anniversary celebration. Flood and thunderstorms on its Strates Shows; Others event dates for the year; Admission and ride ticket prices.

Reports on the terms of a naming rights contract won by Midwest Express Airlines for the Wisconsin Center and the Milwaukee Exposition & Convention Center & Arena (MECCA) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Promotion of the city's tourist trade; Emphasis on the city's features and advantages as a convention site.

Reports on the increase in attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 1-11, 1996. Fair's food concessionaire Bob Krause's receipt of positive publicity from local television; Companies' expansion of respective pavilions; Grandstand acts at the fair.

Reports on the seventh annual Country Jam USA on July 18-21, 1996 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Country artists featured; Areas where marketing was concentrated on; Number of people who attended; Other highlights of the event.

Reports on the start of the expansion of the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on February 14, 1996. Events scheduled for the renovated building; Financing for the expansion project.

Reports on the introduction of a $4.3 million scoreboard manufactured by Daktronics with Sony's video screens at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Features of the scoreboard; Facility officials' excitement over the installation; Plans for developing a site in the World Wide Web on the Internet; Background on the Bradley Center.

Reports that Fine Host Corp. has been awarded food and beverage management contracts at Midwest convention facilities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Des Moines, Iowa. Fine Host's contracts with Wisconsin Center and Des Moines Convention Center.

In a departure from the $160 million master plan to renovate State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Fair will move its free concert series back into a renovated “Milwaukee Mile” grandstand two years after featuring national acts at a temporary venue. With a seven-figure state budget deficit and State Fair Park laying off employees, new governor James Doyle and new fair board chairman Martin Greenberg will impact further developments. Creating the smaller stage was a success with free acts such as the Doobie Brothers, Neville Brothers, Sara Evans, John Michael Montgomery and Peter Frampton attracting capacity crowds.

Focuses on the attitude of Jim Liebhart and Laura Miller of Watertown, Wisconsin-based company Silver Dollar Shows to make it important to attend Wisconsin Association of Fairs convention. Reasons behind attending the fair meeting; Information about amusement rides and other equipments offered by the company.

Focuses on the concerns expressed by David and Connie Kedrowicz of the A&P Enterprise Shows for the fairs organized in Green Bay, Wisconsin in the year 2003. Uncertainty in the weather conditions; Impact of the war on the attendance in the trade fairs; Schedule for various fairs.

Focuses on rides acquisition plans of Rainbow Valley Rides of Almond, Wisconsin for the year 2003. Rides purchased and sold by the company; Performance of the company in 2002; Partnership plans of the company.

Discusses a vendor relocation program started by Wisconsin State Fair Park officials as part of a capital improvement project to create a year-round operation. Number of buildings which will be torn down; Cost of the improvement project; Features of the fair; Amount invested by Mille's Sausage & Rupena's to renovate its location in 1994; Types of vendors designated by officials.

Presents news briefs on amusement industry in the U.S. as of August 2002. Decision of Triangle Talent's Dave Snowden, talent buyer for the Wisconsin State Fair to book British pop bank BBMak to replace Mystikal on August 9, 2002 Miller Lite Main Stage event; Adjustments made by the Minnesota State Fair; Award to be received by Johnny Cash at the 2002 32nd annual International Entertainment Buyers Association conference.

Announces that the Wisconsin Exposition Center will open on time for the Wisconsin State Fair on August 1-11, 2002. Features of the exposition center; Fair elements in the expo hall; Comments from Kathleen O'Leary, State Fair marketing director.

Focuses on the 30th anniversary of Indianhead Amusements of Spooner, Wisconsin in 2002. Improvements in the park; Management of the park; Comments from Larry Harder, co-owner of the park.

Reports on the 2002 annual convention of the Wisconsin Association of Fairs at the Regency Suites in Green Bay. Host of the convention for three years; Size of the Regency's convention center; Attendance at the convention; Topics discussed.

Discusses the effects of economic crises after the terrorist attacks, on markets that rely on tourist taxes to help finance arena and stadium projects in the United States in 2001. Amount of hotel taxes that the basketball team Orlando Magic plans to use to retrofit the TD Waterhouse Center in Florida; Infrastructure costs of the Soldier Field project in Chicago, Illinois; Renovation cost of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Provides information on the 2001 Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis. Decrease in attendance at the fair; Election of Joe Chrnelich as State Fair Park chief executive officer; Cost of renovation of the fair park.

Features the heavy metal music festival Milwaukee Metalfest in Wisconsin. Admission fee for the festival; Amount spent by Metalfest on talents and airfares; Imported bands that will perform at the festival.

Highlights the Summerfest which was held from June 28 to July 3, 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attendance of the Summerfest; Statistics on Summerfest pins that were sold out during the event; Booking for the Summerfest.

Focuses on the renovation plan of the Wisconsin Center District for Milwaukee Auditorium, which will begin in November 2001. Cost of the renovation; Changes that will be included in the architectural design of the auditorium; Funding for the renovation.

Reports on the master plan for the improved fairgrounds in Wisconsin. Entertainers considered to perform; What might offset building costs; Budget for staging and entertainment.