*** MEDIA ALERT ***
For Immediate Release: February 19, 2014
Kathy Embry
Director of Marketing & Sales
812-435-5770 x 212
kembry@smgevansville.com
SMG Announces IOGA 68th Annual
Convention To Visit
Old National Events Plaza
Evansville, IN – Thursday & Friday, March 6 & 7, Old National Events Plaza welcomes guests from throughout
the United States to attend the Illinois Oil & Gas Associations 68th Annual Convention and Trade Show. The
national event will host an estimated 700 attendees.
The IOGA Convention and Trade Show will have 91 Exhibitors booths with the opportunity to network with
people from all over the US. Technical programs are also offered. The event moved from Mt. Vernon, IL to
Evansville in 1981.
This event will have a positive economic impact on the tri-state as out of town guests will fill more than 390
room nights and will rely on local businesses to accommodate their needs during their stay in Evansville.
General Manager, Darren Stearns remarked, “SMG is proud to host this event at the Old National Events Plaza,
for the fifth consecutive year, with direct expenditures of nearly $185,000 to our community.”
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About SMG - Founded in 1977, SMG provides management services to more than 230 public assembly facilities including convention
and exhibition centers, arenas, stadiums, theatres, performing arts centers, equestrian facilities, science centers and a variety of
other venues. With facilities across the globe, SMG manages more than 14.4 million square feet of exhibition space and over 1.75
million sports and entertainment seats. As the recognized global industry leader, SMG provides venue management, sales,
marketing, event booking and programming, construction and design consulting, and pre-opening services for such landmark
facilities as McCormick Place & Soldier Field in Chicago, Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Houston’s Reliant Park and the
Mercedes-Benz Superdome. SMG also offers food and beverage operations through its concessions, catering and special events
division, SAVOR, currently servicing more than 100 accounts worldwide. For more information visit www.smgworld.com.
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