Nashville Venues Win Arena and Club of the Year at IEBA Honors: Full Winners List

Two Nashville venues – the Brooklyn Bowl Nashville and Bridgestone Arena – were honored astatine the 2025 IEBA Honors & Awards ceremony, which was held connected Tuesday (Oct.7) astatine the Grand Hyatt successful Nashville. Comedian Dusty Slay hosted the ceremony, which capped a three-day IEBA conference. IEBA (International Entertainment Buyers Association) is the starring commercialized enactment for unrecorded amusement manufacture professionals.

“These awards are genuinely peculiar due to the fact that they are selected by those who cognize the enactment best—their peers,” IEBA enforcement manager Brian Wagner said successful a statement. “They observe the visionary minds and tireless leaders moving retired of the spotlight who, with each show, propel our manufacture forward.”

The lawsuit besides honored the induction of 2 caller members into the IEBA Hall of Fame: Nederlander Concerts CEO Alex Hodges and legendary performance promoter Chuck Morris. The Hall of Fame was established successful 2010.

IEBA’s 56th yearly league volition beryllium again beryllium held astatine the Grand Hyatt & The Pinnacle Nashville Oct. 4-6, 2026.

Here’s a implicit database of 2025 nominees, with winners marked.

Club of the year

    9:30 Club

    Billy Bob’s Texas

    WINNER: Brooklyn Bowl Nashville

    City Winery New York City

    First Avenue

    Joe’s Live 

    The Sylvee

Casino of the year

    Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant     

    Foxwoods Resort Casino

    Fallsview Casino Resort

    Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol

    WINNER: Mohegan Sun     

    Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort 

    Thunder Valley Casino Resort 

    Yaamava’ Resort & Casino    

Theater of the year

    ACL Live

    Altria Theater    

    Beacon Theatre

    Charleston Music Hall

    WINNER: Fox Theater Atlanta

    The Paramount (Huntington, NY)

    YouTube Theater

Arena of the year

    WINNER: Bridgestone Arena

    Climate Pledge Arena

    Crypto.com Arena

    Intuit Dome

    Madison Square Garden

    Moody Center

    Target Center

Amphitheater of the year

    Ascend Amphitheater

    The Gorge

    WINNER: The Greek Theatre

    Koka Booth Amphitheatre

    The Orion Amphitheater

    Pine Knob Music Theatre

    The Salt Shed

Fair/Expo of the year

    The Big E

    California Mid-State Fair

    Iowa State Fair

    Orange County Fair

    State Fair of Texas

    Wilson County/Tennessee State Fair

    WINNER: Wisconsin State Fair   

Festival of the year

    WINNER: Austin City Limits Festival

    BottleRock Napa Valley

    Lollapalooza (Chicago)

    Louder Than Life

    Newport Folk Festival

    Rock the Country

    Stagecoach

Club purchaser of the year

    Jacki Becker, Mammoth Live

    Bobby Clay, C3 Presents

    Vickie Gordon, MassConcerts

    Jen Hass, 9:30 Club

    Colin Keegan, Live Nation

    Jesse Sherman &am...