Tag Archive for: Von Braun Center

Madison County Tourism Impact Exceeds $2 Billion

The Alabama Tourism Department released its 2022 Alabama Tourism Economic Report, which shows that the travel and tourism industry in Madison County has surpassed previous estimates and brought in $2.1 billion dollars in tourism revenue.  This represents a 20% increase of the 2021 figures.  With a record 3.9 million visitors in 2022, Madison County became […]

Fifteen Companies Acknowledged as Huntsville’s Best Places to Work

The Huntsville-Madison County Chamber held a luncheon on Wednesday at the Von Braun Center to celebrate the best of the best when it comes to the workplace. The Best Places to Work Awards were determined by the results of employee surveys. Over 9000 employees representing 109 companies participated in the confidential surveys which were tabulated […]

C-USA Basketball Championships moving to Huntsville, Von Braun Center

Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod announced yeserday that the 2024 and 2025 Conference USA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships will be hosted at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, in partnership with the Huntsville/Madison County CVB, the Huntsville Sports Commission and Knight Eady. The multi-year agreement is for two seasons with an opportunity to extend. “We […]

Tuberville highlights Space Command and Russia at Chamber’s Washington Update

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville touched on a handful of topics last Wednesday during his address to local business and civic leaders, including the delayed transfer of the U.S. Space Command, national security and helping farmers with an enhanced Farm Bill being worked on in Congress. Tuberville spoke for 25 minutes at the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber […]

Havoc Opponent Ceases Operations, SPHL Shuffles Schedules

The Huntsville Havoc will play Birmingham on Friday at the Von Braun Center after its original opponent, Vermillion County, ceased operations Thursday. Vermillion County was headquartered in Danville, Ill. It lasted less than two seasons, with significant team and arena issues from the start. Lack of ice and a Zamboni for players to practice in […]

Von Braun Symposium and Memorial Dinner to Welcome Aerospace Executives and Leaders

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Leading government officials, industry executives, academia and others from the aerospace community will gather at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, for the 15th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium on Oct. 26-28. This year’s theme is “Space at the Table: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Inclusion.” Organized by […]

City Council Members Have Questions Regarding Medical Cannabis

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle unveiled plans that the city might allow medical cannabis if the City Council wanted to move in that direction two days before the bi-weekly meeting of that body. The five council members didn’t demur, but there were questions after City External Relations Officer Henry Thornton’s presentation in favor of legalizing the […]

Investing in the Future: ASCTE Cuts Ribbon on New Campus

Capping off a week of groundbreakings and grand openings, Huntsville celebrated a particularly notable milestone on Friday–the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE), the first school of its type in the nation.  Housed on a 26-acre campus on the corner of Wynn Drive and Bradford Drive in Cummings […]

National Cyber Summit Pushes Past 3,000 Attendees

Judy Darwin and Jamie Miller looked back more than decade and stood in awe of what was happening at the Von Braun Center (VBC) this past week. Darwin served as the 2022 National Cyber Summit Director and President of the Southeastern Cyber Summit Foundation. Miller is the CEO of Mission Multiplier and President of Cyber […]

SAIC supports unique local high school focused on cyber tech, engineering

Technology integrator SAIC announced Wednesday afternoon the company’s continued support of the STEM education and workforce development in Alabama, specifically in the Huntsville region. SAIC, which is headquartered in Virginia but has had a strong presence in the city in Cummings Research Park since the 1980s, is investing $1.5 million in the residential Alabama School […]