Tag Archive for: Von Braun Center

Welcome to Mars: VBC’s New Out of This World Music Hall

Welcome to Huntsville, Rocket City USA and home to all things related to space. What better way to ring in the New Year than with a grand opening of a music venue with a name to match? Introducing the Von Braun Center’s newest gem: Mars Music Hall. It’s been just a little over a year […]

Ground-breaking Constellation Project Taking Shape

It took more than a decade’s worth of sweat and tears for Scott McLain, but he’s finally able to harvest the fruits of his labor with Constellation. The multi-use development will be breaking ground next month on an apartment complex and that’s just the first of several projects planned at the Clinton Avenue-South Memorial Parkway […]

Cirque du Soleil ‘Axel’ Balances Artistry, Athleticism and Logistics

Thrilling production called ‘Ice Capades on Steroids’

Nielsen joins VBC as Marketing, Public Relations Manager

Samantha Nielsen has been named the marketing and public relations manager for the Von Braun Center. Nielsen will manage internal and external communications, including media relations and advertising campaigns for the VBC. A native of Huntsville, Nielsen was the director of communications for the Huntsville Museum of Art and also assisted the marketing and public […]

MDA Director: We Can Sleep Knowing We are Protected

It was a simple question from a Nevada congressman to the director of the Missile Defense Agency: “Am I protected?” “Yes.” “I gave that answer because I have the utmost confidence in those soldiers sitting at the console,” MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill said Thursday at the 22nd Space & Missile Defense Symposium. Hill […]

The ‘Final Frontier’ is a ‘Warfighting Domain’

Science fiction met science reality Monday in the Rocket City.

And no punches were pulled when it came to discussing national defense at the 22nd Space & Missile Defense Symposium. The symposium runs through Thursday at the Von Braun Center downtown.

Huntsville’s Magic Number for Downtown Hotel Rooms is 1,000

The newest edition to Huntsville’s skyline is only one of many new hotels planned for downtown. City planners don’t plan to stop until they reach 1,000. Not the number of hotels, obviously, but the number of hotel rooms available in the center of the city for highly-attended events. The AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown, a Marriott […]

Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Announces 2019 Best Places to Work

The employees have spoken. Well, they voted, actually, on the best places to work in Madison County. The Huntsville-Madison County Chamber announced the winners of its annual Best Places to Work Awards at a recent luncheon held in the Von Braun Center. Businesses of all sizes are represented in five categories ranging from fewer than 25 […]

Multi-use development planned for former Coca-Cola plant site

For some time, there have been questions and rumors about the site of the former Coca-Cola plant on Clinton Avenue. Now, the questions have been answered and rumors dispelled. Rocket Development Partners of New York City owns the 13-acre property and have a vision for its use. “There’s going to be a mixed-use development on […]

Ahead of Spring Opening, AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown Taking Reservations

It hasn’t opened, yet, but Huntsville’s newest hotel is taking reservations. The AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown, the first AC Hotels by Marriott in Alabama, said reservations are being accepted ahead of its spring opening. The six-story hotel is across the street from the Von Braun Center and is the first tenant for CityCentre at Big Spring, […]