Webinar: Preparing to Reopen Your FEC
1-2 p.m. ET
It’s time to make the call. The decisions to be made are mounting. Which attractions will you open and when? How will you maintain capacity levels? What new hygiene, cleaning, and safety practices will be put into place? Reopening your FEC in the midst of COVID-19 recovery brings a lot of questions. Join a panel of industry professionals to gain insights and address these topics, and more.
Topics covered:
- Things you can do while waiting to reopen
- Protection for Guests and Employees
- Cleaning Practices
- Insurance and Risk
- Financial Preparations
- Marketing, Promotions and Events
Speakers
Erik Beard
Erik Beard is a managing member and general counsel to International Ride Training. He has worked in the amusement industry for over 30 years. Erik began his career working in ride operations for Cedar Fair Entertainment Company at Cedar Point and Worlds of Fun, where he spent 6 years as Manager of Ride Operations and Park Services. He also worked on the pre-opening operations team at Universal’s Islands of Adventure where he had direct responsibility for development of operating procedures for the Lost Continent and Jurassic Park islands and guided numerous attractions through construction, commissioning, and pre-opening training and testing.
After spending 10 years in ride operations, Erik has spent the last 15 years serving the industry in a legal capacity. As a practicing attorney with two of the most sophisticated and well-regarded firms in the Northeast United States, Erik’s practice focused on product liability, amusement/leisure counseling and litigation, and general business litigation. He represented and advised amusement parks, aquatic facilities and industry suppliers with respect to the Americans With Disabilities Act, amusement ride and aquatic safety matters, operational best practices, and in legislative and regulatory matters.
Erik is a frequent speaker at industry events and trade shows, such as IAAPA Expo, World Waterpark Association trade show, and the IROC Safety School, and serves on the Board of Directors of NEAAPA – The Northeast’s Entertainment Association and NAARSO, the North American Government Relations Sub-Committee of IAAPA, the advisory board for the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Services, and the Government Relations Committee for the World Waterpark Association. Erik independently authors The Legal Roller Coaster, a blog specifically devoted to legal issues affecting the amusement and tourism industries. He is a graduate of Catholic University of America and George Mason University School of Law.
Jerry Merola
Preparing Your Venue’s Business Case through Market Analysis
Capital Fundraising Strategy
Tracking Facility Performance through Budgets and Guest Response
Drew Tewksbury
Barry Zelickson
Co-creator of Fun Across America. Additional projects include commercials, infomercials, feature films, documentaries, live events and entertainment centers.
Barry has worked in the the entertainment field for almost 30 years and has been awarded several Brass Ring awards including IAAPA’s highest honors, Family Entertainment Center
of the World.
Brandon Willey
Founder and CEO of Hownd, an experience promotion platform for LBEs and Attractions across the world, Brandon Willey has developed a passion for the attractions industry and experience economy as well as a deep knowledge of the local marketing ecosystem. Brandon is the chair of IAAPA’s FEC/LBE Committee, on the IAM faculty, and can be found at most IAAPA events around the world.
Currently headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, you can connect with him at LinkedIn.com/in/bwilley.