The Metro Board of Fair Commissioners heard operations and personnel updates including a new hire in event services, facility maintenance plans and coordination with summer events.

The updates matter because a busy summer schedule — including Nashville SC matches and FIFA activity — requires staffing, building repairs and close coordination among campus partners.

Laura Romack, executive director, said Darren Howard will transfer from Municipal Auditorium to serve as event services manager later this month and that Ryan Jensen will become event services director and act as Romack’s backup. Romack said operations will use building downtime to perform deep cleaning, crack filling, restroom floor resurfacing and to repair an overhead door in Expo 1. She also said the facility has a major HVAC project with Trane to address cooling for summer months.

Campus scheduling adjustments were described in light of an upcoming FIFA match at Geodis Park: staff moved a flea-market load-in a day earlier to avoid ingress conflicts and said they are coordinating closely with Nashville Soccer Club. No votes were taken; these were informational staff reports and the board asked staff to circulate a holistic scheduling overview of how dates are allocated across campus venues.