Starplex

Crowd Management Services, a wholly owned division of Starplex Corporation, was founded in January 1979 and incorporated in the State of Oregon. The original intention of Crowd Management Services, or CMS as it has become known, was to provide Peer Group Security for rock concerts and festivals based in Oregon. We served the Portland Memorial Colis... eum exclusively for all rock shows and helped develop new and innovative crowd management procedures. Due to our new approach to crowd management, CMS grew and expanded rapidly in the early 1980's. We opened offices in Spokane, Washington in 1980 when we became the service partner to the Spokane Center and Spokane Coliseum. We expanded services to include guest services, traffic and parking operations, and alcoholic beverage enforcement. By 1990, we managed the majority of crowd events and venues in Oregon and Washington and maintained five regional offices. Starplex Corporation was incorporated as a parent company to Crowd Management Services which allowed us to develop additional services, including consulting, so as to continue leading our industry with innovation. As the 1990's brought change to our industry, Starplex Corporation saw the need to change our focus from that of a crowd management provider to a provider of innovative guest service programs. After studying under the Disney Institute for three years, Starplex / CMS designed and developed new policies and procedures dedicated to positive guest and ambassador satisfaction and experiences. In 2000, Starplex Corporation opened a regional office in Billings, Montana serving the Montana MetraPark and Montana State University in Bozeman. We also took over the crowd management and traffic and parking operations at the annual Alaska State Fair expanding our operation to five states in the Greater Northwest. Today, our six regional offices employ 18 full-time dedicated Crowd Management and Guest Service executives and in excess of 3,000 permanent part-time ambassadors. We are, by far, the largest and most ...Read More