By R.V. Baugus IAVM member Michael Owens has been named vice president of booking of Oak View Group-managed Moody Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Owens was most recently assistant general manager of Chesapeake Energy Arena, an NBA venue in Oklahoma City, Okl

By Tom Cornwall, CVE I retired from Oilers Entertainment Group in December 2019 after a great 47-year career in sports/entertainment and was fortunate to have been in several unique roles and be involved in several once-in-a-lifetime events along the way. My wife, Betsy, and I had pla

By Andy Malt Plans to build the UK’s biggest arena venue in Manchester have been announced by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff’s Oak View Group. If it gets planning permission, it will hold 2,500 more people than the UK’s current largest, the nearby 21,000 capacity Manchester Arena. Plans

By Larry Solters, Sam Threadgill, and Erik Stein Oak View Group (OVG), the global venue development, advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries, announced respected venue management executive John Bolton, CVE, has joined the company as Senior Vic

The Oak View Group announced the opening of its first international office in London. OVG International will give the company a greater presence in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as well as other key regions. The executive leadership team of OVG International ha