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As of August 2013, AXS was the exclusive or primary ticket provider for over 30 US venues and 9 UK venues. [citation needed] The first Staples Center concert available only through AXS was Beyoncé in 2013; both Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers are still using Ticketmaster. [4]
Ticketmaster and Live Nation has faced backlash for their dynamic pricing system and "platinum" tickets when tickets for Bruce Springsteen's and Blink-182's 2023 tours went on sale in July and October 2022 respectively, which saw fans of both acts criticize prices for random seats across the venue going for hundreds or thousands of dollars ...
Bruno Mars at Park MGM is a concert residency by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars.It is held at Dolby Live (previously Park Theater) at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Theater at MGM National Harbor, in National Harbor, Maryland, at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts and once outside of the United States, in China at MGM Cotai in Cotai, Macau.
Live Nation is an American events promoter and venue operator based in Beverly Hills, California.Founded in 1996 by Robert F. X. Sillerman as SFX Entertainment, the company's business was built around consolidating concert promoters into a national entity to counter the oversized influence of ticket behemoth Ticketmaster.
MGM Holdings was formed by a Sony-led consortium on February 11, 2005, [1] and acquired MGM on April 8 in a US$4.8 billion leveraged buyout. [6] From that period until its emergence from bankruptcy on December 20, 2010, MGM Holdings was owned by Providence Equity Partners (29%), TPG Inc. (21%), Sony Corporation of America (20%), Comcast (20%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%), and Quadrangle ...
The company's background can be traced to 1969, when airline and casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian bought a controlling stake in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio. [15] In 1970 and 1971, Kerkorian struggled with debt from his acquisitions of MGM and Western Airlines, and was forced to sell a majority of his casino company, International Leisure, to Hilton Hotels at a steep discount.
The Hyperion Theater opened with the park on February 8, 2001. The theater held the world premiere for Spy Kids on March 18, 2001. [citation needed]The venue's first show was Disney's Steps in Time, a musical featuring songs from various Disney films.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose arena within the MGM Grand resort, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The venue opened on December 31, 1993, with a concert by Barbra Streisand , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and subsequent concerts by Luther Vandross , Anita Mui and Janet Jackson .