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Edge6 Dec 2024
Master of Tickets: Breaking Down Live Nation Entertainment
Since merging in 2010, Ticketmaster and Live Nation have built an expansive ecosystem that dominates global live entertainment.
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Live Nation Entertainment Investor update summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Investor update summary10 Nov, 2026
Performance and market demand
Delivered prior-year benchmarks: audience and concerts grew, AOI rose 10%, sponsorship grew, and Ticketmaster added 23 million customers; 2026 was a record year, including a record stadium year.
Global live entertainment has grown ~8% annually; management cited 10%-12%+ growth internationally and 6%-7% in the U.S.
43% of tickets cost less than $50, supporting the view that concerts remain broadly accessible.
2027 shows on sale and ticket sales were already up YoY at the time of the update.
Concert growth and international opportunity
U.S. market growth was 7% annualized from 2022-2026; the forecast is 5%-6%, with more artists, higher sell-through and additional large venues as drivers.
Existing supply has 20 million unsold seats; All Access has 14 million members, who attended 34% more shows than over the prior three years.
New venues and maturation are expected to add ~6 million fans by 2031; a broader 38-venue pipeline is expected to grow venue reach from 11 million to 33 million fans.
Closing half the international fan-penetration gap could unlock 185 million tickets; selling 45 million additional tickets would generate $250 million of AOI.
Recent venue acquisitions are expected to generate $90 million of AOI this year, rising to $190 million over the next couple of years at run rate.
Venue investment and returns
Venue investment AOI targets are $125 million this year, $525 million in 2029 and $850 million by 2031; the pipeline includes 38 large venues, half outside the U.S.
The $5.6 billion capital pipeline targets 20%+ project returns, including low-teens annual cash yields; venue profit per fan is expected to be 2x-3x typical levels.
Two new amphitheaters generated 2x the AOI of traditional portfolio amphitheaters, a 13% year-one cash yield and a projected 24% project IRR.
Pre-opening costs are expected to be $40 million-$50 million higher in 2027 than 2026 and comparable in 2028 to 2027.
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Next Live Nation Entertainment earnings date
Q4 202618 Feb, 2027
Live Nation Entertainment
Next Live Nation Entertainment earnings date
Q4 202618 Feb, 2027
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Frequently asked questions
An entertainment powerhouse
As the owner of both the event promoter and venue operator Live Nation, and the ticket broker platform Ticketmaster, Live Nation Entertainment is a uniquely positioned entertainment powerhouse. Their offering is, just like Spotify's, two-sided, which means they do basically everything from selling tickets to visitors to arranging and advertising the events for artists. Some of Live Nation’s competitors are Eventbrite and Vivid Seats.
An affordable live experience
Live events reached record popularity in 2022, and more artists than ever went on the road. For example, 74 individual artists sold over 250k Live Nation tickets, a result of more larger artists going on tour. Compared to 2012, this number is up more than 120 percent. And with an average ticket price of $73, concerts are an affordable experience compared to other events, such as sports, a Disney World visit, or other comparable experiences.
Live Nation sells more tickets and arranges more events than any other company in the world, by far. In fact, closer to 100 million fans worldwide visit their 40,000 concerts annually. While suffering badly during the pandemic, concerts and live events are now selling out faster than ever before. A clear sign of pent-up demand.
The world’s leading ticketing platform
Live Nation operates the world’s leading ticketing platform, Ticketmaster, annually getting over 500 million tickets in the hands of fans spread across 29 countries. The Ticketmaster platform has over 20 million MAUs and has grown its revenue beyond service fees with a CAGR of over 20 percent since 2016. A result of widening their product portfolio with, among others, enterprise tools, insurance, parking, payment integrations, travel, and upsells.