{"id":4077,"date":"2025-07-30T01:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/live-nation-acquire-additional-stake-mexican-promoter-ocesa\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:20:08","slug":"live-nation-acquire-additional-stake-mexican-promoter-ocesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/live-nation-acquire-additional-stake-mexican-promoter-ocesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Nation to Acquire Additional 24% Stake in Mexican Promoter\u00a0OCESA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLive Nation will increase its holdings in Mexico\u2019s leading concert promoter, OCESA, to 75% by acquiring an additional 24% stake from its minority owner, Grupo CEI, the companies announced Tuesday (July 29). The transaction, which is expected to close by the end of August, will be worth an estimated $646 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Alejandro Sober\u00f3n<\/strong>, founder and CEO of both CIE and OCESA, will remain OCESA\u2019s CEO through 2032. CIE will retain the remaining 25% stake in OCESA. Additionally, the put\/call agreement for the remaining stake will be shifted to 2032. <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-tb-2 u-border-tb-1 u-border-tb-1@desktop-max lrv-u-padding-t-075 lrv-u-padding-b-150 u-padding-t-8@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap lrv-u-display-inline-block a-font-accent-fancy-s lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/top-artists-touring-2025-midyear-boxscore-charts\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p lrv-u-margin-b-1 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dead-company-dead-forever-04-18-2025-cr-chloe-weir-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dead-company-dead-forever-04-18-2025-cr-chloe-weir-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Dead &amp; Company perform at the Sphere on April 18, 2025 in Las Vegas.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-14 u-line-height-21px u-word-spacing-0013 u-font-size-18@mobile-max u-line-height-23px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tColdplay, Shakira &amp; Sphere Lead Midyear Boxscore\u00a0Report\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/legal\/post-malone-ex-drops-child-custody-lawsuit-daughter-1236028541\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p lrv-u-margin-b-1 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/post-malone-gf-coachella-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/post-malone-gf-coachella-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Post Malone performs onstage at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2025 in Indio, California.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-14 u-line-height-21px u-word-spacing-0013 u-font-size-18@mobile-max u-line-height-23px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPost Malone&#8217;s Ex Drops California Custody Case Over 3-Year-Old Daughter\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/touring\/billboard-live-music-summit-awards-2025-date-1236027693\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p lrv-u-margin-b-1 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/billboard-lms-2025-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/billboard-lms-2025-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Billboard Live Music Summit\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-14 u-line-height-21px u-word-spacing-0013 u-font-size-18@mobile-max u-line-height-23px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBillboard Live Music Summit &amp; Awards 2025 Date Announced\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLive Nation and its CEO, <strong>Michael Rapino<\/strong>, have been \u201cideal partners\u201d for OCESA, Sober\u00f3n said in a statement. \u201cThe combination of our market knowledge and Live Nation\u2019s expertise have come together to create more opportunities for artists to perform in Mexico and for fans to enjoy these shows.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOur investment in OCESA has been incredibly successful, and Alejandro and his team have done a tremendous job utilizing the global Live Nation infrastructure to drive growth in Mexico,\u201d Rapino added. \u201cTogether we have more than tripled the number of fans attending our concerts in Mexico since 2019, making Mexico now the 3rd largest music market in the world, and I expect we have many years of strong growth ahead of us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Mexico City-based promoter was the No. 3 promoter in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BB-Midyear-25-final-V3.pdf\">Billboard Boxscore\u2019s 2025 mid-year report<\/a> behind Live Nation and AEG. OCESA promoted some of the top concerts in the first half of the year.\u00a0The top boxscore was the OCESA-promoted seven-night stand by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/shakira\/\">Shakira<\/a> at Mexico City\u2019s Estadio GNP Seguros that grossed $46.6 million from 396,000 attendees. OCESA was also behind the No. 8 event, Electric Daisy Carnival at Mexico City\u2019s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which grossed $20.9 million and brought in 307,000 fans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLive Nation <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/live-nation-ocesa-acquisition-finalized\/\">acquired a 51% stake<\/a> in OCESA in 2021 for $416 million. Initially, Live Nation believed the deal would be completed by the end of 2019, but a slowdown in the regulatory approval process delayed the expected closing date to the second quarter of 2020. Live Nation then postponed its investment in May 2020 once the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the global touring business. The deal added OCESA\u2019s ticketing business, Ticketmaster Mexico, to Live Nation\u2019s Ticketmaster division.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdding to its presence in Latin America, in May, Live Nation acquired SD concerts, a\u00a0promoter in the Dominican Republic with a growing presence in Central and South America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Nation will increase its holdings in Mexico\u2019s leading concert promoter, OCESA, to 75% by acquiring an additional 24% stake from its minority owner, Grupo CEI, the companies announced Tuesday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[387,451,94,2998,450],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-live-nation","category-music-news","category-ocesa","category-touring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}