Live Nation acquires CT Touring

CT Touring founder Creston Thornton will head up the company's new Mountain Region division, booking Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and eastern Washington

News By IQ | 20 January 2017

The CenturyLink Arena, then the Qwest Arena, in 2007, configured for ice hockey © Mark Mauno

Live Nation has become the exclusive promoter for several venues in the north-western United States, including Idaho’s CenturyLink Arena (17,000-cap.) and Eagle River Pavilion (4,000-cap.), with the acquisition of Boise-based CT Touring.

CT Touring founder Creston Thornton, formerly of Bravo Entertainment, becomes president of the company’s new Mountain Region division, booking Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and eastern Washington.

“I’ve been working with [Live Nation north-west president] Jeff Trisler for years and he brought it up,” Thornton tells Pollstar.…

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