Booking war nears end as AEG abandons block booking

With neither the O2 and Staples Center nor the Forum and Madison Square Garden now subject to a tying agreement, the AEG–MSG 'booking war' looks to be coming to an end

News By IQ | 13 September 2018

Los Angeles' Staples Center © Elmar78/Wikimedia Commons

Update (23/9/18): The Osbournes have dropped their lawsuit against AEG following the end of the O2–Staples Center block-booking arrangement.

 

The long-running ‘booking war’ between AEG and Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) looks to be approaching its conclusion, after Jay Marciano, chairman and CEO of AEG Presents, confirmed the company is no longer block booking its LA Staples Center and London O2 venues.

The two companies have been engaged in a tit-for-tat dispute since early 2017, with AEG instituting…

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