Live Nation to acquire Ocesa stake in $480m deal

Ocesa Entertainment, the world's fifth-largest promoter and the parent company of Ticketmaster Mexico, is set to be majority Live Nation-owned before the end of the year

CIE/Ocesa operates Mexico City's Palacio de los Deportes, which has a capacity of 26,000 for music © Fernando Messino

Live Nation is to acquire a majority stake in Ocesa Entertainment, the largest promoter in Latin America and the fifth-biggest by ticket sales globally.

The US concert giant will acquire 51% of Ocesa – which also owns Ticketmaster Mexico – from the Inter-American Entertainment Corporation (Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento, CIE), a vertically integrated entertainment group often described as Mexico’s Live Nation equivalent, and Televisa Group, the largest mass media company in the Spanish-speaking world. The transaction is…

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