ILMC panel preview: Middle East Live – Venue Boom
Oak View Group International executive Brian Kabatznick reveals some of the talking points for his ILMC session on 27 February
Feature By IQ | 21 August 2025
It is wonderful to host the exciting Middle East Live: Venue Boom session at the 2025 edition of ILMC.
Our speakers include many leading venue experts within the region including the UAE’s Brint Jackson from Ethara and Mark Jan Kar from Coca-Cola Arena; and Saudi Arabia’s Khouloud Ben Khalifa from Riyadh’s Rotana Arena and Barry Bremner from Qiddiya.
As I celebrate 25 years supporting the ILMC, and having led many international businesses, including Oak View Group and the European Arenas Association, it is amazing to see the ground-breaking changes occurring in the Middle East.
At the start of the new millennium, much of the Middle East Gulf Region had not developed in terms of sports and live entertainment content and infrastructure. Today, the Persian…
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