Arena Market: New Zealand

New Zealand is a growing live market, but it still presents geographical and financial challenges for acts looking to tour there, particularly at the arena level.

As Mark Gosling, Live Nation New Zealand’s general manager of venues, notes, “We are acutely aware that our geographical location requires a commitment from artists to tour, so, like everyone right…

now, we are susceptible to those rising costs in freight and production.”

It is a point reiterated by Jennifer de Montalk of the 5,600-cap TSB Arena in Wellington. “Rising production and freight costs, particularly from Australia, are having a significant impact, influencing which acts can tour this…