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Silver Lake Makes It Official: It’s Taking Endeavor Private

Silver Lake Makes It Official: It’s Taking Endeavor Private

by | Apr 4, 2024 | , , | 0

POWER PLAYER: Ari Emanuel, right, Endeavor’s CEO, is seen at the White House in 2016 with then President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. (Getty Images) Transaction values Endeavor at $13 Billion Technology investment firm Silver Lake is taking Endeavor Group Holdings private, a deal telegraphed in October when the two firms said they were exploring strategic alternatives. Silver Lake has made substantial investments in the live entertainment space, including in Oak View Group, a developer of arenas that also owns VenuesNow, as well as Diamond Baseball Holdings, which now owns and operates 30 Minor League Baseball teams. Silver Lake first invested in William Morris Endeavor in 2012 and continued to back the company as it acquired IMG in 2014, went public in 2021, acquired UFC in 2016 and merged UFC and WWE to create TKO Group Holdings in 2023. DBH was originally established by Endeavor in 2021 before… Continue Reading Silver Lake Makes It Official: It’s Taking Endeavor Private

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Brooklyn Paramount Reborn as Live Music Venue

Brooklyn Paramount Reborn as Live Music Venue

by | Mar 14, 2024 | , | 0

PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE: Margaret Holmes, left, and Stacie George of Live Nation led the effort to restore, repurpose and reopen the Brooklyn Paramount. The Long Island University-owned theater reopens March 27 as a 2,700-capacity music venue. (Courtesy venue) Over 50 Shows Have Been Announced at 2,700-capacity theater The Brooklyn Paramount is due to reopen on March 27 in New York’s most famous borough following a multi-million dollar redesign that’s turned the nearly 100-year-old, Long Island University-owned Brooklyn Paramount from a gymnasium to a 2,700-capacity, Live Nation run music venue. “It was the one capacity indoors we had been missing in our pipeline,” said Stacie George, senior vice president of Live Nation New York. “Next is (3,400-capacity) Pier 17. It fits nicely into our portfolio.” The transformation of the historic theater was spearheaded by George and Margaret Holmes, general manager of Brooklyn Paramount. “From the first moment that you walk in, and you see… Continue Reading Brooklyn Paramount Reborn as Live Music Venue

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