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VENU’s Crown Jewel, Ford Amphitheater, Nominated for Pollstar Magazine’s Coveted 2024 New Concert Venue of the Year Award

Venu Holding Corporation (VENU), premium live entertainment and hospitality company and owner of Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs, has been nominated for Pollstar Magazine’s prestigious 2024 New Concert Venue of the Year award. The accolade honors excellence among recently opened live music venues, recognizing venues that have made significant impacts in the live entertainment industry through exceptional design, operations, and audience experience.

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Ford Amphitheater, operated by partner AEG Presents Rocky Mountains is an 8,000-fan capacity, $90 million-dollar open-air venue. The venue opened in August of 2024 and quickly made its mark on the music scene as a premier destination for live performances. In its inaugural season, the venue hosted 20 national touring acts, and welcomed over 100,000 music fans, from all 50 states spanning over 5,000 unique zip codes.

“I started this journey almost a decade ago, with a dream of building spaces that redefine a fan’s concert experience,” said J.W. Roth, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of VENU. “This nomination reinforces that we are delivering on our promise to be change-makers in the industry. We pray that this is the first of many in our future. I am so proud of the incredible world-class teams at VENU, AEG Presents Rocky Mountains, BCA Architects, Erickson Construction, and the City of Colorado Springs, our shareholders, and of course our music fanatics for helping us bring this vision to life.”

VENU’s crown jewel is making waves in the region and the industry by putting the fan experience first and reimagining live entertainment. Ford Amphitheater holds unique features like never-before-seen luxury Fire Pit Suites, VIP parking, dedicated VIP entry, premium food and beverage like handcrafted cocktails, Green Chili Pimento Sliders, Korean Cheesesteak sandwiches, and mini charcuterie boards, and a self-draining and cooling hydro-chill grass berm, topped off with vista views of America’s Mountain, Pikes Peak.

Pollstar Magazine has been dubbed The Voice of Live Entertainment for the sports and live entertainment industry for over 40 years, delivering an unmatched archive of live entertainment data and industry news. Their annual award nomination committee is comprised of industry leaders in a wide range of entertainment business, including arena managers, artists, artist managers, agents and promoters from across the country and abroad.

The 36th Annual Pollstar Awards are scheduled to take place from Feb. 18-20 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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