Global Arena Guide

From global tours and pop-up residencies to e-sports, comedy, family shows, and cultural crossovers, arena calendars are packed with formats both new and familiar. This year’s Global Arena Guide dives into all of it.

Inside the Global Arena Guide 2025:

• A keynote interview with AEG Europe’s John Langford as he gives his perspective on what it takes to run an arena business at scale
• Profiles of the new venues coming onstream worldwide, particularly in the booming regions of Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America
• A look at how venues in the Gulf are the engines of that region’s explosive growth
• Deep-dive analysis of 70 key touring markets worldwide. All published reports are here
• A fully updated directory featuring more than 600 venues globally. Subscribers can click here to access the directory

Q&As with industry leaders:

• Oak View Group executive Rebecca Kane Burton discusses the future of the venue industry
• Nancy Skipper of the NAA and Olivier Toth of the EAA on why working together benefits the whole industry.
• PreZero Arena Gliwice’s Szymon Świerdza on how the arena has embraced zero waste
• Pink Bows Foundation founders Brian and Michelle Dubiski share their journey and their vision for a safer live events industry
• Legends/ASM Global’s group director of arena operations Meagan Walker shares the lessons she’s learned, and why she’s passionate about looking after the future of the industry
• Tom Lynch, president of Live Nation’s EMEA venues division,

To access the guide, either click on the country map above to navigate to the information about each market, or access the directory here.

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