Vice President, Programming Acrisure Arena

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents.

The Vice President, Programming is responsible for the strategic leadership, planning, development, and execution of Acrisure Arena’s programming and booking strategy. This executive leader drives the acquisition and development of a diverse, high-quality calendar of concerts, family shows, sporting events, comedy, special events, and other live entertainment while maximizing venue utilization, attendance, revenue, and market impact. The Vice President serves as a key industry representative for Acrisure Arena, cultivating and maintaining high-level relationships with promoters, agents, managers, touring representatives, event producers, and internal OVG partners.

The role works closely with arena leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure programming decisions align with the venue’s strategic, operational, financial, and guest experience objectives.

This role will pay an annual salary of $175,000 - $200,000 and is bonus eligible.

Benefits for Full-Time Roles:
Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, 401(k) matching, and Paid Time Off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays)

This position will remain open until December 31, 2026.

America’s hottest music festival destination finally has the world-class arena it deserves. Now open, Acrisure Arena provides the greater Palm Springs area of Southern California with a premiere 11,000+ capacity venue hosting the biggest artists and acts on the planet. We are #The Coolest Spot  in the desert, designed specifically for hockey and made for concerts. Acrisure Arena provides top-tier hospitality, artist amenities, and all the benefits of a modern music and sports venue to the Coachella Valley.

• Develop and lead the overall programming and booking strategy for Acrisure Arena, establishing short- and long-term priorities that support the venue’s business objectives, market position, and financial goals.
• Aggressively pursue and secure a diverse mix of ticketed and non-ticketed content to maximize venue utilization, including concerts, comedy, family entertainment, sporting events, special events, and other live entertainment opportunities.
• Direct the procurement of events and negotiate deal terms, contracts, and lease agreements with promoters, agents, managers, producers, and other industry partners in the best interests of Acrisure Arena and OVG.
• Build and maintain strong industry relationships that position Acrisure Arena as a preferred destination for touring content.
• Serve as a primary liaison with promoters, agents, talent representatives, touring personnel, and OVG booking resources.
• Identify, develop, and pursue new event concepts and programming opportunities not currently hosted at the arena, with emphasis on distinctive local, regional, national, and international content and opportunities that expand the venue’s audience.
• Evaluate prospective events using market intelligence, historical performance, routing opportunities, competitive activity, projected attendance, ticketing strategy, operational requirements, and financial return.
• Lead development of the annual event calendar and strategic programming plan, balancing event opportunities with tenant schedules, operational requirements, dark days, and other venue priorities.
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