Newest Live Nation Exec announced

Ned Collett Executive Vice President of Venue Operations

Live Nation has named seasoned veteran, Ned Collett, to the newly created position Executive Vice President of North American Venues. Collett will oversee operations at all 110 Live Nation venues in North America.

"Ned brings with him a wealth of management skills that will be of great value to the terrific team we already have in place," said Live Nation President Global Venues and Sponsorship, Bruce Eskowitz. "We continue to focus our efforts on enhancing the fan experience at all of our venues and Ned's arrival at Live Nation will help us reach that goal."

Though ticket sales appear to be on the upswing, if the industry hopes to bring more people to more shows on a more frequent basis, the condition of the arenas and ampitheatres must be improved and the audience must be offered more interesting amenities to create a higher quality showgoing experience. Though Collett was chosen for being a seasoned vet, I hope--for the sake of Live Nation's longterm success-- that he is also able to think ahead and out of the box.