Live Nation Slides To A Loss In Q1

Michael Rapino, CEO of Dwell Nation

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Dwell Nation Leisure introduced its monetary outcomes for the primary quarter of 2024, with income up by 21% year-over-year however swinging to an working loss.

In response to Dwell Nation, the corporate generated income of $3.8 billion up by 21% from the identical interval in 2023. Income was pushed by continued robust demand for tickets, with ticket gross sales for area and amphitheater reveals up by double digits in the course of the interval.

Moreover, confirmed reveals for big venues, together with stadiums, arenas, and amphitheaters had been up by double-digits for Q1 2024 with progress led by arenas and amphitheaters.

Income from concert events for the quarter got here in at $2.9 billion, up by 26% year-over-year whereas income from ticketing operations elevated by 5% to $284.1 million in the course of the first quarter of 2024. Sponsorships additionally helped to drive income for Dwell Nation in Q1, including $211 million in the course of the interval, up by 24% from 2023.

On the identical time, Dwell Nation swung to an working shortfall for the primary quarter with a lack of $37 million for the interval and a web earnings lack of $32.2 million in the course of the quarter, down from the 44 million in web earnings the corporate realized throughout the identical interval in 2023.

Dwell Nation attributed a lot of the shortfall to estimated loss contingencies for the Astroworld lawsuits which can be at the moment underway in Texas, which the corporate marked down at $185.9 million.

“Our Q1 outcomes reveal that reside occasions stay a precedence for followers all over the world. World fan demand is stronger than ever, extra artists are out on the highway, and extra venues are being added to carry them collectively. Whereas working earnings shall be impacted by one-time accruals, we’re on monitor to ship one other file yr with double-digit AOI progress and years of momentum nonetheless to come back,” said Dwell Nation President and CEO Michael Rapino.