{"id":4203,"date":"2023-04-20T06:14:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/co-op-live-brings-in-gary-roden-as-general-manager\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T06:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:14:10","slug":"co-op-live-brings-in-gary-roden-as-general-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/co-op-live-brings-in-gary-roden-as-general-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-op Live brings in Gary Roden as general manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Co-op Live has appointed former Ticketmaster executive Gary Roden as executive director and general manager of the 23,500-capacity venue, which is set to open later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roden spent eight years at Ticketmaster UK and was most recently the senior vice-president of client development and commercial. In his new role, Roden will oversee the operation of the UK\u2019s largest entertainment arena, aiding the venue\u2019s future vision and strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Co-op Live is a joint venture between Oak View Group (OVG) and City Football Group (CFG). The arena is set to host more than 120 shows each year and is located at Manchester\u2019s Etihad Campus.<\/p>\n<p>In October last year, OVG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestadiumbusiness.com\/2022\/10\/19\/ovg-lifts-lid-on-co-op-lives-smart-bowl-plans\/%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed details<\/a> about its \u2018smart bowl\u2019 design that took inspiration from artist Harry Styles, who is also a private investor in the project.<\/p>\n<p>Roden said: \u201cI am delighted to be joining Co-op Live, leading the team in Manchester to launch and operate a game-changing arena experience for both fans and artists. I can\u2019t wait to get started, working with Oak View Group, City Football Group, key stakeholders and partners to launch what is not only set to be a groundbreaking arena for the UK, but one that will see Manchester firmly leading the way globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-op Live is also aiming to be the most sustainable and socially responsible arena in the UK. As well as pledging to support Manchester City Council\u2019s target of becoming net zero carbon by 2038, the venue is set to donate at least \u00a31m (\u20ac1.1m\/$1.2m) annually to the Co-op Foundation to support local and national initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Koravos, co-chair of Oak View Group International, added: \u201cGary Roden\u2019s experience speaks for itself, and we\u2019re thrilled to have him join an already phenomenal team of exceptional industry leaders, and to continue to drive Oak View Group and City Football Group\u2019s joint vision to deliver world leading, planet friendly entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/04\/20\/co-op-live-brings-in-gary-roden-as-general-manager\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Co-op Live has appointed former Ticketmaster executive Gary Roden as executive director and general manager of the 23,500-capacity venue, which is set to open later this year.\u00a0 Roden spent eight years at Ticketmaster UK and was most recently the senior vice-president of client development and commercial. In his new role, Roden will oversee the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1732,1122,1733,1734,385,386,162,187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-football-group","category-co-op-live","category-harry-styles","category-manchester","category-oak-view-group","category-ovg","category-people","category-ticketmaster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}