{
  "name": "Live Index industry register — entities",
  "description": "Companies, promoters, venues, festivals, ticketing providers, non-profit organisations and public authorities recorded in the Live Index industry register, each with the documents it was read from.",
  "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry",
  "reviewed": "2026-08-20",
  "licence": {
    "name": "Live Index industry register",
    "terms": "Free to use with attribution to Live Index and to the underlying source cited on each record."
  },
  "count": 182,
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    {
      "id": "live-nation-entertainment",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Live Nation Entertainment",
      "aliases": [
        "Live Nation",
        "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc."
      ],
      "description": "Live Nation Entertainment is a publicly traded live-entertainment company that reports concert promotion, ticketing and sponsorship as separate business segments. It was incorporated in 2005 as a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications and took its present form in the 2010 merger with Ticketmaster Entertainment.",
      "location": "Beverly Hills, California",
      "website": "https://www.livenationentertainment.com/",
      "ticker": "NYSE:LYV",
      "cik": "0001335258",
      "founded": 2005,
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/live-nation-entertainment",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "sec-filing",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=0001335258",
          "title": "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. — EDGAR filing history",
          "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "EDGAR lists Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. under CIK 0001335258 as a reporting company."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://investors.livenationentertainment.com/faq",
          "title": "Investor FAQ",
          "publisher": "Live Nation Entertainment",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The company states it was incorporated on 2 August 2005 and became a public company on 21 December 2005, trading on the New York Stock Exchange as LYV."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "the-anschutz-corporation",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "The Anschutz Corporation",
      "description": "The Anschutz Corporation is a privately held holding company controlled by Philip Anschutz. Its live-entertainment interests are held through Anschutz Entertainment Group, and it publishes no financial statements.",
      "location": "Denver, Colorado",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/the-anschutz-corporation",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://aegworldwide.com/",
          "title": "AEG Worldwide",
          "publisher": "AEG Worldwide",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "AEG identifies itself as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "anschutz-entertainment-group",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Anschutz Entertainment Group",
      "aliases": [
        "AEG",
        "AEG Worldwide"
      ],
      "description": "Anschutz Entertainment Group is a privately held live-entertainment company founded in 1994 and owned by the Anschutz Corporation. It groups its businesses into venue ownership and operation, concert promotion, and ticketing, and it does not file public financial reports.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://aegworldwide.com/",
      "founded": 1994,
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/anschutz-entertainment-group",
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        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://aegworldwide.com/",
          "title": "AEG Worldwide",
          "publisher": "AEG Worldwide",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "AEG describes itself as a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation operating venues, concert promotion and ticketing businesses."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "madison-square-garden-entertainment",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.",
      "aliases": [
        "MSG Entertainment",
        "MSGE"
      ],
      "description": "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. is a publicly traded venue company that owns and operates a portfolio of New York and Chicago theatres and arenas. It became a separate public company in April 2023 when it was spun off from the entity now named Sphere Entertainment Co.",
      "location": "New York, New York",
      "website": "https://www.msgentertainment.com/",
      "ticker": "NYSE:MSGE",
      "cik": "0001952073",
      "founded": 2023,
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/madison-square-garden-entertainment",
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        {
          "type": "sec-filing",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=0001952073",
          "title": "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. — EDGAR filing history",
          "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "EDGAR lists Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. under CIK 0001952073 as a reporting company."
        },
        {
          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://investor.msgentertainment.com/news/news-details/2023/Madison-Square-Garden-Entertainment-Corp.-Completes-Spin-Off-from-Sphere-Entertainment-Co/default.aspx",
          "title": "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Completes Spin-Off from Sphere Entertainment Co.",
          "publisher": "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The company announced completion of its spin-off on 21 April 2023.",
          "published": "2023-04-21"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sphere-entertainment",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Sphere Entertainment Co.",
      "description": "Sphere Entertainment Co. is a publicly traded company that operates the Sphere venue in Las Vegas and the MSG Networks regional sports business. It is the renamed predecessor entity from which Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. was spun off in April 2023.",
      "location": "New York, New York",
      "website": "https://www.sphereentertainmentco.com/",
      "ticker": "NYSE:SPHR",
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      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/sphere-entertainment",
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        {
          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://investor.sphereentertainmentco.com/press-releases/news-details/2023/Sphere-Entertainment-Co.-Completes-Spin-Off-of-Traditional-Live-Entertainment-Businesses/default.aspx",
          "title": "Sphere Entertainment Co. Completes Spin-Off of Traditional Live Entertainment Businesses",
          "publisher": "Sphere Entertainment Co.",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The company announced on 21 April 2023 that it had completed the spin-off and adopted the Sphere Entertainment Co. name.",
          "published": "2023-04-21"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "oak-view-group",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Oak View Group",
      "description": "Oak View Group is a privately held venue development, operation and advisory company founded in November 2015 by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff. It develops and manages arenas and sells venue services rather than promoting tours under its own name.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://oakviewgroup.com/",
      "founded": 2015,
      "status": "active",
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      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/oak-view-group",
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        {
          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://investor.msgsports.com/press-releases/news-details/2015/Tim-Leiweke-and-Azoff-MSG-Entertainment-Join-Forces-to-Launch-the-Oak-View-Group-OVG/default.aspx",
          "title": "Tim Leiweke and Azoff MSG Entertainment Join Forces to Launch the Oak View Group",
          "publisher": "The Madison Square Garden Company",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The launch announcement of 16 November 2015 names Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff as founders.",
          "published": "2015-11-16"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "asm-global",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "ASM Global",
      "description": "ASM Global is a venue management company formed in September 2019 by merging AEG Facilities with SMG. It operates arenas, theatres, convention centres and stadiums under contract to their owners, most of which are public authorities.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://www.asmglobal.com/",
      "founded": 2019,
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/asm-global",
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        {
          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://aegworldwide.com/press-center/press-releases/aeg-facilities-and-smg-complete-transaction-create-asm-global",
          "title": "AEG Facilities and SMG Complete Transaction to Create ASM Global",
          "publisher": "AEG Worldwide",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "AEG announced on 30 September 2019 that AEG Facilities and SMG had combined to form ASM Global.",
          "published": "2019-09-30"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "legends-hospitality",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Legends Hospitality",
      "aliases": [
        "Legends"
      ],
      "description": "Legends Hospitality is a privately held venue services company formed in 2008 as a joint venture of Yankee Global Enterprises and a Dallas Cowboys affiliate. Sixth Street acquired a majority stake in 2021, and Legends acquired ASM Global in August 2024.",
      "location": "New York, New York",
      "website": "https://legends.net/",
      "founded": 2008,
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/legends-hospitality",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://sixthstreet.com/investment_announce/legends-announces-majority-investment-from-sixth-street-to-accelerate-long-term-growth/",
          "title": "Legends Announces Majority Investment from Sixth Street",
          "publisher": "Sixth Street",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "Sixth Street announced a majority investment in Legends, describing the company's 2008 formation by Yankee Global Enterprises and the Dallas Cowboys."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ryman-hospitality-properties",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Ryman Hospitality Properties",
      "description": "Ryman Hospitality Properties is a publicly traded real estate investment trust whose entertainment segment owns the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry. It reports the entertainment business separately from its hospitality portfolio.",
      "location": "Nashville, Tennessee",
      "website": "https://www.rymanhp.com/",
      "ticker": "NYSE:RHP",
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/ryman-hospitality-properties",
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          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.rymanhp.com/property/ryman-auditorium/",
          "title": "Ryman Auditorium — property page",
          "publisher": "Ryman Hospitality Properties",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The company lists Ryman Auditorium among the properties it owns and operates."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "milwaukee-world-festival",
      "kind": "organization",
      "name": "Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.",
      "description": "Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. is the non-profit corporation that produces Summerfest and operates Henry Maier Festival Park on Milwaukee's lakefront. It was incorporated in 1965 and holds federal tax-exempt status.",
      "location": "Milwaukee, Wisconsin",
      "website": "https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/",
      "founded": 1965,
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/milwaukee-world-festival",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/about/learn-about-mwf",
          "title": "About Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.",
          "publisher": "Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The organisation describes itself as a non-profit corporation, founded in 1965, that produces Summerfest and operates Henry Maier Festival Park."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "newport-festivals-foundation",
      "kind": "organization",
      "name": "Newport Festivals Foundation",
      "description": "Newport Festivals Foundation is a non-profit organisation established in 2011 that owns and produces the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival. It also runs music education programmes funded by festival proceeds.",
      "location": "Newport, Rhode Island",
      "website": "https://newportfestivals.org/",
      "founded": 2011,
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/newport-festivals-foundation",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://newportfestivals.org/",
          "title": "Newport Festivals Foundation",
          "publisher": "Newport Festivals Foundation",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The foundation states that it produces the Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival as a non-profit organisation."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "penske-media",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Penske Media Corporation",
      "description": "Penske Media Corporation is a privately held media company whose brands include Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety. It acquired a controlling interest in the Las Vegas festival Life is Beautiful in February 2022.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://www.pmc.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/penske-media",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://www.pmc.com/news/penske-media-rolling-stone-invest-in-the-future-of-live-music-with-acquisition-of-life-is-beautiful",
          "title": "Penske Media, Rolling Stone Invest in the Future of Live Music with Acquisition of Life is Beautiful",
          "publisher": "Penske Media Corporation",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "PMC announced on 4 February 2022 that it had acquired a controlling interest in Life is Beautiful.",
          "published": "2022-02-04"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "conde-nast",
      "kind": "company",
      "name": "Condé Nast",
      "description": "Condé Nast is a privately held magazine publisher whose titles include Pitchfork. Through that publication it owned the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago until organisers ended the event after the 2024 edition.",
      "location": "New York, New York",
      "website": "https://www.condenast.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/conde-nast",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "news-report",
          "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/pitchfork-music-festival-not-returning-2025-1235826352/",
          "title": "Pitchfork Music Festival Will Not Return in 2025",
          "publisher": "Billboard",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The report identifies Pitchfork, and therefore its festival, as a Condé Nast property.",
          "published": "2024-11-11"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "new-orleans-jazz-heritage-foundation",
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      "name": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation",
      "description": "The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is the non-profit organisation that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and directs its proceeds to music education and cultural programmes in the city.",
      "location": "New Orleans, Louisiana",
      "website": "https://www.jazzandheritage.org/",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/new-orleans-jazz-heritage-foundation",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.jazzandheritage.org/",
          "title": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation",
          "publisher": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The foundation states that it owns the festival and funds its programmes from festival proceeds."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "city-and-county-of-denver",
      "kind": "public-authority",
      "name": "City and County of Denver",
      "description": "The City and County of Denver owns Red Rocks Amphitheatre and operates it through the municipal agency Denver Arts & Venues, which also runs the city's other performance facilities.",
      "location": "Denver, Colorado",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/city-and-county-of-denver",
      "evidence": [
        {
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          "url": "https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Arts-Venues/Our-Venues/Red-Rocks-Amphitheatre",
          "title": "Red Rocks Amphitheatre — Denver Arts & Venues",
          "publisher": "City and County of Denver",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The city lists Red Rocks among the venues it owns and operates."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "county-of-los-angeles",
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      "name": "County of Los Angeles",
      "description": "The County of Los Angeles owns the Hollywood Bowl through its Department of Parks and Recreation and leases its operation to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/county-of-los-angeles",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
          "url": "https://parks.lacounty.gov/hollywood-bowl/",
          "title": "Hollywood Bowl — Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation",
          "publisher": "County of Los Angeles",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The county lists the Hollywood Bowl as a county facility."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "city-of-los-angeles",
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      "name": "City of Los Angeles",
      "description": "The City of Los Angeles owns the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park through its Department of Recreation and Parks and contracts venue and concessions management to an outside operator.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/city-of-los-angeles",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
          "url": "https://www.laparks.org/greek-theatre",
          "title": "Greek Theatre — Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks",
          "publisher": "City of Los Angeles",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The city lists the Greek Theatre as a Department of Recreation and Parks facility."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "los-angeles-philharmonic-association",
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      "name": "Los Angeles Philharmonic Association",
      "description": "The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association is the non-profit orchestra organisation that operates the Hollywood Bowl under long-term lease from Los Angeles County. It presents its own summer season and leases dates to outside promoters.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://www.laphil.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/los-angeles-philharmonic-association",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
          "url": "https://parks.lacounty.gov/hollywood-bowl/",
          "title": "Hollywood Bowl — Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation",
          "publisher": "County of Los Angeles",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The county states that the Philharmonic Association operates the Bowl under lease."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "nashville-sports-authority",
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      "name": "Sports Authority of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County",
      "description": "The Sports Authority of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is the public body that owns Bridgestone Arena and contracts its operation to a management company.",
      "location": "Nashville, Tennessee",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/nashville-sports-authority",
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        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
          "url": "https://www.nashville.gov/departments/sports-authority/bridgestone-arena",
          "title": "Bridgestone Arena — Metropolitan Sports Authority",
          "publisher": "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The Sports Authority states that it owns the arena and contracts its operation."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "powers-management",
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      "name": "Powers Management, LLC",
      "description": "Powers Management, LLC operates Bridgestone Arena in Nashville under an operating and management agreement with the public Sports Authority that owns the building, dated 1 July 2012.",
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      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/powers-management",
      "evidence": [
        {
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          "title": "Bridgestone Arena — Metropolitan Sports Authority",
          "publisher": "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The Sports Authority names Powers Management, LLC as operator under the 2012 agreement."
        }
      ]
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      "name": "Harris County–Houston Sports Authority",
      "description": "The Harris County–Houston Sports Authority is the public body that owns Toyota Center and other Houston sports facilities financed by voter-approved measures. It leases the arena to the Houston Rockets entity.",
      "location": "Houston, Texas",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/harris-county-houston-sports-authority",
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        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
          "url": "https://www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/toyotacenter.html",
          "title": "Toyota Center — City of Houston",
          "publisher": "City of Houston",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The city record identifies the Sports Authority as the arena's public owner."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "rocket-ball",
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      "name": "Rocket Ball, Ltd.",
      "description": "Rocket Ball, Ltd. is the entity that holds the Houston Rockets and leases and operates Toyota Center under agreement with the Harris County–Houston Sports Authority.",
      "location": "Houston, Texas",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/companies/rocket-ball",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
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          "title": "Toyota Center — City of Houston",
          "publisher": "City of Houston",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "The city record describes the arena as leased and operated by the Rockets entity."
        }
      ]
    },
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        "AEG Live"
      ],
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      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://www.aegpresents.com/",
      "founded": 2002,
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/promoters/aeg-presents",
      "evidence": [
        {
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          "title": "AEG Presents — division page",
          "publisher": "AEG Worldwide",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "AEG lists AEG Presents as its live-music division, promoting tours and producing festivals."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "goldenvoice",
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      "description": "Goldenvoice is a Southern California concert promoter and festival producer founded in 1981 and operating within AEG Presents. It produces Coachella and Stagecoach at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, and has operated the polo club itself under a long-term agreement since 2021.",
      "location": "Los Angeles, California",
      "website": "https://www.goldenvoice.com/",
      "founded": 1981,
      "status": "active",
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      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/promoters/goldenvoice",
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          "type": "company-press-release",
          "url": "https://aegworldwide.com/press-center/press-releases/goldenvoice-assume-operations-empire-polo-club-long-term-agreement",
          "title": "Goldenvoice to Assume Operations of Empire Polo Club Under Long-Term Agreement",
          "publisher": "AEG Worldwide",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-20",
          "claim": "AEG announced on 27 October 2021 that Goldenvoice, part of AEG Presents, would assume operation of the Empire Polo Club.",
          "published": "2021-10-27"
        }
      ]
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      "website": "https://www.georgiatheatre.com/",
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        }
      ]
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          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue states it was built in 2006 in downtown Austin as a live music venue, event space and bar, and publishes its address as 912 Red River, Austin, Texas."
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      },
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          "type": "news-report",
          "url": "https://www.wbez.org/music/2024/12/12/concert-ticket-prices-increasing-small-venues-chicago-music-economics",
          "title": "Concert ticket prices are increasing. Small Chicago venues are feeling it",
          "publisher": "WBEZ Chicago",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The report describes the 350-capacity Sleeping Village in Avondale and quotes director of operations Eric Henry on the venue's use of the ticket service DICE.",
          "published": "2024-12-12"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mercury-lounge",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Mercury Lounge",
      "description": "Mercury Lounge is a two-room club on East Houston Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, in continuous operation as a music room since the 1990s. Its operator's private-event specification publishes a standing capacity of 250, falling to 125 mixed seated and standing and 50 theatre-style or dining.",
      "location": "New York, New York",
      "website": "https://mercuryeastpresents.com/",
      "capacity": 250,
      "venue": {
        "state": "New York",
        "stateCode": "NY",
        "metro": "New York",
        "city": "New York",
        "streetAddress": "217 East Houston Street",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "general-admission",
        "capacityNote": "250 standing, the configuration a concert uses. The same specification publishes 125 for mixed seated and standing and 50 for theatre-style or dining, so the stored figure should be read as the standing maximum rather than a fixed room number."
      },
      "region": "Northeast",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/mercury-lounge",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://mercuryeastpresents.com/private-events/",
          "title": "Private events — Mercury East Presents",
          "publisher": "Mercury East Presents",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The operator's private-event specification gives Mercury Lounge at 217 E. Houston Street with a capacity of 250 standing, 125 mixed seated and standing, and 50 theatre-style or dining, and describes the front barroom and rear stage room."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bowery-ballroom",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Bowery Ballroom",
      "description": "Bowery Ballroom is a three-floor Lower East Side music hall that opened at 6 Delancey Street in 1998, with a lower-level lounge, a main ballroom floor and a wrap-around mezzanine. Its operator publishes a total capacity of 600 across those floors.",
      "location": "New York, New York",
      "website": "https://mercuryeastpresents.com/boweryballroom/",
      "founded": 1998,
      "capacity": 600,
      "venue": {
        "state": "New York",
        "stateCode": "NY",
        "metro": "New York",
        "city": "New York",
        "streetAddress": "6 Delancey Street",
        "postalCode": "10002",
        "type": "hall",
        "capacityBasis": "combined",
        "capacityNote": "600 total across three floors — lounge, main ballroom and wrap-around mezzanine. The same specification gives 110 to 120 with theatre-style seating plus 30 more on the mezzanine, so 600 is the combined standing figure, not a seated one."
      },
      "region": "Northeast",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/bowery-ballroom",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://mercuryeastpresents.com/boweryballroom/private-events/",
          "title": "Private events — The Bowery Ballroom",
          "publisher": "Mercury East Presents",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The operator states the venue opened in 1998 at 6 Delancey Street, has three floors and a total capacity of 600, with 110 to 120 in theatre-style seating plus 30 additional on the mezzanine."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "turf-club",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Turf Club",
      "description": "The Turf Club is a 350-capacity room on University Avenue in Saint Paul, owned and operated by First Avenue, with a main floor stage upstairs and a second stage in the basement Clown Lounge. First Avenue publishes the capacity itself in the announcement of its Fine Line purchase.",
      "location": "Saint Paul, Minnesota",
      "website": "https://first-avenue.com/venue/turf-club/",
      "capacity": 350,
      "venue": {
        "state": "Minnesota",
        "stateCode": "MN",
        "metro": "Minneapolis–Saint Paul",
        "city": "Saint Paul",
        "streetAddress": "1601 University Avenue West",
        "postalCode": "55104",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "350 as published by the venue's owner-operator. The figure describes the upstairs music room; the basement Clown Lounge stage is not counted separately."
      },
      "region": "Midwest",
      "status": "active",
      "published": true,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://first-avenue.com/first-avenue-purchasing-fine-line/",
          "title": "First Avenue purchasing the Fine Line",
          "publisher": "First Avenue",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "First Avenue states that it owns and operates the 250-capacity 7th St Entry, the 350-capacity Turf Club, the 650-capacity Fine Line and the 1,550-capacity First Avenue Mainroom, and co-operates the 2,400-capacity Palace Theatre."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://first-avenue.com/venue/turf-club/",
          "title": "Turf Club — First Avenue",
          "publisher": "First Avenue",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue page gives the address as 1601 University Ave, St. Paul 55104, describes the room as a 350-cap venue with a stage and bar upstairs and a basement stage in the Clown Lounge, and lists live music nearly every night."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lincoln-hall",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Lincoln Hall",
      "description": "Lincoln Hall is a Lincoln Park music room on North Lincoln Avenue, operated alongside Schubas Tavern under shared booking and ticketing. Live Index holds no first-party capacity figure for the room, so none is stored.",
      "location": "Chicago, Illinois",
      "website": "https://lh-st.com/",
      "venue": {
        "state": "Illinois",
        "stateCode": "IL",
        "metro": "Chicago",
        "city": "Chicago",
        "streetAddress": "2424 North Lincoln Avenue",
        "postalCode": "60614",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityNote": "No capacity stored. The venue's own current pages publish an address, a balcony and locker detail and booking contacts, but no capacity figure, and the widely repeated 507 appears only in secondary event-industry directories. The record carries the verified identity and address until a defensible first-party figure is read."
      },
      "region": "Midwest",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/lincoln-hall",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://lh-st.com/info/",
          "title": "Info — Lincoln Hall and Schubas Tavern",
          "publisher": "Lincoln Hall / Schubas Tavern",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue's current information page gives Lincoln Hall at 2424 N Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, sets out booking, coat-check and age-restriction policy, and publishes no capacity figure."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "exit-in",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Exit/In",
      "description": "Exit/In is a 500-capacity rock club on Elliston Place in Nashville, open since 1971 and the anchor of the street's Rock Block. Its own history page describes the room's move from listening room to 500-capacity club.",
      "location": "Nashville, Tennessee",
      "website": "https://exitin.com/",
      "founded": 1971,
      "capacity": 500,
      "venue": {
        "state": "Tennessee",
        "stateCode": "TN",
        "metro": "Nashville",
        "city": "Nashville",
        "streetAddress": "2208 Elliston Place",
        "postalCode": "37203",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "500 as the venue describes itself. The page gives no configuration breakdown, so the figure is carried as the venue's published room capacity."
      },
      "region": "South",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/exit-in",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://exitin.com/about/",
          "title": "History — Exit/In",
          "publisher": "Exit/In",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue's history page says Exit/In has evolved from its beginnings as a listening room into a 500-capacity rock club anchoring the Rock Block on Elliston Place, styles itself Nashville's Music Forum since 1971, gives 2208 Elliston Place, Nashville, TN 37203, and states in the footer that the venue is managed by StageRight."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saturn-birmingham",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Saturn",
      "description": "Saturn is a 525-capacity music and events venue in the Avondale neighbourhood of Birmingham, with a full-service bar and an adjoining cafe. The figure comes from the venue's own production guide, the document it sends to touring production.",
      "location": "Birmingham, Alabama",
      "website": "https://saturnbirmingham.com/",
      "capacity": 525,
      "venue": {
        "state": "Alabama",
        "stateCode": "AL",
        "metro": "Birmingham",
        "city": "Birmingham",
        "streetAddress": "200 41st Street South",
        "postalCode": "35222",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "525 as stated in the venue's production guide for touring parties. The guide gives no seated or standing split."
      },
      "region": "South",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/saturn-birmingham",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://saturnbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SATURN-PRODUCTION-GUIDE-Compressed-1.pdf",
          "title": "Saturn production guide",
          "publisher": "Saturn Birmingham",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The advance document states that Saturn is a 525 capacity music and events venue with a full service bar, and gives load-in on 2nd Avenue South off 41st Street South together with production contacts."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://saturnbirmingham.com/",
          "title": "Saturn Birmingham",
          "publisher": "Saturn Birmingham",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue's current site publishes the address 200 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222 and an active calendar of ticketed shows."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "orange-peel",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "The Orange Peel",
      "description": "The Orange Peel is a 1,050-capacity standing music hall at 101 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, occupying a building that was a skating rink from 1950 and later a series of R&B and soul clubs. The venue publishes both its sellable capacity and its ticketing arrangements on its own information pages.",
      "location": "Asheville, North Carolina",
      "website": "https://theorangepeel.net/",
      "capacity": 1050,
      "venue": {
        "state": "North Carolina",
        "stateCode": "NC",
        "metro": "Asheville",
        "city": "Asheville",
        "streetAddress": "101 Biltmore Avenue",
        "postalCode": "28801",
        "type": "hall",
        "capacityBasis": "general-admission",
        "capacityNote": "1,050 sellable, standing, as published by the venue in both its FAQ and its technical information for touring production."
      },
      "region": "South",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/orange-peel",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://theorangepeel.net/info/faqs/",
          "title": "FAQs — The Orange Peel",
          "publisher": "The Orange Peel",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "Asked its capacity, the venue answers that its sellable capacity is 1,050, and separately states that tickets are sold through its own website and Etix.com, by phone through Etix, and at two named Asheville outlets."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://theorangepeel.net/info/tech-info/",
          "title": "Tech info — The Orange Peel",
          "publisher": "The Orange Peel",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The technical information page for touring production gives the room as 1,050 standing."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://theorangepeel.net/info/",
          "title": "Info — The Orange Peel",
          "publisher": "The Orange Peel",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue publishes its address as 101 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, and sets out the building's history as Skateland Rollerdome from 1950 and later a succession of R&B and soul clubs."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "belly-up-solana-beach",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Belly Up",
      "description": "Belly Up is a converted-quonset music club in the Cedros Design District of Solana Beach, north of San Diego. Its own private-event material publishes room for up to 600 people, and the regional destination authority lists the same address and box office.",
      "location": "Solana Beach, California",
      "website": "https://www.bellyup.com/",
      "capacity": 600,
      "venue": {
        "state": "California",
        "stateCode": "CA",
        "metro": "San Diego",
        "city": "Solana Beach",
        "streetAddress": "143 South Cedros Avenue, Suite T",
        "postalCode": "92075",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "600 for a standing or cocktail configuration, as the venue's private-event material publishes. The same material puts a seated dinner at up to 350, so 600 should be read as the room's standing maximum."
      },
      "region": "West",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/belly-up-solana-beach",
      "evidence": [
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          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.bellyup.com/private-events/",
          "title": "Private events — Belly Up",
          "publisher": "Belly Up",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue states it has room for up to 600 people and answers its own capacity question with 600 for a cocktail reception and up to 350 for a comfortable seated dinner."
        },
        {
          "type": "municipal-record",
          "url": "https://www.sandiego.org/members/nightlife/belly-up.aspx",
          "title": "Belly Up — San Diego Tourism Authority",
          "publisher": "San Diego Tourism Authority",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The regional destination authority's member listing gives the venue at 143 S Cedros, Suite T, Solana Beach, CA 92075, with tickets available online, by phone or at the Cedros Avenue box office."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "crescent-ballroom",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Crescent Ballroom",
      "description": "Crescent Ballroom is a downtown Phoenix music room and bar at 2nd Avenue and Van Buren, with a ballroom stage behind a front lounge. The venue's own FAQ puts the ballroom at roughly 500 guests.",
      "location": "Phoenix, Arizona",
      "website": "https://www.crescentphx.com/",
      "capacity": 500,
      "venue": {
        "state": "Arizona",
        "stateCode": "AZ",
        "metro": "Phoenix",
        "city": "Phoenix",
        "streetAddress": "308 North 2nd Avenue",
        "postalCode": "85003",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "Approximately 500. The venue's own wording is that it can comfortably accommodate roughly 500 guests in the ballroom, which is a published comfortable room figure rather than a licensed maximum, and the front lounge is not included."
      },
      "region": "West",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/crescent-ballroom",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.crescentphx.com/faq/",
          "title": "FAQ — Crescent Ballroom",
          "publisher": "Crescent Ballroom",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue states it can comfortably accommodate roughly 500 guests in the ballroom, and gives its address as 308 N 2nd Ave, Phoenix AZ 85003, on the north-west corner of Van Buren and 2nd Avenue."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "valley-bar-music-hall",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "Valley Bar Music Hall",
      "description": "The Music Hall at Valley Bar is a 250-capacity basement room in downtown Phoenix, programming music, film, spoken word and comedy inside a larger complex of bar and lounge rooms. The record models the ticketed music room, not the whole building.",
      "location": "Phoenix, Arizona",
      "website": "https://www.valleybarphx.com/music-hall/",
      "capacity": 250,
      "venue": {
        "state": "Arizona",
        "stateCode": "AZ",
        "metro": "Phoenix",
        "city": "Phoenix",
        "streetAddress": "130 North Central Avenue",
        "postalCode": "85004",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "250 for the Music Hall, the ticketed room this record describes. The venue separately publishes an overall figure of 480 for the whole building including the Rose Room, Game Room and Reading Room, managed at staff discretion; that whole-venue number is deliberately not the stored capacity."
      },
      "region": "West",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/valley-bar-music-hall",
      "evidence": [
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          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.valleybarphx.com/music-hall/",
          "title": "Music Hall — Valley Bar",
          "publisher": "Valley Bar",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue describes the Music Hall at Valley Bar as an intimate 250 capacity room showcasing music, film, spoken word and comedy."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.valleybarphx.com/faq/?include_category=4venue-information",
          "title": "Venue information FAQ — Valley Bar",
          "publisher": "Valley Bar",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The FAQ states Valley Bar can comfortably accommodate roughly 250 guests in the Music Hall and that the overall capacity of the entire venue, including the Rose Room, Game Room and Reading Room, is 480 and managed at staff discretion."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.valleybarphx.com/contact/",
          "title": "Contact — Valley Bar",
          "publisher": "Valley Bar",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-24",
          "claim": "The venue publishes its address as 130 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, a block from the Adams light-rail station."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": "evening-muse",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "The Evening Muse",
      "description": "The Evening Muse is a 120-capacity original-music room in the NoDa arts district of Charlotte, open since April 2001 and booking songwriters and touring independent acts rather than cover bands. Its own about page publishes the club capacity and describes a room reconfigured between seated and standing depending on the show.",
      "location": "Charlotte, North Carolina",
      "website": "https://www.eveningmuse.com/",
      "founded": 2001,
      "capacity": 120,
      "venue": {
        "state": "North Carolina",
        "stateCode": "NC",
        "metro": "Charlotte",
        "city": "Charlotte",
        "streetAddress": "3227 N. Davidson Street",
        "postalCode": "28205",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "120 as the venue's own booking information states it — a club capacity, not a fixed seat count. The room is configured seated or standing depending on the performance, so the figure should be read as the room maximum across configurations."
      },
      "region": "South",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/evening-muse",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.eveningmuse.com/about-us",
          "title": "About us — The Evening Muse",
          "publisher": "The Evening Muse",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-25",
          "claim": "The venue states a club capacity of 120, a full PA with sound engineer provided, and a booking policy of original bands rather than cover bands, and dates its opening to April 2001 in the NoDa arts district."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://www.eveningmuse.com/",
          "title": "The Evening Muse",
          "publisher": "The Evening Muse",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-25",
          "claim": "The venue's home page gives the address as 3227 N. Davidson Street, Charlotte, NC 28205 and describes itself as an intimate venue for up-and-coming and established musicians, artists, comedians and poets."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hotel-utah-saloon",
      "kind": "venue",
      "name": "The Hotel Utah Saloon",
      "description": "The Hotel Utah Saloon is a 79-capacity saloon and music room in the South of Market district of San Francisco, in a building dating to 1908 and presenting local, national and international touring acts seven nights a week. Its booking and production pages both publish the capacity figure directly to visiting artists.",
      "location": "San Francisco, California",
      "website": "https://hotelutah.com/",
      "capacity": 79,
      "venue": {
        "state": "California",
        "stateCode": "CA",
        "metro": "San Francisco",
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "streetAddress": "500 4th Street",
        "postalCode": "94107",
        "type": "club",
        "capacityBasis": "maximum",
        "capacityNote": "79 as published on the venue's own booking and show-upload pages, stated to bands as the size of the room they are being asked to fill. It is a room maximum rather than a ticket allocation."
      },
      "region": "West",
      "status": "active",
      "published": false,
      "url": "https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/hotel-utah-saloon",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://hotelutah.com/utah-booking-request/",
          "title": "Utah booking request",
          "publisher": "The Hotel Utah Saloon",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-25",
          "claim": "The venue describes itself as a historic San Francisco live-music venue hosting local, national and international touring acts seven nights a week, and states that the Utah has a capacity of 79."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://hotelutah.com/show-upload/",
          "title": "Show upload — advance and promotion",
          "publisher": "The Hotel Utah Saloon",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-25",
          "claim": "The venue's production page for booked performers repeats that the Utah's capacity is 79 and sets out promotion and advance requirements for the show."
        },
        {
          "type": "official-site",
          "url": "https://hotelutah.com/",
          "title": "The Hotel Utah Saloon",
          "publisher": "The Hotel Utah Saloon",
          "retrieved": "2026-08-25",
          "claim": "The venue publishes its address as 500 4th St., San Francisco, CA 94107 and states the building was built in 1908 and has served the SoMa neighbourhood with drinks, live music and food for almost fifty years."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}