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SMG (property management)

SMG
FormerlySpectator Management Group
Company typePrivate
Founded1977
Defunct2019
FateMerged into ASM Global
Headquarters
OwnerOnex Corporation 2017–2019
Websitewww.smgworld.com [dead link]

SMG, formerly Spectacor Management Group, was an American worldwide venue management group headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, that specialized in managing publicly owned facilities. It began their operation in 1977 with management of the Louisiana Superdome. It was one of the largest property management corporations in the world.[1]

SMG was a joint venture in general partnership form with two equal principals, The Hyatt Hotel Company and Aramark Corporation. SMG was bought by American Capital in 2007 for US$631 million,[2] and American Capital was sold to Ares Management in January 2017. Ares Management sold SMG to Onex Corporation in 2017. In October 2019, SMG and AEG Facilities merged to make a new company called ASM Global.[3][4]

Properties managed

Arenas

Canada

United Kingdom

Germany

Norway

Puerto Rico

United States

California
Southwest
Midwest
Northeast
Southeast
Northwest

Convention centers

Canada

United States

Stadiums

United States

Poland

Theatres

United Kingdom

Germany

United States

Other venues

Germany

United States

References

  1. ^ Live Nation Among Bidders to Buy Venue Giant SMG
  2. ^ Reports: American Capital buys SMG
  3. ^ "AEG Facilities and SMG Complete Transaction to Create ASM Global" (Press release). West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: ASM Global. Business Wire. October 1, 2019. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Schneider, Marc (October 1, 2019). "AEG Facilities & SMG Finalize Merger to Form ASM Global". Billboard. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.