Season 9 Episode 11 - Francesca Bodie

Oak View Group (OVG), the global venue development, advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries, today announced the appointment of Francesca Bodie as chief operating officer (COO). In this newly established position, Bodie’s role will increase from capital development, mergers, and acquisitions to a focus on new revenue streams including overseeing all day-to-day operations for OVG globally, as well as leading OVG’s executive committee of highly diverse and accomplished executives into this next stage of growth.

Bodie’s promotion comes as OVG announces a major strategic investment in Family Entertainment Holdings (FEH), as well as newly announced Navarro’s activations in partnership with Christian Navarro following OVG’s April 2023 announcement of the venture. Bodie served as the architect of both deals that bring new premium entertainment offerings to OVG venues and partner venues globally.   OVG adds hugely popular touring family content with the investment in FEH, the developers of family-oriented live events including toys-to-life shows of Mattel’s legendary Hot Wheels Monster Trucks, Magic of Lights®, and more. The brand extension with Christian Navarro, one of the world's most influential leaders in the premium wine & spirits industry just celebrated its first ultra-deluxe lounge with Baltimore’s The NINETEEN 62 Club at CFG Bank Arena,  premium concession kiosks at 4 venues, and this week launched navarroswine.com, a new e-commerce destination for Holiday gifting and hard to source wines.