9 Live Events Production Companies Integrate as RockForce

Nine leading live-events production companies have come together to launch RockForce, which calls itself “the premier workforce and production solutions provider for the live event industry.”

The new company is the “strategic integration” of Bigger Hammer, Collective Payroll, ESI Global, James Thomas Productions, The Production Collective, Stagewise Productions, Theatrical Resources, Tri-State Stage Labor, and Upstage Center — a basket of companies that includes staging, work-force providers, payroll and other facets of the production industry.

“The secret sauce in all of the companies that I have worked in over the past few decades has been great people, and RockForce brings together some of the best the industry has ever seen,” said David Bernstein, Founder and Executive Chairman of RockForce. “The live entertainment landscape has evolved dramatically, with productions becoming increasingly more sophisticated and demanding. We are addressing this evolution by establishing a new benchmark of excellence with the industry’s most qualified workforce and unparalleled solutions.”

The companies forming RockForce have delivered production for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival , New Year’s Eve in Times Square, the GRAMMY Awards, NFL Draft, Formula 1 experiences and more.

“By integrating these market-leading companies and incredibly respected teams, we’ve created an unparalleled organization that combines specialized expertise, proven reliability, and operational efficiency,” said Bob McClintock, CEO of RockForce. “Our comprehensive approach to workforce and production solutions enables us to deliver flawless execution for events of any scale or complexity.”