VenuesNow 2025 All-Star Honoree: Ryan Brach

RYAN BRACH
Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships
Oak View Group

OH CANADA:
“Looking ahead to TD Coliseum opening in Hamilton with Paul McCartney.”

After graduating from the University of San Diego with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Marketing in 1995, Ryan Brach has been working in sports and live entertainment ever since, with high-level roles at various major league sports leagues and teams, including as SVP of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

For the past eight years he’s been the Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships for Oak View Group (Pollstar’s parent company), with responsibilities including leading multiple sales teams in corporate partnerships, procurement and media for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, UBS Arena in New York, Acrisure Arena in Southern California, Moody Center in Austin, CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore and Mullett Arena at Arizona State University in Tempe.

“I am fortunate to work alongside six great Global Partnership teams throughout the U.S. at the OVG arenas that we own and operate,” Brach says. “Having all six arenas achieve their aggressive sponsorship revenue targets for the first time since our arenas have been open is what I’m most proud of.”

He adds that he and the team at OVG are also very proud of the company’s “many philanthropic organizations and social causes, including those surrounding sustainability through GOAL. Each market we serve provides an opportunity to make an impact on the local community.”

As an example, Brach points to the Aug. 17 “Band Together Texas” concert at Moody Center that raised over $8.5 million for flood relief efforts in Texas, benefitting The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country and Central Texas Community Foundation. The lineup featured Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Cody Johnson, Wade Bowen, Jack Ingram, Lyle Lovett and more.

Asked which upcoming projects Brach is most excited about, he says, “We are getting closer to opening TD Coliseum, in Hamilton, Ontario, on November 21st with Sir Paul McCartney. This will be OVG’s first development in Canada and I’m very proud of the work the team has done with the arena. It’s going to be an amazing experience.”