J.W. Roth Named to Billboard’s 2025 Touring Power Players List

VENU Founder recognized as visionary shaping a new era in live entertainment

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Venu Holding Corporation (“VENU” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: VENU), the fan-founded, fan-owned, and artist-inspired company re-imagining premium live-music venues and hospitality destinations, announced today that its Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer J.W. Roth has been named to Billboard’s 2025 Touring Power Players list.

Billboard’s annual list highlights executives across the arenas of promotion, booking, venue operations, and ticketing who are driving the live-entertainment business forward with scale, innovation, and fan-centric vision. Roth joins this year’s class of trail-blazers credited with propelling the touring sector into its next phase of growth.

“We are honored to be recognized by Billboard among such an influential group of industry leaders,” said J.W. Roth. “VENU’s mission has always been to build experiences by fans, for fans, to give artists a bigger seat at the table, and to raise the standard of what a live entertainment destination can be. This award recognizes our team’s focus on extraordinary hospitality, thoughtful venue design, and immersive audience and artist connection. Thank you to Billboard for the incredible honor, and for sharing all that we are building here at VENU.”

Under Roth’s leadership, VENU has emerged as one of the most dynamic new forces in live entertainment and hospitality. Since founding the company in 2017, Roth has built a premium portfolio of luxury music and hospitality destinations scaling across Colorado, Georgia, and Texas targeting to scale to a total of 40 locations by 2030.

The company’s elevated portfolio includes entertainment venues like intimate concert halls and 9,000- 20,000-capacity outdoor, multi-seasonal, multi-configurational, and immersive venues to Southern, American, and fine dining restaurants. Each showcase a different blend of VENU’s signature elevated flair including intimate audience proximity, fan-first amenities, ‘Aikman Clubs’, built in partnership with NFL Hall of Famer, Tory Aikman, and the now-iconic Luxe FireSuites: next-level spaces that feature a natural gas fire inside the suite, service to your seat, and premium food and beverage, creating an unmatched ambiance that sets a whole new standard in the industry.

Roth’s recognition by Billboard follows previous honors from VenuesNow in 2022 & 2025, and being accepted into the Forbes Business Council, reinforcing his reputation as a leader in modern live-music infrastructure, entrepreneurship, and design.

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About Venu Holding Corporation

Venu Holding Corporation ("VENU") (NYSE American: VENU), is a premier owner, developer, and operator of luxury, experience-driven entertainment destinations. Founded by Colorado Springs entrepreneur, 2025 Billboard Touring Power Player, and VenuesNow All-star, J.W. Roth, VENU has a portfolio of premium brands that includes the Pollstar-nominated Ford Amphitheater, Sunset Amphitheaters, Phil Long Music Hall, The Hall at Bourbon Brothers, Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse and Tavern, Aikman Owners Clubs, and Roth’s Sea & Steak. With venues operating and in development across Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas and a nationwide expansion underway, VENU is setting a new standard for live entertainment.

VENU has been recognized nationally by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Billboard, VenuesNow, and Variety for its innovative and disruptive approach to live entertainment. Through strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as AEG Presents, NFL Hall of Famer and Founder of EIGHT Elite Light Beer, Troy Aikman, Aramark Sports + Entertainment, Tixr, and Dierks Bentley, VENU continues to shape the future of the entertainment landscape. For more information, visit VENU’s website, Instagram, LinkedIn, or X.

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