Alan Ostfield

Alan Ostfield is responsible for Live Nation’s concert business in the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. These two markets, among Live Nation’s largest, annually produce and host over 800 concerts for hundreds of artists in dozens of entertainment venues of all types and sizes.

Prior to joining Live Nation, Ostfield was President & Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment, which owned and operated multiple professional sports teams and entertainment venues (including NBA’s Detroit Pistons, NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, WNBA’s Detroit Shock, The Palace of Auburn Hills, St. Pete Times Forum, and DTE Energy Music Theatre). Prior to joining PS&E and the Pistons, Ostfield was Senior Vice President & General Counsel of the San Diego Padres and an attorney with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. (whose clients included the Dallas Cowboys).

Ostfield has combined his experiences in professional sports with higher education, including developing and teaching “Leadership of a Professional Sports Franchise” in the University of Michigan’s Sport Management Masters Program, teaching “Sports Economics” in New York University’s Sports Business Masters Program and teaching “Sports and the Law” at the University of San Diego School of Law. Ostfield’s achievements were recognized nationally in 2000, 2001, and 2002 when Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal included Ostfield on its annual “Forty Under 40” list, culminating in Street & Smith inducting Ostfield into its Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame in 2002.

Education

• J.D., Boston University
• M.B.A., Boston University
• B.A., University of Pennsylvania