Who owns Christmas Spectacular?
Christmas Spectacular is owned by MSG Entertainment (the United States, NYSE: MSGE), which has owned the brand since 1997.[1]
Evidence: Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Live events & ticketing
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MSGE
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Christmas Spectacular
The Christmas Spectacular is the holiday production that runs exclusively at Radio City Music Hall and features the Rockettes. In fiscal 2026 it returned for its 92nd year and drew more than 1.2 million visitors, the highest attendance in 25 years, and it made up 18 per cent of MSG Entertainment's revenue. The company acquired the rights in 1997, and says they are separate from and do not depend on its lease of Radio City.
What MSG Entertainment's annual report says about Christmas Spectacular
Sentences about Christmas Spectacular from MSG Entertainment's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Specifically, the Company produces, presents and hosts a variety of live entertainment events, such as concerts, sporting events, family shows, performing arts events, special events and the wholly-owned Christmas Spectacular production which features the world-famous Radio City Rockettes (the "Rockettes").
Our Productions One of the Company's core properties, the Christmas Spectacular , runs exclusively at Radio City Music Hall and features the world-famous Rockettes.
We acquired the rights to the Christmas Spectacular in 1997, and those rights are separate from, and do not depend on the continuation of, our lease of Radio City Music Hall.
How often MSG Entertainment names Christmas Spectacular in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Christmas Spectacular
- 1997 – present MSG Entertainment [1] verified
Where Christmas Spectacular sits in MSG Entertainment
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by MSG Entertainment
MSG Entertainment controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in live events & ticketing, and who owns them
The 35 brands in live events & ticketing on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is CTS Eventim, with 9; MSG Entertainment has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Eventim Apollo | CTS Eventim | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Playdium | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| KCON | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Live Nation Concerts | Live Nation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMF | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Battery Atlanta | Atlanta Braves Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Signal Iduna Park | Borussia Dortmund KGaA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: MSG Entertainment
MSG Entertainment is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MSGE.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment is a Nevada corporation that runs five live-entertainment venues in two cities: the Garden, the Infosys Theater, Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theatre in New York, and the Chicago Theatre. Sphere Entertainment distributed about 67 per cent of its shares to stockholders on 20 April 2023 and has since sold the rest, so it is no longer part of Sphere. In fiscal 2026 it hosted about 6.4 million guests at nearly 960 events. The Knicks and Rangers are its tenants, not its teams: they belong to MSG Sports.
MSG Entertainment: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Christmas Spectacular and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Christmas Spectacular is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Christmas Spectacular?
The parent company of Christmas Spectacular is MSG Entertainment, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Christmas Spectacular American?
Yes. Christmas Spectacular originated in the United States and its owner, MSG Entertainment, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has MSG Entertainment owned Christmas Spectacular?
MSG Entertainment has owned Christmas Spectacular since 1997.
Is Christmas Spectacular still owned by MSG Entertainment?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Christmas Spectacular is still owned by MSG Entertainment. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 August 2026; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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