Who owns OpenAir St. Gallen?
OpenAir St. Gallen is owned by CTS Eventim (Germany, XETRA: EVD).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CTS Eventim Annual Report 2025, CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Hamburg
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, St. Gallen
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Live events & ticketing
- Parent ticker
- XETRA: EVD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About OpenAir St. Gallen
OpenAir St. Gallen is a Swiss festival run through OpenAir St. Gallen AG and Gadget Entertainment, companies in the CTS Eventim group. Local public transport is included in the festival ticket, reusable cups are used across the site, tent deposits are charged, and the annual report says residual waste fell by 16.8 per cent in 2025. Festival merchandise is made from certified organic materials.
Ownership timeline of OpenAir St. Gallen
- Current owner CTS Eventim [1] reported
Where OpenAir St. Gallen sits in CTS Eventim
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full CTS Eventim brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by CTS Eventim
CTS Eventim controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in live events & ticketing, and who owns them
CTS Eventim has more brands in live events & ticketing on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 35.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Theatre | MSG Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 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: CTS Eventim
CTS Eventim is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as XETRA: EVD.
CTS Eventim is a ticketing and live entertainment group listed in the MDAX, with its registered office in Munich and its head office in Hamburg. Its Live Entertainment segment brought in EUR 2.152 billion in 2025 and promotes tours, events and festivals, mainly through the EVENTIM LIVE subgroups. The group operates venues including the LANXESS arena and the Eventim Apollo, and organises festivals through FKP Scorpio, PRK DreamHaus and Gadget. Several of these operating companies carry large minority shareholders, so the group controls but does not own all of them.
🇨🇭 OpenAir St. Gallen and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 114 brands that began in Switzerland. 33 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, OpenAir St. Gallen among them.
- Beobachter — Ringier 🇨🇭
- ASTRO Gaming — Logitech 🇨🇭
- Aktifit — Emmi 🇨🇭
- Artevia — Holcim 🇨🇭
- AutoScout24 (Switzerland) — SMG Swiss Marketplace Group 🇨🇭
- BICO — Hilding Anders 🇸🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of OpenAir St. Gallen?
The parent company of OpenAir St. Gallen is CTS Eventim, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is OpenAir St. Gallen Swiss or German?
OpenAir St. Gallen originated in Switzerland, but it is owned today by CTS Eventim, which is headquartered in Germany. So OpenAir St. Gallen is a Swiss-origin brand under German ownership.
Is OpenAir St. Gallen still owned by CTS Eventim?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, OpenAir St. Gallen is still owned by CTS Eventim. 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] CTS Eventim Annual Report 2025 — CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA, Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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