REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Concerts Revenue [Table Text Block]

Concerts revenue, including intersegment revenue, for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in thousands)
Total Concert Revenue	$	9,428,094		$	8,770,031		$	7,892,076
Percentage of consolidated revenue	81.6		%	81.3		%	81.5		%

Disaggregation Of Ticketing Revenue [Table Text Block]

Ticketing revenue, including intersegment revenue, for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in thousands)
Total Ticketing Revenue	$	1,545,189		$	1,529,566		$	1,346,510
Percentage of consolidated revenue	13.4		%	14.2		%	13.9		%

Disaggregation Of Sponsorship & Advertising Revenue [Table Text Block]

Sponsorship & Advertising revenue, including intersegment revenue, for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in thousands)
Total Sponsorship & Advertising Revenue	$	590,274		$	503,968		$	445,148
Percentage of consolidated revenue	5.1		%	4.7		%	4.6		%

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

The table below summarizes the amount of deferred revenue recognized during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

	December 31,
	2019		2018
	(in thousands)
Concerts	$	1,121,945	$	839,897
Ticketing	62,088		42,512
Sponsorship & Advertising	20,220		21,279
Other & Corporate	3,069		1,591
	$	1,207,322	$	905,279