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Sports, Entertainment, Venue Management

General Manager - Live Entertainment & Premium Hospitality Venue

Brooklyn, NYOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$170,000–$210,000 /yrPosted 11 days ago

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Required skills

  • P&L
  • venue management
  • guest experience
  • financial performance
  • operational discipline
  • budgeting
  • forecasting
  • KPI development
  • revenue expansion
  • live entertainment

Nice to have

  • opening a new venue

Role summary

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment seeks a General Manager for a live entertainment and premium hospitality venue in Manhattan. This senior leader will oversee overall business results, day-to-day venue management, and guest experience, with direct P&L ownership. Responsibilities include financial performance, budgeting, forecasting, revenue expansion, and integrating live entertainment, hospitality, and guest services into a cohesive operation. The role requires translating strategic vision into disciplined execution, setting premium service standards, and building a high-performing operating team. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in venue operations, hospitality, or live entertainment, with a proven track record of owning a P&L and driving financial and operational performance in complex, customer-facing businesses.

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment creates bold, authentic, and unforgettable experiences that redefine sports, entertainment, and hospitality, The Brooklyn Way. As the parent company of marquee properties including the Brooklyn Nets, NY Liberty and Barclays Center, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment operates at the intersection of live entertainment, premium hospitality, and community engagement.

As it expands its existing portfolio, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment now includes BK Mag, as well as Brooklyn Wine Club, and a hospitality business developing several location-based entertainment properties.

Whether on the court, on stage, or in the workplace, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment is driven by a pursuit of excellence—constantly evolving, innovating, and pushing boundaries to elevate its business and expand its fan base. The company is deeply committed to fostering a culture of belonging and inclusion, both internally and across its communities, ensuring that every interaction reflects its values of growth mindset, integrity, accountability and care.

We are guided by our core values:

  • Integrity: Be intellectually honest at all times. Demonstrate the highest professional and ethical standards.
  • Care: Care for everything and everyone around us. Practice empathy, respect, and inclusion to promote an environment of excellence and success.
  • Growth Mindset: Develop ourselves and those around us. Experiment, learn, and improve from everything we do.
  • Accountability: Deliver on our word, take responsibility for our actions, and work in the interest of our team.

    • SUMMARY

    The General Manager is the senior leader for a live entertainment and premium hospitality venue in Manhattan, with direct responsibility for overall business results, day-to-day venue management, and exceptional guest experience. The success of the business will rely heavily on this individual’s leadership, operational discipline, and ability to translate strategy into consistent execution.

    The General Manager is accountable for financial performance, reporting, and partnership with corporate leadership. Operating at the intersection of entertainment and hospitality, this leader will bring premier live entertainment, hospitality & dining, and guest services together into one cohesive experience, where every moment from arrival through departure feels intentional. This is a rare opportunity to step into a top-of-house operating role at a distinctive entertainment venue—one that values creative excellence, exceptional guest experience, and operational rigor. This leader will help shape not only how the venue operates day-to-day, but also how the business scales over time.

    WHAT YOU WILL DO

    Business & Financial Ownership

    Own the P&L, reporting, and operating cadence

  • Own overall venue performance, including revenue, labor, operating expenses, profitability, and guest satisfaction
  • Serve as the primary operating partner to corporate leadership, providing clear reporting, insights, and recommendations
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, KPI development, and rigorous performance reviews; proactively surface insights, risks, and opportunities
  • Drive financial discipline across labor models, throughput, show utilization, and F&B performance
  • Identify and pursue revenue expansion opportunities beyond core ticketing and F&B, including private rentals, buyouts, special events and retail
  • Coordinate with the Partnerships team to identify and evaluate commercial opportunities that align with the brand, guest experience and operational capacity

    • Venue & Operating Leadership

    Set the standard for execution in a live environment

  • Translate strategic vision into disciplined execution across show operations, food & beverage, guest services, security, and facilities
  • Integrate live entertainment and hospitality into a single, cohesive operation, ensuring show schedules, F&B service, and guest flow work together across theaters, bars, and lounges
  • Champion a hospitality-first service culture, holding every team to premium standards at each guest touchpoint, from the box office to the bar to the theater
  • Act as the senior escalation point for complex operational, guest, safety, or staffing issues
  • Ensure consistent operating standards, service quality, and compliance in a live entertainment and hospitality environment
  • Recruit, hire, and scale a high-performing operating team across the venue, show, and hospitality functions, building the staffing structure needed to open and sustain operations
  • Manage the onsite staff, setting clear expectations, decision rights, and operating rhythms across the venue, show and hospitality teams
  • Support workforce planning, leadership development, and a high-accountability operating culture
  • Partner with creative and programming leaders to align show flow, timing, and atmosphere with operational and financial goals
  • Ensure a seamless, high-quality guest journey from arrival through departure

    • Scalability & Growth

    Build the operating model for what comes next

  • Build scalable systems, processes, and operating playbooks to support growth and future venues
  • Identify opportunities to standardize and improve execution without compromising creative integrity
  • Play a key role in preparing the organization for multi-venue expansion over time

    • WHAT YOU WILL BRING

  • 15+ years of experience in venue operations, hospitality, live entertainment, location-based entertainment, or a related operating leadership role
  • Experience overseeing complex, customer-facing businesses with multiple operating functions, including hospitality, guest services, and live programming. Experience opening a new venue is a plus.
  • Proven track record of owning a P&L and driving financial and operational performance
  • Strong financial and analytical skills, with experience in reporting to executive leadership and/or ownership
  • Strong understanding of service standards, operational execution, safety protocols, and management accountability across departments
  • Experience serving as a senior point of escalation for operational, guest, staffing, or incident-related matters
  • Familiarity with live entertainment and hospitality-integrated concepts where guest flow, timing, atmosphere, and programming must work together seamlessly
  • Experience identifying and implementing operational improvements that enhance efficiency, throughput, and guest satisfaction
  • Ability to balance business performance, team leadership, and guest experience in a dynamic operating environment

    • WHO YOU ARE

  • You think like an entrepreneur, take ownership, and hold yourself accountable for driving results.
  • A decisive, pragmatic operator who blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
  • Calm under pressure, sound in judgment, and able to make thoughtful decisions in a fast-moving operating environment
  • A clear communicator who can effectively engage ownership, leadership, frontline staff, and cross-functional partners
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and committed to maintaining high standards across service, operations, and safety
  • Solutions-oriented and proactive, with a continuous focus on improving the business, supporting the team, and elevating the guest experience
  • Willing and able to work non-traditional hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays during operating periods

    • COMPENSATION

    $170,000 - $210,000 base salary + Performance-Based Incentive

    Full-time employees are eligible for a robust slate of total rewards, including:

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HSA and FSA eligibility
  • 401k Employer Match at 4%
  • Competitive PTO policy & Company Holidays
  • Parental leave policy eligible after 6 months of service
  • Access to events at Barclays Center, subject to ticket availability

    • WORK ENVIRONMENT

    Works primarily onsite at the venue.

    We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion/creed, gender, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy and lactation accommodations, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage, immigration, or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, height and weight, arrest or conviction record, caregiver status, credit history, unemployment status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, salary history, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking, and sex offenses, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local laws.

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