LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, BET NETWORKS and AEG announced a star studded line-up to headline the 4th annual BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® at STAPLES Center, The Novo and Los Angeles Convention Center. This year’s line-up of concerts at STAPLES Center will feature some of today’s hottest talents including Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Usher, Bryson Tiller, Katt Williams and Mike Epps. Line-up and events at The Novo presented by Microsoft (formerly Club Nokia) will be announced soon.
The four-day event will showcase the best in music, comedy, and entertainment. Interactive activations and ticketed shows including a celebrity basketball game will also take place at the FREE BET Experience Fan Fest on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
BET EXPERIENCE AT STAPLES CENTER SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, June 23, 2016
7:30
pm: Katt Williams and Mike Epps
FRIDAY, June 24, 2016
7:30 pm:
Usher - Bryson Tiller
SATURDAY, June 25, 2016
7 pm:
Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz present ColleGrove
SUNDAY, June 26, 2016
“BET
AWARDS” at Microsoft Theater
VIP Packages for the BET Experience weekend are now on-sale. In addition to VIP amenities throughout the weekend and incredible seats for the STAPLES Center shows, three levels of BETX VIP Packages offer guests the only opportunity to purchase tickets to the highly anticipated BET Awards, broadcast live from Microsoft Theater. The 1,000+ VIP Packages sold out in 2015, so guests are encouraged to purchase now before the allotment is depleted. Full package amenities and pricing for the Diamond, Platinum and Gold VIP Packages can be found by visiting BETExperience.com or by calling (877) 234-8425.
General tickets for the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® will go on sale April 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (PST). Single day STAPLES Center show tickets are priced as low as $49.50, while 3-day STAPLES Center concert ticket packages start at $148.50. Tickets will be available at http://www.axs.com/betexperience.
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ABOUT BET NETWORKS
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc.
(NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is the nation’s leading provider of quality
entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for
the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than
100 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada,
France, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is
the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of
business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black
entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, the first network
designed for Black women; BET Digital Networks; BET Mobile, which
provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; BET
Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home
environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a
full-scale event management and production company with festivals and
live events spanning the globe; and BET International, which operates
BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET’s network
programming for global distribution.
BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A. LIVE PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA®
BET
Networks, an entertainment powerhouse, and AEG, one of the leading
entertainment companies in the world and developer/operator of L.A.
LIVE, have teamed up once again to create the BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A.
LIVE (BETX), June 23 - 26, 2016 presented by Coca-Cola®. This three-day
festival will be filled with music and comedy concerts taking place at
The Novo by Microsoft and STAPLES Center; FREE BET Fan Fest at the Los
Angeles Convention Center including seminars, celebrity basketball
games, celebrity meet & greets; and other special appearances. The
weekend will be capped off with the “BET Awards” on Sunday, June 26,
2016 at Microsoft Theater.
About AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment
presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Anschutz
Corporation, owns, operates or consults with a collection of companies
including over 100 of the world’s preeminent facilities such as STAPLES
Center (Los Angeles, CA), StubHub Center (Carson, CA), PlayStation
Theater (Times Square, New York), Mercedes-Benz Arena (Shanghai, China),
Allphones Arena (Sydney, Australia), Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin,
Germany), Allianz Parque (São Paulo, Brazil) and The O2 arena and
entertainment district (London, England). Developed by AEG, L.A. LIVE is
a 4 million square foot / $2.5 billion downtown Los Angeles sports, &
entertainment district featuring Microsoft Theater and a 54-story,
1001-room convention "headquarters" destination. In addition to
overseeing privately held management shares of the Los Angeles Lakers,
assets of AEG Sports include franchises
such as the LA Kings, LA Galaxy and the Amgen Tour of California cycling
stage race. Along with AEG Facilities,
other global divisions include AEG Live,
the world’s second largest concert promotion and touring companies
comprised of touring, festival, exhibition, broadcast, merchandise and
special event divisions and AEG Global Partnerships,
responsible for worldwide sales and servicing of sponsorships, naming
rights and other strategic partnerships. In 2010, AEG launched its AEG
1EARTH environmental program featuring the industry's first
sustainability report while in 2011, AEG introduced AXS a comprehensive
entertainment platform serving as the company’s primary consumer brand
including AXS Ticketing which provides fans the opportunity to purchase
tickets directly from their favorite venues via a user-friendly
ticketing interface, Examiner.com and the AXS TV network, a linear cable
channel focusing on live entertainment and lifestyle programming
available in nearly 40 million homes. AEG’s European headquarters are
located in London. Global headquarters are in Los Angeles. For more
information, visit: www.aegworldwide.com
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