Spectra (Defunct / Merged into OVG360)

name: Spectra (Defunct / Merged into OVG360)
description: 'Spectra (formerly Spectra Experiences, originally Comcast-Spectacor Ventures /

  Global Spectrum + Ovations Food Services + Paciolan + Front Row Marketing)

  was a North American venue management, food services & hospitality, and

  partnership-sales company headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Owned jointly by

  Comcast Spectacor and Atairos, Spectra was acquired by Oak View Group (OVG)

  in a deal announced August 31, 2021 and closed on November 15, 2021 after

  receiving U.S. Department of Justice approval. On February 25, 2022, OVG

  formally consolidated Spectra and OVG Facilities into a single, rebranded

  division called OVG360. The Spectra and Spectra Experiences brands were

  retired as a result, and the spectraexperiences.com domain is no longer

  resolvable. This apis.yml is preserved as an historical record only — Spectra

  never published a public developer API, OpenAPI specification, SDK, or

  developer portal. Operational successor: OVG360

  (https://www.oakviewgroup.com/ovg360-2/). Ticketing platform Paciolan, which

  had been part of the Spectra portfolio, was divested before the OVG deal and

  is now an independent Learfield subsidiary.

  '
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/api-evangelist
url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/spectra
modified: '2026-05-23'
created: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
tags:
- Venue Management
- Food Service
- Hospitality
- Live Events
- Sports And Entertainment
- Defunct
- Merged
- Historical Record
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spectra-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spectraexperiences.com
  description: Original Spectra Experiences homepage (no longer resolvable; domain dead as of 2026-05).
- type: SuccessorEntity
  url: https://www.oakviewgroup.com/ovg360-2/
  description: OVG360 — the merged Oak View Group division that absorbed Spectra and OVG Facilities on 2022-02-25.
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://www.oakviewgroup.com
  description: Oak View Group, parent company of OVG360 and current owner of all former Spectra operations.
- type: PriorOwner
  url: https://www.comcastspectacor.com
  description: Comcast Spectacor — Spectra's prior co-owner (with Atairos) before the OVG acquisition.
- type: AcquisitionAnnouncement
  url: https://www.inquirer.com/business/oak-view-group-spectra-comcast-spectacor-merger-20210831.html
  description: Philadelphia Inquirer coverage of the August 31, 2021 acquisition announcement.
- type: AcquisitionClose
  url: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oak-view-group-completes-major-acquisition-of-spectra-301429247.html
  description: PR Newswire — Oak View Group Completes Major Acquisition of Spectra (closed 2021-11-15).
- type: Rebrand
  url: https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2022/02/25/oak-view-group-unites-ovg-facilities-spectra-under-ovg360-brand/
  description: The Stadium Business — OVG unites OVG Facilities and Spectra under the OVG360 brand (2022-02-25).
- type: HistoricalContext
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Spectacor
  description: Comcast Spectacor background, including the Global Spectrum / Ovations / Front Row Marketing brands that were
    combined into Spectra in 2015.
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spectra-vocabulary.yml
  description: Domain vocabulary for the venue management, food service, and live-events space Spectra operated in.
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/spectra-context.jsonld
  description: JSON-LD context aligning Spectra's former domain concepts with schema.org.
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com