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.
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: []
# No APIs are listed because Spectra never published a public developer API,
# OpenAPI specification, SDK, CLI, or developer portal during its operating life
# (2015-2022). All customer-facing integrations were delivered via private
# enterprise contracts, white-labeled Paciolan ticketing (since divested), or
# direct hospitality / venue-operations services.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com