Aug 11 (Reuters) - MARI Group said on Tuesday it has signed

a deal to acquire British West End theater operator ATG

Entertainment, in the latest acquisition by the global live

events company founded by Hollywood power broker Ari Emanuel

last year.

Here are more details:

* Financial terms of MARI's acquisition of the theater

operator from Providence Equity Partners were not disclosed, but

the Financial Timessaid the deal was valued at about £4.5

billion ($6.07 billion).

* ATG Entertainment owns and operates 70 venues across the

UK, the U.S., Germany and Spain, entertaining more than 18

million audience members each year.

* ATG's portfolio includes Broadway venues including the

Walter Kerr Theater and the Lyric, and features shows like

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" and "The Lion King".

* Reuters had reported in May that ATG Entertainment is in

the early stages of being prepared for a possible sale.

* "MARI intends to act as a long-term custodian of ATG's

theaters, investing in their preservation and modernization

alongside an improved audience experience and support for new

productions, to the benefit of theatergoers and producers

alike," the company said in a statement.

* Since launching MARI in October, Emanuel has acquired

assets such as digital ticketing platform TodayTix, the Miami

Open, Frieze art fairs and Barrett-Jackson auto auctions.

* Emanuel is also the CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship

and World Wrestling Entertainment owner TKO Group ( TKO ).

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