Baltimore concert venue to drop global management company

The Lyric Baltimore has chosen not to renew its contract with one of the largest venue and event management companies in the world and will instead bring the services in-house. The Lyric signed a five-year contract with ASM Global in 2019 for the company to run the theater’s operations that is due to expire on Sept. 30. Jonathan Schwartz, the Lyric Foundation’s executive director, said he feels the Lyric is now in a position to run those services itself after learning from ASM over the past five years.