Scott Stienecker is the Founder and CEO of the Midwest’s largest independent concert promoter, PromoWest Productions and is a historic driving force for the development of music in Columbus. This year he celebrates PromoWest’s 3rd Anniversary in 2018.

Stienecker began as a hands-on promoter and manager of events at the Newport Music Hall for thirty-six years (1984). He and PromoWest Productions was the original developer of the Polaris Amphitheater, host to epic national tours and events such as Farm Aid, Aerosmith, Janet Jackson and The Eagles. Stienecker designed, opened, and managed the unique venue Express Live, which is the first indoor/outdoor facility in the country, eighteen years ago. Eight years after the opening of Express Live, Stienecker and PromoWest Productions added A&R Bar and the Basement. They are also working to open Stage AE in Pittsburgh and begin hosting major market rock festivals like Bunbury in Cincinnati.

Stienecker and PromoWest Productions recently merged with AEG, the world’s 2nd largest concert producer.