About Us

From the Internationally known Snake River Stampede to concerts and community events, the Ford Idaho Center complex has been a home to countless memories for locals and visitors alike. 

In 1997 the Arena was built as a foundation of the complex which developed into Idaho's premier event center with the addition of the Amphitheater, and in 2002 the Horse Park and Sports Center.  2022 marks 25 years of commitment between Ford Idaho Center Arena, the City of Nampa, and our communities while the Horse Park celebrates 20 years of excellence to the equine community. 

Bringing live entertainment we love.  

The Ford Idaho Center is the premier Multi-Event Complex in the Pacific Northwest. Attend a concert, convention, sporting event, trade show, or an equestrian show, and you will be treated to a first-class experience at the Ford Idaho Center. We are centrally located between Seattle, Portland, Reno, and Salt Lake City. With air transportation just twenty minutes away at the Boise Airport, we are truly at the Crossroads of the Northwest.

OVG                  

The Ford Idaho Center is operated by OVG.  OVG, a division of Oak View Group, is a full-service venue management and hospitality company that helps client-partners reimagine the sports, live entertainment, and convention industries for the betterment of the venue, employees, artists, athletes, and surrounding communities. With a portfolio of more than 200 client-partners spanning arenas, stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, cultural institutions, and state fairs around the globe, OVG provides a set of services, resources and expertise designed to elevate every aspect of business that matters to venue operators. Service-oriented and driven by social responsibility, OVG helps facilities drive value through excellence and innovation in food services, booking and content development, sustainable operations, public health and public safety and more.  

About Oak View Group (OVG) 

Oak View Group (OVG) is a global sports and entertainment company founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff in 2015. OVG is focused on being a positive disruption to business as usual in the sports, live entertainment and hospitality industries and currently has eight divisions across four global offices (Los Angeles, New York, London, and Philadelphia). OVG oversees the operations of Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center and UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY as well as arena development projects for Moody Center in Austin, TX; Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA; Co-op Live in Manchester, UK; and projects for Arena São Paulo in São Paulo, BZ; Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, MD; FirstOntario Centre Arena in Hamilton, ON; and a New Arena in Cardiff, Wales. More information at OakViewGroup.com, and follow OVG