- Comcast-Spectacor
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name = Comcast-Spectacor
type = Subsidiary
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foundation = 1974
founder = Edward M. Snider
location_city = flagicon| U.S.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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key_people = Edward M. Snider
(Chairman )Fred A. Shabel
(Vice Chairman )Peter A. Luukko
(President )
industry =Sports management
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parent =Comcast
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homepage = [http://www.comcast-spectacor.com/corporate/default.asp Comcast-Spectacor]
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intl =Comcast-Spectacor (formerly Spectacor) is a
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based sports and entertainment company. It owns thePhiladelphia Flyers of theNational Hockey League , thePhiladelphia Phantoms of theAmerican Hockey League , and thePhiladelphia 76ers of theNational Basketball Association . The company owns and manages theWachovia Center andWachovia Spectrum in South Philadelphia, plus several community skating rinks in the Philadelphia region known asFlyers Skate Zone . The 24-hour regional sports networkComcast SportsNet is also owned by the company.The company was formed in 1974 by Flyers founder and chairman
Ed Snider to own both the Flyers and the Spectrum. Snider had been instrumental in getting the Spectrum built in 1967, and assumed control of the arena in 1971. He sold a 63% stake in Spectacor toComcast in 1996, forming Comcast-Spectacor. Shortly afterward, he bought the 76ers; as the Spectrum's owner, he had been the Sixers' landlord since 1971.Global Spectrum
Comcast-Spectacor is the principal owner of Global Spectrum. The company manages and operates public assembly facilities throughout the
United States andCanada , such asarena s, civic and convention centers,stadium s,university convocation centers, trade and exposition centers, community ice rinks andtheater s. Some of the arenas and stadiums currently managed by Global Spectrum are:
*University of Phoenix Stadium ,Glendale, Arizona ,
*Chaifetz Arena atSaint Louis University ,St. Louis, Missouri ,
*Wachovia Center andWachovia Spectrum in Global Spectrum's corporate hometown of Philadelphia and the namesake of the company.
* TheRose Garden Arena inPortland, Oregon
*Hale Arena andKemper Arena , both inKansas City, Missouri (Hale and Kemper Arena's are also known as the American Royal Complex)
* TheJohn Labatt Centre inLondon, Ontario ,Canada
* The UCF Arena
*BankUnited Center at theUniversity of Miami inMiami, Florida
*University of Massachusetts Mullins Center , located inAmherst, Massachusetts
* TheOhio State University Jerome Schottenstein Center , inColumbus, Ohio
* TheFargodome , located inFargo, North Dakota
* Spartan Stadium inSan Jose, California
*Aviators Stadium , which is located inCorpus Christi, Texas .
*Sovereign Bank Arena inTrenton, New Jersey .
*Glens Falls Civic Center inGlens Falls, New York .
*St. Charles Convention Center inSaint Charles, Missouri .
*Sioux Falls Convention Center inSioux Falls, South Dakota .
*Overland Park Convention Center inOverland Park, Kansas .
*Comcast Arena at Everett inEverett, Washington .Global Spectrum works in conjunction with another Comcast-Spectacor entity called Front Row Marketing Services, which works to identify new revenue streams at facilities.Other businesses
Comcast-Spectacor owns Ovations Food Services, which provides food and beverage services to arenas, stadiums,
amphitheaters , fairgrounds and convention centers throughout the United States.New Era Tickets is the full-service ticketing subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor, and provides in-house ticketing in the US and Canada. In Philadelphia, the company operates under the nameComcastTIX and provides tickets to events at Wachovia Complex,Liacouras Center atTemple University ,Sovereign Bank Arena inTrenton, New Jersey , and theBorgata Hotel Casino and Spa inAtlantic City, New Jersey . In a partnership withDisson Skating , Comcast-Spectacor produces 10 annually televisedfigure skating programs onNBC .External links
* [http://www.comcast-spectacor.com/corporate/default.asp Comcast-Spectacor]
* [http://www.global-spectrum.com Global-Spectrum]
* [http://www.ovationsfoodservices.com Ovations Food Services]
* [http://www.frontrow-marketing.com Front Row Marketing Services]
* [http://www.flyersskatezone.com Flyers Skate Zone]
* [http://www.neweratickets.com New Era Tickets]
* [http://www.smgworld.com/ SMG, formerly known as Spectacor Management Group]
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