Comcast-Spectacor's Global Spectrum unit, which manages
arenas in Phoenix, Atlantic City, Miami Beach and more than 100 mostly midsized
cities, has hired Hank Abate from rival SMG to serve in the newly-created job
of senior vice president, arenas and stadiums, bulking up a management team
depleted by the recent departure of longtime operating executive Peter Luukko.
Abate had been with SMG since 1992, managing arenas in
Connecticut and Pittsburgh. The two firms, both founded by Comcast-Spectacor
head Ed Snider, have competed to run a series of city-owned centers, with SMG
recently beating Comcast-Spectacor for a contract to run the Pennsylvania
Convention Center in Philadelphia, while Global Spectrum displaced SMG to run
the Atlantic City convention centers. Abate is moving the family from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to take the job.
Source: Philly.com
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