High-end LED means a better wall, at a better price, for a better experience. Brad Fisher, VP of Sales at ReveLux knows how this applies to stadium and arena decision-making for premium upgrades.
Member Highlights
The ALSD is an association of sports and entertainment professionals from all levels of the venue marketplace, from premium seating to ticket sales, technology solutions to facility operations, and everything in between. We are decision makers, sales leaders, service pros, foodservice providers, architects, and builders of memorable experiences.Through this collection of ALSD member highlights, presented by Spring USA, meet your peers in this community that serves to elevate your venue and career. It’s our people that makes the ALSD special and the leading organization for premium seating and venue development professionals to network, exchange best practices, and share values since 1990.
Industry veteran and current Weldon, Williams & Lick CRO, Evan Gitomer knows the value of commemoration, especially when it comes to premium events and experiences.
ALSD proudly announces Chris Bausano, Director of Premium Sales & Service, Cincinnati Reds and Bobbi Busboom, Associate Athletics Director for Development, Operations, University of Illinois, as our Board of Advisors President and Vice President, respectively.
Board Advisors are a guiding light for our industry and association, leading membership, conference, and content initiatives alongside the ALSD team.
Take 10 minutes to get to know Chris and Bobbi in this fun, forward-looking feature.
As new premium products are cropping up, Tumua Tavana, SVP, Client Experience for the Utah Jazz and Smith Entertainment Group, LLC knows that the best way to education clients is to let them live in the experience they would purchase.
To produce a proper theme night, you bring the bravado. And Aimee Canavan, Director, Hospitality and Jessica
Summers, Manager, Courtside Services from the Oklahoma City Thunder have been making theme night statements for
years. Hear what’s resonating with Thunder fans, and why they can’t help but get in the groove.
To explore our venues and find new, cool ways to repurpose space has been one of our industry’s greatest odysseys. Gregg Allen, CRO, Sporting Kansas City knows the mission well. And even if his clients don’t explicitly ask for exclusive spaces, his team understands its incumbent to provide them, while nurturing the VVIP networking opportunities and pushing the experiential envelope.
At our core, service professionals want to exceed their clients’ expectations. However, what gets lost in the equation for something greater is the notion that meeting needs must come before exceeding them. Rachel Reap, Director of Premium Services for the new Moody Center, explains how she makes this a priority, along with providing autonomy to her clients, who are onboarded with all the tools to seamlessly make their own experiences special.
Sports sits on a powerful pedestal, able to influence initiatives and create change. With sustainability an increasingly critical global crisis, our industry’s venues can be conduits to change, while also influencing the millions of fans who frequent them. The impact of initiative influence is explored with Kristen Fulmer, Senior Director of Sustainability, OVG360, Senior Sustainability Director, GOAL and Omar Mitchell, Vice President, Sustainable Infrastructure & Growth Initiatives, National Hockey League.
From the very beginning, these service and operations mavens made a pact that no matter what came to one, the other would know about it. The result is bump in the service experience for this new arena’s guests. They know their staffs can't be successful unless the departments are not only on the same page, but reading the same verses harmoniously. The sisters in service are Caroline Shipps, Vice President, Premium and Member Services and Eboni Wilson, Vice President, Guest Experience for UBS Arena.