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Jul
23

Comcast-Spectacor’s Peter Luukko Talks Venue Management, the Booming Arena Market and What’s Next

Originally published on Billboard.biz | July 23, 2012 | by Ray Waddell, Nashville   Sitting in his corner office at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia, Peter Luukko is at home in the epicenter of Philly good times, with a view of the world. Not only is Luukko, president/COO of sports and entertainment giant Comcast-Spectacor and chairman [...]

Jan
13

Exclusive: Brock Jones To Comcast-Spectacor

Billboard Magazine – January 13, 2012 By Ray Waddell In a move with national touring industry implications, Brock Jones, formerly VP of Bookings at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, has joined Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor in the newly-created role of VP of Bookings. Jones, a 23-year veteran booker of concerts and events, will handle bookings [...]

Mar
13

Comcast-Spectacor: The Philly Connection

Comcast-Spectacor has built a sports empire on strong relationships and a strategy of slow, steady growth. It took 2 1/2 years, but the Philadelphia Spectrum, filled with history from the Broad Street Bullies to Dr. J to The Grateful Dead, has finally been reduced to a pile of rubble. The Spectrum was the original hub [...]

Mar
22

Comcast-Spectacor’s Paciolan Purchase

Pollstar – National Industry Distribution – March 22, 2010 In-house ticketing provider Paciolan has a new home under the Comcast-Spectacor umbrella following its acquisition by the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm. Paciolan, previously a subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment, was offered up to Comcast-Spectacor in January as a condition of the U.S. Department of Justice’s [...]

Mar
15

Back to the Future: Paciolan Is ‘Independent’ Again

Behind The Headlines on Venues Today To pre-Ticketmaster clients of Paciolan, the spin off of that company to Comcast-Spectacor, which was finalized March 5, is sort of same-old, same-old. The Department of Justice made Ticketmaster’s divestiture of Paciolan a requirement of the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation, a company that will become Live Nation [...]

 
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