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8:00Am-5:00Pm 8:00am-5:00pm 11:30am-12:15PM Moderated by: REGISTRATION Capital Ideas: Private Alan Hoffman, Co-Chair, Winston & Strawn Speakers: West Prefunction, 2nd Floor (Lobby Level) Placement In Sports & Live Larry Cyrlin, Head of Infrastructure Entertainment Venues Finance, Americas, Citi Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor Peter Dorfman, Managing Director, Sports With a global ramp-up in project development & Entertainment Specialty Group, SunTrust 9:00am-9:15am from small venues to the arena and stadium Hannah Gordon, Chief Administrative Opening Remarks Speakers: levels, many with vast retail/entertainment Officer & General Counsel, San Francisco Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor Irving Azoff, Chairman/CEO, footprints, developers are seeking creative 49ers The Azoff Company Jerry Parisi, Managing Director, Sports financing and innovative partnerships. This Tim Leiweke, Co-Founder and CEO, Finance, MUFG panel will explore the various options on Oak View Group the table for venue developers, sports franchises; and others funding projects and raising capital, including private placement versus traditional financing, private equity, 9:15am-10:00am public and/or private partnerships. Whether Jim Dolan + Irving Azoff: Speakers: private placement is a piece of the finance Irving Azoff, Chairman/CEO, puzzle, capital for an entire project, or a One On One The Azoff Company complement to existing financing, given Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor James Dolan, Executive Chairman/CEO, In a VenuesNow Conference exclusive, The Madison Square Garden Company a general reticence toward using public Executive Chairman/CEO, The Madison money for sports and entertainment Square Garden Company, James Dolan venues, private placement has become an and Chairman/CEO, The Azoff Company, increasingly viable option. Topics covered Irving Azoff, two of the most visionary and will include the advantages and risks of influential figures in the history of sports various funding strategies, typical term and live entertainment, will sit down and structures, regulations concerns, and the discuss MSG’s revolutionary Sphere impact of market conditions on raising venues and their transformative impact on the future of the global live events industry. capital and how it’s used. Hear informed finance professionals weigh in on the opportunities and potential challenges in the world of raising capital for sports and live entertainment venue development. 10:00AM-10:15am Sponsor Spotlight: Think Like A Speakers: Michael A. Neuman, Founder, EVP and Brand, Act Like an Agency – Scout Managing Partner Scout Sports and Sports and Entertainment Entertainment, a division of Horizon Media 11:30am-12:15PM Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor Sheri Roder, EVP, Chief of WHY, Horizon There’s a shift in the property/sponsorship Media eSports: Where Do We Go From Here? Moderated by: dynamic; a transformational approach to West Ballroom, 2nd Floor Bob Jordan, CEO, 1337 Facilities LLC, understanding your brand partner’s KPI’s With a global audience of 300 million Founder, Venue Road LLC and your fans, are paramount to enhanced and revenues estimated to be in the $1 Speakers: Tyler Endres, CEO, ESports Arena measurement and insights capabilities. billion range and growing (less than half Craig Levine, Global Chief Strategy Officer, ESL of which is based in the U.S. according Todd Merry, CMO, Delaware North to game market researcher Newzoo), the Brian Mirakian, Director of Brand 10:15am-11:00am debate over the viability of Esports as a Activation & Senior Principal, Populous Taking Action: The Future of In-Venue Moderated by: live attraction and driver of fan passion is Sports Wagering Marcus DiNitto, Managing Editor, beyond settled. Even so, the global esports BetIndiana market still has plenty of runway in terms Sponsored by Delaware North Speakers: Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor of growth for branding/sponsorships, as Scott Butera, President, Interactive Polarizing as it may be, the smart money well as presenting compelling events that Gaming, MGM Resorts International consumers beyond hardcore gamers want seems to be on increased tolerance Jason Carmello, Architect and for legalized and in-venue betting at to attend, in venues that add value to the Principal, Populous experience. While there are challenges, professional league sporting events. Madelaine Moeke, Return on Design™ esports remains very much on an upward From venue-approved mobile betting Lead + Strategic Growth Analyst, ROSSETTI trajectory, with some reports putting capital to dedicated space for sports books David O’Rourke, President & CEO, New integrated into the design of the venue, York Racing Association investment in the sports’ broad ecosystem political and consumer views are shifting, Sara Slane, Founder, Slane Advisory and diverse business models nearing $5 and the industry is examining how best Jim Van Stone, President of Operations billion in 2018. A panel of stakeholders to meet fan demand when it comes to & Chief Commercial Officer, Monumental in the burgeoning world of Esports will betting on pro sports. The question has Sports & Entertainment discuss where the sector is headed as become which business model makes a major league attraction, including the the most sense for teams to implement value of sponsorships and franchises, the at their facilities, with the choice primarily evolution of the venues and presentations, being between mobile/digital and brick and how venues can secure esports events and mortar. The answer to those questions amid the shifting dynamics of competitive depends on whom you ask, with individual gaming as a spectator sport. state regulations and league restrictions also playing a critical role in how gaming ultimately looks. In addition, where do the sponsorship opportunities lie for teams 12:15pm-12:45pm and venues, and what’s the value of these Innovation Spotlight/Venues 2030: Interviewed by: Elinor Klavens, Senior Research Analyst, gaming deals? What will be the role of the The Promise of 5G feat. Dave Macdon- big casino players? How will cultural and Sports Innovation Lab legal considerations figure in? It’s still early, ald, Director of Strategy, AT&T but executives with skin in the game will Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor discuss where it’s all heading as the sports Everybody’s talking about 5G—the fifth and entertainment industry grabs hold of generation of wireless networks—but pent-up demand in the gambling space. what does it really mean to venues and the sports and live entertainment industry? The answer: potentially everything. Faster data speeds, ultra-low latency and 11:00am-11:30am supercharged connectivity will impact Innovation Spotlight/Venues 2030: virtually all aspects of the live experience at some level. But that’s only if venues CONTENT feat. Darren Pfeffer, Interviewed by: and producers of live are fully invested Executive Vice President, MSG LivE Ray Waddell, President, Media & and prepared to maximize the potential of Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor Conferences, Oak View Group 5G. Dave Macdonald, director of strategy The core of sustained artist development at AT&T, will tell us how to truly fulfill the today is centered around the live business. promise of 5G. Artists that focus on their touring out of the gate, savvily navigating the plays in terms of capacities, markets, and events through strategic partnerships with promoters and 12:45pm-2:00pm venues, can ensure a robust live career for LUNCH years to come. Darren Pfeffer, executive Sponsored by Oak View Group Arena Alliance VP for MSG Live, who steers content for West Pre-Function, 2nd Floor & the Madison Square Garden portfolio Gallery Pre-Function, 4th Floor of venues, will discuss how venues can partner with artists to develop touring careers and foster artist development. Moderated by: 2:00pm-2:45PM Moderated by: Don Muret, Senior Editor, VenuesNow 2:45pm-3:30pm City Planning & Dan Shell, President, OVG Collegiate Speakers: How to Create Successful Collegiate Speakers: Entertainment Districts + John Shreve, Senior Urban Planner and Events That Benefit All Parties Michael Cragg, Director of Athletics, Senior Principal, Populous The Venue Footprint in 2030 West Ballroom, 2nd Floor St. John’s University Peter Feigin, President, Milwaukee Bucks/ Gallery Ballroom, 4th Floor As major college conferences increase the Greg Procino, Director, Events & Awards, Fiserv Forum Design and strategic planning for new number of games in their league schedules, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame venue developments have blown beyond Eric Nordness, SVP, Hickory Street Capital every game remaining within a school’s the look, cost, and functionality of the brick and Marquee Development control becomes more and more important. and mortar building to take into account a Kirk Safford, Director, City Partnerships, Lyft Concurrently, as college content continues vast venue footprint that can encompass Dana Warg, Vice President, Entertainment, to increase in value, opportunities arise city planning, retail and entertainment 313 Presents for high-profile, neutral, television-ready districts, added attractions, and myriad events across the country and, increasingly, partners and stakeholders from the public internationally. How can all stakeholders and private sectors, with teams, architects, benefit? What are the priorities to the municipalities, retail and dining brands, various stakeholders, including financial and multiple finance partners all potentially interests, the student athlete experience, weighing in. Experienced experts in all recruiting benefits,
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