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People and Pop Culture

Faces and Places — Miami


Miami was the setting for the 12th annual Sports Facilities & Franchises conference, led off for the second year by the Ticketing Symposium. Attendees gathered at the JW Marriott Miami over three days for panels, featured speakers and networking, with time built in for a tour and a ballgame at the new Marlins Park.
All photos by Gort Productions.

Darren Birch of the Australian Football League, and Jane Kleinberger and Dave Butler of Paciolan

SBJ columnist Bill Sutton, who moderated a panel on maximizing sales, with Caryn Dolich of LivingSocial and Murray Cohn of the NBA, a member of the panel

Russell Scibetti of the New York Jets and John Browne of the Columbus Blue Jackets

Mark Brown, Paul Simon, Nick Arison and Kevin Duplaga of the Miami Heat

Steve Gregosky of Ovations Food Services, Jen Zick of FanOne Marketing and Thomas Marchetto of Ovations


Mike Ondrejko of Legends Premium Sales, Brian Lafemina of the NFL and Joe Ondrejko of the Philadelphia 76ers


Bryant Pfeiffer of MLS with Sean O’Neil of One to One Leadership, who made a presentation on sales force management

Chris Kaiser of the University of Michigan, Elyse Guilfoyle of Google, Jordan Maleh of the University of Michigan and Scott Schultz of Google

Please submit photos for review of industry conferences, parties, product launches and openings showcasing the people and personalities at the event. Include the event date, location, names/titles of those featured along with credit information. The photo specifications are as follows: 300dpi, tiff, jpeg or eps color images. Submit digital photos for review at: photo@sportsbusinessjournal.com or send color prints to: Faces & Places, c/o Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, 120 W. Morehead St., Suite 310, Charlotte, NC 28202.


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