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The talk June 10-12 in Santa Clara centered on ticketing, facilities and the teams that play there. Included were visits to two new venues, Levi’s Stadium and Avaya Stadium.

Photos by Rich Schmitt

Kevin Carmichael of Prodigy Sports, Brett Fuller of Delaware North Sportservice, Molly Mazzolini of Infinite Scale and Mark Gress Jr. of Prodigy Sports
The Columbus Crew’s Andy Loughnane and the Sacramento Kings’ Chris Granger
Peter Luukko of the Florida Panthers
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Drew Cloud, the Orlando Magic’s Charlie Freeman and Curtis Cheng of DTI Management
Attendees enjoy a trip onto the field at the San Jose Earthquakes’ Avaya Stadium.
The San Jose Earthquakes’ Dave Kaval (left) and Lew Wolff (right) of the Oakland A’s with SBJ/SBD’s Eric Fisher, who interviewed Wolff at Avaya Stadium as part of the program
Eric Resch of Matthews International, Jake Geleerd of Clark Hill, Josh Rooney of Matthews International, and Gary Adler and Lori Rooney of Clark Hill
Jim Rushton of IBM
Alex Miles of Veritix, Todd Lambert of the Detroit Lions, Jeff Yocom of Marquee Search, Brendan Donohue of the NBA and Jordan Hergott of Specseats International
David Mosca of MLS and Eric Andalman and Melissa Heiter of Icon Venue Group
Mike Tomon of Legends, Carl Schloessman of the Los Angeles Football Club and Bryant Pfeiffer and David Mosca of MLS
Attendees make the short walk to Levi’s Stadium to hear 49ers CEO Jed York.

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