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BRAD MAYNE has stepped down as MetLife Stadium President & CEO, replaced by RON VANDEVEEN, stadium officials announced this morning. Mayne, now serving as a consultant to the NFL facility, held the position since August '12 after taking over for now-Jaguars President MARK LAMPING. VanDeVeen, most recently MetLife Stadium Senior VP/Events & Guest Services, has spent the past 26 years working for Meadowlands sports and entertainment venues. The move became effective last Friday (Don Muret, Staff Writer).

EXECS: Ticketmaster named former IMG College VP/Business Development & Partner Management JANEEN LALIK to the newly created role of Senior VP/College Athletics. Lalik left WME-IMG in February. She was an SBJ/SBD "Forty Under 40" winner in '09 (THE DAILY)....Tennis Channel named NBC Sports Group Account Exec JOHN WARD Dir of Ad Sales/Midwest & Central Regions. He will be based in Chicago (Tennis Channel)....AHL Hamilton Bulldogs GM and coach GEORGE BURNETT "was shown the door." His duties as GM will be picked up by team President STEVE STAIOS (HAMILTON SPECTATOR, 4/5)....U.K.-based sports sponsorship outfit SMG Insight named former GMR Marketing Dir of Business CHARLIE DUNDAS Commercial Dir. Dundas also had previous stints at Repucom and MediaCom (SMG Insight)....The Aspire Group named MATT BUTTA Senior Sales Consultant and TARYN APPLEBAUM New Sales Consultant for the company's Georgia Tech Athletics Fan Relationship Management Center (THE DAILY).

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