Red Wings Part Ways With Violetta In Business Ops Restructuring

The Ilitch family has "rolled into a single entity" the business operations of Olympia Entertainment Inc. and the Red Wings. The consolidation was accompanied by a "management shakeup that included the departure this week" of Red Wings Senior VP/Business Affairs Steve Violetta as well as "two other staff reductions." Olympia President & CEO Tom Wilson said of Violetta, "He's not with us anymore. It's part of the reorganization." Wilson declined further comment (CRAINSDETROIT.com, 1/27).