Chairman and CEO Richard Schaps’ collection of modern art adorns many of the walls at the Van Wagner Group’s New York City headquarters. Inside the office of Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment President and CEO Jeff Knapple on the 27th floor is evidence of all the deals, including dozens of arena and stadium naming-rights contracts, that the former NFL, USFL and CFL quarterback has helped orchestrate during 30-plus years in the off-field side of sports.
“The Super Bowl XLVIII ball is bittersweet, because I was involved with the naming rights for MetLife, but my team [the Denver Broncos, for which he played in 1980] laid one of the biggest eggs in Super Bowl history,” he said.
“We want to show all of our sides, so there’s stuff here from a lot of teams we work with, awards for our in-game production arm work, and some non-sports stuff like a signed photo of [former Beatles producer] George Martin, from a documentary project we’re doing with him. That’s the ‘E’ in VWS&E.”
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