Courtesy of Sports Facilities Companies

Dev Pathik
Founding Partner

Since founding the Clearwater, Fla.-based company in 2003, Pathik has led hundreds of P3 developments — public/private partnerships — en route to becoming the biggest player in planning, developing and managing youth and amateur sports complexes. The $50 million Cedar Point (Ohio) Sports Center that opened last year, for example, was a collaboration with the Lake Erie Shores & Islands Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Firelands Regional Health System. The company had a similar arrangement for this summer’s opening of the $27 million, 160-acre Panama City Beach (Fla.) Sports Complex. Clement is an architect who began his career specializing in sports complex design and then worked in corporate real estate asset management before co-founding the company. Sullivan, a former professional soccer player, has led the planning, funding, and grand opening of more than $500 million in sports, fitness, recreation, and entertainment facilities since joining the company in 2006. — D.B.