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Comcast Spectacor

Comcast Spectacor
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Type Private
Industry Sports management
Founded 1974
Founder(s) Edward M. Snider
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key people Ed Snider, (Chairman)
Fred Shabel, (Vice Chairman)
Peter Luukko, (President)
Owner(s) Ed Snider (37%)
Comcast (63%)
Parent Comcast
Subsidiaries Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers, Global Spectrum, Ovations Food Services, Paciolan, New Era Tickets, Front Row Marketing Services, Wells Fargo Center, Flyers Skate Zone, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Disson Skating, Paciolan
Website Comcast Spectacor

Comcast Spectacor (formerly Spectacor) is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based sports and entertainment company. It owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and formerly owned the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. The company owns and manages the Wells Fargo Center and formerly managed the Spectrum in South Philadelphia before that arena was demolished, plus several community skating rinks in the Philadelphia region known as Flyers Skate Zone. The 24-hour regional sports network Comcast SportsNet is also owned by the company.

The company was formed in 1974 by Flyers founder and chairman Ed Snider to own both the Flyers and the Spectrum. Snider had been instrumental in getting the Spectrum built in 1967, and assumed control of the arena in 1971. He sold a 63% stake in Spectacor to Comcast in 1996, forming Comcast Spectacor. Shortly afterward, he bought the 76ers; as the Spectrum's owner, he had been the Sixers' landlord since 1971.

Global Spectrum

Comcast Spectacor is the principal owner of Global Spectrum. The company manages and operates public assembly facilities throughout the United States and Canada, such as arenas, civic and convention centers, stadiums, university convocation centers, trade and exposition centers, community ice rinks and theaters. Some of the arenas and stadiums currently managed by Global Spectrum are:

Global Spectrum works in conjunction with another Comcast-Spectacor entity called Front Row Marketing Services, which works to identify new revenue streams at facilities.

Other businesses

Comcast Spectacor owns Ovations Food Services, which provides food and beverage services to arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters, fairgrounds and convention centers throughout the United States. New Era Tickets is the full-service ticketing subsidiary of Comcast Spectacor, and provides in-house ticketing in the US and Canada. In Philadelphia, the company operates under the name ComcastTIX and provides tickets to events at Wachovia Complex, Liacouras Center at Temple University, Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey, and the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast Spectacor produces 10 annually televised figure skating programs on NBC.

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v · d · ePhiladelphia 76ers
Formerly the Syracuse Nationals • Founded in 1939 • Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Administration

Owner: Apollo Global Management (Joshua Harris, chairman; David Blitzer, Jason Levien, Art Wrubel, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith) • Chief Executive Officer: Adam Aron • President & General Manager: Rod Thorn • Head coach: Doug Collins

Retired Numbers

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NBA Championships (2)

1967 • 1983

Rivals

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Announcers

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v · d · ePhiladelphia Flyers
Franchise

Award winners • Broadcasters • Captains • Coaches • Comcast Spectacor • Draft picks • General Managers • Players • Records • Roster • Seasons

Lore

1967 NHL expansion • 1967 NHL Expansion Draft • 1976 Flyers-Red Army game • 2010 NHL Winter Classic • 2012 NHL Winter Classic • Broad Street Bullies • Curse of Billy Penn • Devils–Flyers rivalry • Ed Snider • Flyers–Penguins rivalry • Flyers–Rangers rivalry • Flyers–Senators brawl • Gene Hart • "God Bless America" • Kate Smith • Lauren Hart • Legion of Doom • Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Arenas

Spectrum (1967–96) • Wells Fargo Center (1996–present)

Affiliates

Adirondack Phantoms (AHL) • Trenton Titans (ECHL)

Media
v · Comcast
Comcast Programming Group

TV One (part owner) · FEARnet (part owner) · Comcast Entertainment Television · Comcast Television · Comcast Network · Comcast SportsNet · MLB Network (minority stake)  · NHL Network (minority stake)  · Xfinity 3D

Comcast Spectacor (66%)

Philadelphia Flyers · Wells Fargo Center · Flyers Skate Zone · Ovations Food Services · New Era Tickets · ComcastTIX

Comcast Interactive Media

XFINITY · Fancast · Movies.com · Plaxo · ThePlatform

NBCUniversal, LLC (51%)
Other Holdings

Comcast Spotlight  · GuideWorks (51%) · TVWorks (67%)  · Midcontinent Communications (part owner)  · In Demand (part owner)

v · d · eCurrent National Hockey League owners
v · d · eCurrent team owners in the National Basketball Association
Eastern Conference
Atlantic

H. Irving Grousbeck, Wycliffe Grousbeck and Stephen Pagliuca (Boston Celtics)
Mikhail Prokhorov (New Jersey Nets)
Madison Square Garden, Inc. (New York Knicks)
Joshua Harris (Philadelphia 76ers)
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Toronto Raptors)

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Western Conference
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Michael Heisley (Memphis Grizzlies)
National Basketball Association (New Orleans Hornets)
Peter Holt (San Antonio Spurs)

Northwest

Stan Kroenke (Denver Nuggets)
Glen Taylor (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Clayton Bennett (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Paul Allen (Portland Trail Blazers)
Karen Gail Miller and family (Utah Jazz)

Pacific

Peter Guber and Joe Lacob (Golden State Warriors)
Donald Sterling (Los Angeles Clippers)
Jerry Buss (Los Angeles Lakers)
Robert Sarver (Phoenix Suns)
Maloof family (Sacramento Kings)