Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report

A recent brief interview on the Bloomberg Businesweek Daily  podcast  featured BSE Global's CEO Sam Zussman. The summary: BSE Global, the parent company of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, the WNBA's New York Liberty, as well as their home arena, Barclays Center, has built a business model across sports, entertainment, hospitality and media. The company believes that its array of multiple businesses enables it to enjoy operational leverage and extract cross-functional synergies. Sam Zussman, CEO of BSE Global, explains how Brooklyn's unique culture and history make it the ideal home base for the "experiential" powerhouse. Sam speaks with Tim Stenovec, Emily Graffeo and Randall Williams on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily. They didn't explain cross-functional synergies, but perhaps we'll see that as, for example, the Planet Brooklyn festival emerges next month. Event total Zussman described the arena as "open roughly 190 nights a year." Is that accurate?...

In a 6/9/22 announcement first fed to the sports business publication Sportico as  Brooklyn Nets Parent Names Sam Zussman as Next CEO , the team and BSE Global have a new leader. Sportico added a quote from Tsai, who's focusing on growth: “There’s a lot of potential to generate more revenue with new technology and new sources of sponsorship. So when we set out to find a new CEO for the business, I thought the most important criteria was someone who is strategically aligned with our thinking, and has the executive management experience to execute that vision.” Zussman has spent 16 years at IMG/Endeavor, which  absorbed  William Morris and is  led  by CEO Ari Emanuel. The firm offers  expertise  in: TALENT REPRESENTATION; SPORTS OPERATIONS & ADVISORY; EVENTS & EXPERIENCES MANAGEMENT; MEDIA PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION; CREATIVE & EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING; and BRAND LICENSING. Besides growing revenue from technology and sponsorship--hm, a new s...