St. Louis was the host market for this year’s AXS Drive event, presented by SBJ, which was held last week with an event-record crowd of just over 500 industry execs. They gathered at The America’s Center in downtown, discussing the latest trends around franchise and facility operations, ticketing and business strategy and analytics. Here's a look back at the jam-packed event! For more on the entire week at AXS Drive, check out this week's SBJ Behind the Scenes newsletter.
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Dilip Vishwanat FleishmanHillard President & CEO John Saunders (l) and SBJ's Abe Madkour
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Crypto.com Arena's Emmanuel Jacobo, MSE's Jim Van Stone, Piston's Adam Falkson, Gensler's Jon Niemuth and SBJ's Bret McCormick
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Comcast NBCU's Bill Connors, Tickets for Good's Steve Rimmer and NBC Sports Next & Fandango's Will McIntosh
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Comcast NBCU's Bill Connors, FanSaves' Shannon Ferguson and NASCAR's Craig Neeb
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Mobilitas Group's Hassan Madhoun, Warriors' Donna Daniels and Mets' L.J. Nassivera
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Dilip Vishwanat Meeting the Emerging Executives
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Dilip Vishwanat Braves EVP/Development Jeremy Strife
Dilip Vishwanat Giants VP/Strategy & Business Intelligence Russell Scibetti
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Leaders Group CRO Eileen Silvergleid, Marquee Development Dir of Event Programming Jared Rush and Marquee Development Senior Dir of Development Phil Semon talk unlocking value in sports-adjacent districts
Dilip Vishwanat St. Louis CITY SC CEO Matt Sebek (l) and Evolv Technology VP/Sports John Baier
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Dilip Vishwanat Panel on creating robust loyalty programs through data and analytics
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Dilip Vishwanat FEVO EVO & co-Lead for Partner Success in Sports Aaron Parris (l) and Blues Senior Coordinator of Theme, Promotions & Group Sales talk strategies for acing the premium shift
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: NHL's Alex Townsend-Mitchell, Delaware North's Jamie Obletz, St. Louis Cardinals' Vicki Bryant and SBJ's Daniel Kaufman talk ways data-based F&B decisions drive revenue
Dilip Vishwanat St. Louis Blues President & CEO/Business Operations (r) and SBJ's Abe Madkour welcome attendees to the Enterprise Center
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Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Kings’ Nick Cooper, Tigers’ Brian Jemison, AMBSE’s Don Rovak and Logitix’s Travis Apple
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: St. Louis CITY SC CEO Carolyn Kindle and SBJ’s Abe Madkour
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: TD Garden's Amy Latimer, K.C. Current's Allison Howard and AXS's Bryan Perez
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Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: SBJ’s Terry Lefton and RCL Group President Robert Lachky
Dilip Vishwanat St. Louis Blues Owner Tom Stillman
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Verizon Business Group’s Brian Gorney, HBSE’s Gabe Harris and Wicket Software’s Jeffrey Josephson
Dilip Vishwanat Jacksonville Jaguars’ Mark Lamping
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Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Purina’s Angela Minges, Playfly Premier Partnerships’ Ryan Smith, SBJ’s Terry Lefton and St. Louis Cardinals’ William DeWitt III
Dilip Vishwanat Venutize VP/Product Solutions Lindsay St. Lawrence
Dilip Vishwanat Wicket EVP Glenn Borgmann
Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: SBJ’s David Broughton, Mortenson’s Ellen Spangler and HOK’s Chris DeVolder
Dilip Vishwanat St. Louis CITY SC game
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Dilip Vishwanat SBJ’s Abe Madkour details sports business issues to watch and why
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Dilip Vishwanat From l-r: Dodgers’ Royce Cohen, Jazz’s Andrea Williams, Elevate’s Chris Allphin and SBJ’s Abe Madkour