Navigate and Tigertail Advisory hosted a dinner Wednesday night at a private wine room at Ray’s in the City in downtown Atlanta. Attendees included Kevin Kane and Fede Gerber at Navigate, David Cipullo of Tigertail, Dan Gaiman and Natalie Melo from U.S. Soccer, Tom Penn from San Diego FC and Brent Simmons of City Football Group. Members from Populous, AMBSE and other organizations also attended. Over dinner, the group shared brief bios, some personal favorites and personal goals, as well as a conversation on industry trends.
MikeWorldWide & Berk, named last fall as one of SBJ’s Best Places to Work in Sports, hosted a private dinner Wednesday night at Ruth’s Chris Steak House near Centennial Olympic Park. In attendance were MWW’s Bret Werner, Sal Della Monica and Matt Saler; Jessica Camp (Cox Auto); Amy Lauth (Deloitte); Fox’s Eric Esteban and Whit Haskel; Jen Crichton (American Airlines); Ryan Mucatel (AMBSE); Mario Bauduin (StubHub); and Porter Chelson (Home Depot). In an around-the-horn poll, Spain was the favorite to win the upcoming World Cup.
Just a block away from the conference, the line began forming at 3pm ET Wednesday at State Farm Arena for HBCU Aware Fest, a gathering of regional philanthropists looking to boost HBCU funding. Live performances featuring Jill Scott, Common, Jeezy, GloRilla and more began around 7:30pm ET.
Fan experience company Jump held a private dinner at Lyla Lila. Club execs from the NBA, MLS and NWSL discussed ticketing and fan affinity for clubs vs. athletes over snapper crudo, cold smoked scallops and crispy duck lasagna.
