COMCAST
SPECTACOR
★ COMCAST-SPECTACOR ★
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Comcast-Spectacor has established itself as a leader in the sports management industry, providing high qual-
ity sports and entertainment, as well as two tremendous sports and entertainment facilities, to millions
of fans across the country.
Comcast-Spectacor is the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm, which owns the
Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the
National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American
Hockey League, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community skating rinks designed to
promote skating and hockey in the Philadelphia region, the Wachovia Center and
Wachovia Spectrum and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional 24-hour sports pro-
gramming network. The company also owns the Bowie Baysox, the Delmarva Shorebirds,
the Frederick Keys baseball teams, all affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles.
Comcast-Spectacor is the principal owner of Global Spectrum, the fastest growing
firm in the public assembly management field. The company manages and operates
public assembly facilities throughout the United States and Canada, including locally the Liacouras Center
at Temple University and the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ, and Citizens Bank Park, home of the
Philadelphia Phillies. Global Spectrum provides complete management and operational services to its clients
and offers a full service, in-house marketing department at all of its facilities to increase ticket sales for the
events and to enhance the image of its facilities.
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Comcast-Spectacor also owns Ovations Food Services, which provides food and beverage services
to Family arenas, stadiums, amphitheatres, fairgrounds and convention centers
throughout the country. Ovations offers clients over a century of food service manage-
ment experience with specialty catering and fine dining. As part of the Comcast
Spectacor, Ovations Food Services works independently from Global Spectrum but can also
work together to cr