Comcast-Spectacor has established itself as a leader in the sports management industry, providing high quality 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 programming network. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor produces 10 annually televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.

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. Global Spectrum provides complete management and operational services to its clients and offers a full service, in-house marketing department at all of it’s facilities to increase ticket sales for the events and to enhance the image of its facilities. global-spectrum.com

Comcast-Spectacor also owns Ovations Food Services, which provides food and beverage services to all three of Comcast-Spectacor's baseball teams, as well as to arenas, stadiums, amphitheatres, fairgrounds and convention centers throughout the country. Ovations offers clients over a century of food service management experience with specialty catering and fine dining. As part of the Comcast Spectacor companies, Ovations Food Services works independently from Global Spectrum but can also work together to create a synergy that maximizes benefits for the client. ovationsfoodservices.com

Another member of the Comcast-Spectacor family is Front Row Marketing Services, the industry’s leading firm in creating, identifying and selling new revenue streams at facilities. The company serves a number of Global Spectrum accounts, however it also has its own list of clients, including authorities, sports teams, educational facilities and ad agencies. Front Row Marketing provides innovative consulting services to develop effective sports and entertainment marketing, sponsorship and advertising strategies. frontrow-marketing.com

New Era Tickets, the full-service ticketing subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor, provides in-house ticketing solutions for arenas, stadiums and amphitheatres throughout the United States and Canada. In Philadelphia, the company operates under the name comcastTIX and provides tickets to events at Wachovia Complex, Liacouras Center at Temple University, Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ; and the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, NJ.

Comcast-Spectacor operates Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community skating facilities designed to promote ice skating and youth hockey participation. Each Flyers Skate Zone offers unique skating opportunities, including interactive public skating sessions with DJ, light shows, ticket and prize giveaways and a free Philadelphia Phantoms ticket with any paid public skating admission. Flyers Skate Zone offers Learn to Skate, and Learn to Play programs with professional instructors, youth hockey leagues, tournaments and Flyers and Phantoms player appearances. Schools and groups are also invited to rent out the rinks for fundraisers and meetings. flyersskatezone.com

In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor is taking figure skating to a whole new level and will become the leading producers of televised ice skating shows in the United States and Canada. A major component of this partnership is the production of 10 two-hour original ice skating specials on NBC.

This partnership plans to produce new and exciting programming which will not be limited to ice skating spectaculars. Disson will develop and package innovative and groundbreaking programming in the areas of culture, music, sports and the arts.

Comcast-Spectacor provides a unique and excellent opportunity for its teams, as well as its facilities, to utilize the relationships in the Comcast Family of Companies, including Comcast Cable, CN8, Comcast SportsNet, E! Entertainment Television, the Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network, TV1 and G4, to increase market visibility.

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 23.3 million cable customers, 10 million high-speed Internet customers, and 1.6 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

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