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Peter A. Luukko is President and Chief Operating Officer of Comcast-Spectator, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm which includes the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team, the Philadelphia Phantoms hockey team and the two South Philadelphia arenas in which the two teams play the Wachovia Center and the Wachovia Spectrum. Luukko works closely with Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider in overseeing the day-to-day operations of all of the company�s interests which also include Global Spectrum, the fastest growing firm in the public assembly management field, Ovations Food Services, the company�s food and concession company, New Era Tickets, the company�s full-service ticketing company, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community skating and hockey rinks in the Greater Philadelphia Region and Comcast-Spectacor Minor League Operations, which includes the Philadelphia Phantoms hockey team. Additionally, Luukko, who is also Chairman of Global Spectrum, is responsible for creating new business opportunities for Comcast-Spectacor in the fields of facility management, sports ownership and operation, food and concessions, as well as consulting in those same fields. Luukko�s extensive sports management career began in l981 after parlaying an internship at the New Haven Coliseum into the Director of Marketing for the facility. He later joined the Providence Civic Center as the facility�s assistant general manager. In l985 Luukko joined Spectacor Management Group (SMG), at the time owned in part by Snider, and soon became Vice President of SMG's Western Region and facility manager for SMG�s Los Angeles Coliseum and Sports Arena. During that time, he was credited for greatly improving the facilities� reputation. In addition, he had spent time overseeing other SMG facilities. In 1993, Luukko left SMG to become President of the Spectrum. In the following years he became responsible for managing Comcast-Spectacor�s growing interests, and helped the company into a nationally recognized leader in sports and entertainment with the acquisition of Globe Facility Services in 2000. After renaming the company Global Spectrum, the public assembly management firm grew from seven facilities in 2000 to just over 45 facilities in 2005. Additionally in 2000, Comcast-Spectacor acquired Leisure Food Services and renamed the company Ovations Food Services. Comcast-Spectacor made a significant investment into ticketing technology company, Paciolan and implored their technology to create a full-service ticketing company, New Era Tickets in 2004. Under Luukko�s leadership, Comcast-Spectacor helped Philadelphia garner national attention and awareness by attracting the 2002 NBA All-Star Weekend, the 2001 NCAA Men's East Regionals, the 2001 and 2002 X Games, the 2000 NCAA Women's Final Four and the 2000 Republican National Convention, and numerous other sports and entertainment events to the City of Philadelphia. A recognized leader in the facility management industry, Luukko was the 2000 recipient of the City of Hope�s Tri-State Labor Award. He also received the 2002 prestigious Harold J. VanderZwaag Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Sports Management Program of the University of Massachusetts for his accomplishments in the field of sports management. Luukko actively serves on the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Philadelphia Sports Congress, Paciolan Technologies, as well as the Battleship New Jersey Museum. He also serves on the National Hockey League�s Board of Governors. Luukko is a hockey player, hockey coach and hockey parent. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. He and his wife, Casey, along with their children, Nick, Dana and Max, reside in West Chester, Pennsylvania. | 