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| AEG |
| Sports and Entertainment Presenter |
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Hired in 2000
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AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation, owns or controls a collection of companies including facilites such as the STAPLES Center, The Forum (as exclusive booking agent for sports and entertainment programming), HealthSouth Training Cneter, NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie and Kodak THEATER (as operator); sports franchises including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), the Manchester Monarchs (AHL), the Reading Royals (ECHL), Chicage Fire, DC United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Metrostars and San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), five hockey franchises operated in Europe and management shares of the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA) owned by Philip Anschutz.
In addition, AEG has recently developed and opened The Home Depot Center, a $150 million national training "campus" in Carson, California designated as an "Official U.S. Olympic Training Site" by the United States Olympic Committee that includes major facilities for soccer, tennis, track and field, cycling, volleyball, basketball and other sports.
AEG is currently overseeing the development of L.A. Live, a proposed 4 million square foot development featuring NOKIA Theatre Los Angeles, a 7,000-seat state-of-the-art live theatre, a 55 story, 1200-room convention "headquarters" hotel, club NOKIA, a 2,500 capacity live music venue along with entertainment, restaurant, broadcast studios, residential and office space all adjacent to STAPLES Center.
The company was recently selected to fully develop the 28-acre Millennium Dome and adjacent property located in the eastern part of London along the Thames River and will create new arenas within the Millennium Dome, on a 50-acre site in the heart of Berlin and in Kansas City, Missouri. |
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