Marty Brooks

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ABOUT MARTY BROOKS

Senior level executive with extensive experience in business, sports, broadcasting and entertainment. Creative thinker, fiercely loyal, dedicated and strong leader.Experience and Achievements•Develop and monitor operating budgets for event operations, building operations, guest services, security, merchandise and human resources.•Oversee venue execution of events.•Negotiated and improved financial terms of union collective bargaining agreements.•Negotiated multi-year agreement with Ticketmaster resulting in a significant increase in ticketing commissions.•Owner’s representative on renovation of Peabody Opera House. Developed all operating procedures, negotiated six union collective bargaining agreements, hired and trained front of house staff.•Negotiated a 10 year agreement with the Connecticut Development Authority to operate and manage the Hartford Civic Center.•Secured consultancy agreement with Office of Policy and Management for the design and construction of Rentschler Field. Agreement led to initial five year management agreement of the facility.•Directed sponsorship sales, luxury seating sales, ticket sales, marketing, booking, box office, finance, human resources and operations departments.•Negotiated $16 million, three year sponsorship agreement with Procter & Gamble.•Served as executive producer for nine two hour live broadcasts on the CBS Television Network that were also distributed worldwide by Paramount International.•Presented Event Hosting proposals to convention and visitors bureaus in the United States and to government agencies and businesses in Africa, the Philippines and Aruba. •Oversaw all sales, marketing and merchandising of the events and title holders.•Responsible for the production, acquisition and scheduling of events and programming.•Developed and oversaw the production of Emmy and CableAce award winning sports television programming.•Created, staffed and oversaw a nightly sports news operation.