Ron King

General Manager @Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, US

Ron King was named as the general manager for the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland in September, 2017. King came to Cleveland after leading the two-million square-foot Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas for the past six years, working directly with the City of Dallas and the Dallas City Council as the Executive Director for the Convention and Event Services Department for the City of Dallas. King also served as contract administrator for other city-owned facilities and organizations, including the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the 1,001-room Omni Convention Center Hotel, American Airlines Center (18,500 seat arena, home of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and NHL’s Dallas Stars), and Union Station, the city’s transportation hub. King served as Event Services Director for the San Diego Convention Center from 20••••12. He previously served as General Manager for the SMG-managed Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, overseeing the opening of the square foot facility in 2005, and General Manager and Director of Operations for the SMG-managed Salt Palace Convention Center and South Towne Exposition Center (19••••04) in Salt Lake City, leading the opening of South Towne Exposition Center in During his time at the Salt Palace, King worked directly with the International Olympic Committee to prepare the facility to serve as the International Media and Broadcast Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. He began his career in Tulsa, Oklahoma with the Tulsa Convention Center (1993-97) and Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra (1989-93). King earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1984.

Cameron University

Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, Music