Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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MANAGEMENT<br />
George Postolos<br />
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER<br />
George Postolos enters his sixth season with the <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Rockets</strong>. As<br />
President & Chief Executive Officer, Postolos oversees all facets of the<br />
organization’s business operations. Since arriving in <strong>Houston</strong>, Postolos<br />
has worked diligently to further the organization’s mission to be one of<br />
the league’s elite teams on and off the court. He has provided direction<br />
on all business decisions and enhanced the relationships the team enjoys<br />
with the community.<br />
On a day-to-day basis, Postolos leads the senior management team<br />
responsible for overseeing the <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Rockets</strong>, <strong>Houston</strong> Comets, Toyota<br />
Center and related businesses. He sets strategic goals for the organization<br />
and analyzes future growth opportunities for the enterprise. Postolos also supervises each of the<br />
organization’s business units, including business development, corporate development, finance and<br />
administration, legal, marketing, and ticket sales and services. Postolos also works closely with team<br />
owner Leslie Alexander in pursuing new sports properties and other business opportunities.<br />
Over the past year, Postolos and the <strong>Rockets</strong> have achieved many successes, including:<br />
The groundbreaking naming-rights agreement for Toyota Center, which includes an<br />
unprecedented in-bowl vehicle display and an expansive vehicle showroom on the concourse.<br />
The launch of a new <strong>Rockets</strong> logo and uniforms, created by Academy Award-winning<br />
designer Eiko Ishioka.<br />
The formation of Clutch City Sports & Entertainment, the operating company for Toyota Center.<br />
The creation of the <strong>Houston</strong> Regional Sports Network, which will air <strong>Rockets</strong>, Comets and Aeros<br />
games and other <strong>Houston</strong> sporting events upon its launch in the fall of 2005.<br />
The dramatic increase in ticket, sponsorship and suite revenue with the opening of Toyota Center.<br />
The development of the award-winning "Be Part of Something Big" advertising campaign to<br />
highlight the heroic qualities of <strong>Rockets</strong> players and introduce Yao Ming to <strong>Rockets</strong> fans.<br />
The institution of a private-label integrated ticketing and customer relationship management<br />
system to get closer to and provide outstanding service for Toyota Center customers.<br />
The opening of Kim's Place, a special facility honoring the late Comets guard Kim Perrot for<br />
adolescents battling cancer, that was made possible by a $1.25 million gift from the <strong>Rockets</strong> to M.D.<br />
Anderson Cancer Center.<br />
Postolos arrived in <strong>Houston</strong> after a two-year stint as Special Assistant to <strong>NBA</strong> Commissioner David Stern.<br />
It was during his time working for Stern that Postolos made an impression on Alexander. When<br />
Alexander began looking for a new face to head his sports enterprise, Postolos, with his knowledge<br />
of the <strong>NBA</strong> and Texas ties, was an obvious choice.<br />
Raised in San Antonio, Postolos worked as a teenager for his hometown San Antonio Spurs, which<br />
was owned by family friend, Angelo Drossos. He left Texas after high school to pursue both<br />
undergraduate and law school degrees at Harvard, then clerked for a judge on the Texas Supreme<br />
Court before joining the New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.<br />
Postolos and his wife, Nicole, reside in <strong>Houston</strong> with their eight-year-old son and one-year-old<br />
daughter.<br />
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