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Peter A. Luukko
President / COO, Comcast-Spectacor
Chairman, Global Spectrum
Peter A. Luukko is President and Chief Operating Officer of Comcast-
Spectacor. He works closely with Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider
in overseeing the day-to-day operations of all of the company’s interests.
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 1981 after
parlaying an internship at the New Haven Coliseum into a position as 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 become 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
105 facilities in 2011. Additionally in 2000, Comcast-Spectacor acquired Leisure Food Services and renamed the
company Ovations Food Services. Comcast-Spectacor made a significant investment into a ticketing technology
company, Paciolan, and employed its technology to create a full-service ticketing company, New Era Tickets, in
2004. Comcast-Spectacor acquired 100 percent of Paciolan from Live Nation in 2010.
Under Luukko’s leadership, Comcast-Spectacor helped Philadelphia garner national attention and awareness
by attracting several high-profile events to the city of Philadelphia, including the 2000 Republican National
Convention, the 2000 NCAA Women’s Final Four, the 2001 NCAA Men’s East Regionals, the 2001 and 2002
X-Games, the 2002 NBA All-Star Weekend, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Gymnastics, the 2011 NCAA
Wrestling Championships, the 2014 NCAA Frozen Four, and numerous other sports and entertainment events.
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 from 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 Sports Congress, and the Ed Snider Youth
Hockey Foundation. 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. His son Nick was drafted by the Flyers in the sixth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
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