The Rolling Stones were playing JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, now site of the Wells Fargo Center, in 1981. Per the contract and per usual, the Stones wanted to collect all their merchandise money in cash that night from Nilon Brothers, the stadium merchandise and food service purveyor. Peter Luukko was regional VP for Spectacor Management Inc. […]
Month: July 2020
LUUKKO ON HOW A $110,000 ‘FAILURE’ BECAME A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR BOOM
Remember when finding something to do at a sports arena in the summer months required creativity and ingenuity? In 1993, when Peter Luukko was president of the Spectrum in Philadelphia, the staff was looking for something to do in those in-between months. Hockey, basketball, and college games were over. “We decided to do a rib […]