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(Len Komoroski is donating  a package that includes brief meetings with some of his staff, a meeting with Len Komoroski, a tour of Quicken Loans Arena and 2 tickets to a 2011-2012 Cavs game.  All of these events would happen on the same day.)

Len Komoroski was named president of the Cavaliers/Quicken Loans Arena organization in April 2003. Komoroski brings more than 25 years of experience in professional sports and entertainment to the organization.  His leadership and business initiative bring a solid foundation from which the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lake Erie Monsters and Quicken Loans Arena can continue to thrive and flourish.

During the 2003-04 season, Komoroski oversaw the restructuring of how the Cavaliers approached the business community, including the development of a staff featuring some of the top sports marketing executives in the industry.  Those efforts, combined with one very special NBA draft and the team’s improvement on the court, resulted in one of the top business turnaround stories in NBA history.  Since then, Komoroski has led continued growth and development across the board bringing the Cavs into the top tier of revenue teams in the NBA.  The Cavaliers experienced a history-making, record-breaking 2008-09 regular season on the court, as well as off the court.  Two new franchise records were set in average attendance (20,512) and the number of sellouts (38 total, with the last 29 games of the season all sold out.)  Compared to the previous season, Cavaliers merchandise sales were up 80% and local cable TV ratings on FS Ohio increased another 110%.  The franchise’s overall business success culminated for Komoroski and the entire organization when the Cavaliers were one of only five professional sports teams (NBA Celtics, NHL Blackhawks, MLB Rays, and MLB Brewers) in the United States to be named a finalist for the prestigious Sports Business Journal’s 2009 Sports Team of the Year Award. The award recognizes excellence in sports franchise business operations. The franchise was also  #1 in the NBA and #5 in all of pro sports in the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Rankings of How Pro Sports Teams Pay Back Their Fans.   

Among his many achievements at the helm of the Cavaliers business operations, Komoroski played a pivotal role in developing one of the top cable television relationships in the NBA with FSN Ohio, as well as the entitlement of the Cavaliers new state-of-the-art player development facility – Cleveland Clinic Courts.  In addition, he played a leadership role in the acquisition of its American Hockey League franchise, the Lake Erie Monsters, which played their inaugural season at The Q in 2007-08.

While with the Philadelphia Eagles, Komoroski brought many properties in-house, including the Eagles Television Network, which is the largest developer of local programming in the NFL.  Under his guidance, the Eagles established the fan-friendly NFL Training Camp, which was the most heavily attended in the league, featuring autograph sessions, interactive games, hospitality and an extraordinary merchandise tent.  He also helped broker a record-setting naming rights deal with NovaCare, garnering a reported $66 million for the Eagles training facility, the NovaCare Complex.  Komoroski also played a leadership role in the development of Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles state-of-the-art stadium.  Through his efforts, the Eagles secured a 20-year, $140 million naming rights agreement with Lincoln Financial Group, which at the time was one of the largest such agreements in pro sports history.  He and his business group orchestrated the successful sellout of 172 suites, 8,000 club seats, 29,000 Stadium Builder Licenses and a waiting list of over 40,000 for season tickets. 

This is Komoroski’s second stint in the NBA, having been with the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1988-94 and having played a major role in the start-up of the team and its arena, the Target Center.  While Komoroski was Vice President of Sales and the senior sales and marketing official for the team and arena, the Timberwolves became one of the most financially successful organizations in the league.  After Minnesota, he came to Cleveland as senior vice president and chief operating officer of the International Hockey League’s (IHL) Cleveland Lumberjacks, and immediately transformed the Lumberjacks into a flourishing enterprise. 

He is on the board of directors of the Cleveland chapters of City Year, the American Red Cross, American Cancer Society Golf Tournament and the United Way, as well as the board of Positively Cleveland.  He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization, the 50 Club and the Bluecoats.

Komoroski is a 1982 cum laude graduate of Duquesne University.  He and his wife Denise are the parents of three daughters – Kristin, Kelly, Jamie and one son, Zachary. 

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(Len Komoroski is donating  a package that includes brief meetings with some of his staff, a meeting with Len Komoroski, a tour of Quicken Loans Arena and 2 tickets to a 2011-2012 Cavs game.  All of these events would happen on the same day.)

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