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Alex Campbell and Anson Carter Announced as New Gladiators Owners

October 18, 2022 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Alex Campbell and Anson Carter Announced as New Gladiators Owners

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Alex Campbell and Anson Carter Announced as New Gladiators Owners

New era of Gladiators hockey to begin with new ownership

DULUTH, Ga. – The Atlanta Gladiators introduced Alex Campbell and former NHL player Anson Carter as the new owners of the hockey team. Campbell will serve as the majority owner, while Carter will serve as the minority owner. The pair will own and operate the team as ATL Hockey Group LLC. Both were unanimously approved by the ECHL Board of Governors.

Alex Campbell/One-on-One Interview

With a strong client base in Atlanta, Alex Campbell owns and operates Capital Staffing Solutions Inc. and has built the firm into one of the leaders in the staffing industry. Capital Staffing Solutions has been named one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in North Florida seven times in the past ten years, and in 2022, the company was named to the national INC. 5000 list, recognizing the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Campbell was also previously named a 40 under 40 honoree by Jacksonville Business Journal for his business success, leadership skills, and high level of community involvement. A native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Campbell continues to serve as a partner of the Williamsport Crosscutters baseball team in the MLB Draft League. The former Atlanta resident currently resides in Ponte Vedra, Florida with his wife Jena and their three children JT, Penn, and Vivian.

Anson Carter/One-on-One Interview

Anson Carter currently serves as a panelist alongside Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Rick Tocchet, and Liam McHugh on TNT’s weekly The NHL on TNT show. Along with his broadcast responsibilities, Carter works to make hockey more diverse and inclusive through his role as Co-Chair of the National Hockey League’s Player Inclusion Committee. Before entering the world of television with NBC in 2012, he completed a successful playing career that consisted of 674 games played throughout 11 NHL seasons. Carter and his family have lived in Atlanta since 2009, while he and his wife Erika are currently full-time residents of Atlanta.

The Gladiators open the season on Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday Oct. 22 at Gas South Arena against the defending Kelly Cup Champion Florida Everblades. The action continues on Sunday against the newly formed Savannah Ghost Pirates. Single game tickets are on sale HERE. For season plans, groups and corporate partnerships, please call the Gladiators at 770-497-5100 or visit atlantagladiators.com.

Atlanta Gladiators Media Day

October 20, 2021 by Mike

The Atlanta Gladiators have called Gwinnett County home since 2003. The ECHL (AA professional hockey) franchise is affiliated with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and provides family friendly, affordable fun to metro Atlanta.

On the verge of the 2021-22 season, the Gladiators hosted their annual Media Day at Gas South Arena. Business RadioX was on hand to speak to the Gladiators about the upcoming season.

Head Coach Jeff Pyle

#17 Derek Nesbitt/Forward

#24 Malcolm Hayes/Defenseman

#11 Zach Yoder/Defenseman

Team President Jerry James

GET IN THE GAME: Professional Sports in Gwinnett County

February 1, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

GET IN THE GAME: Professional Sports in Gwinnett County

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The state of professional sports in Gwinnett County is the topic on this special edition of “Gwinnett Business Radio“. Taped on the “Get In The Game” television studio at the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center in Lawrenceville, host Mike Sammond interviews the leaders of Gwinnett’s professional sports entities.

Guests include:

Stan Hall – Executive Director of the Gwinnett Sports Commission

North Johnson – General Manager of Gwinnett Braves (baseball)

Alec Schimke – Director of Operations of Georgia Swarm (lacrosse)

Joe Gelderman – VP/GM of Business Operations of Atlanta Gladiators (hockey)

Elissa Dooman – Tournament Director of Mitsubishi Electric Classic (PGA golf)

Gwinnett County is unique when it comes to the professional sports landscape, but is the Gwinnett sports scene getting too crowded? Are there enough sports fans and corporate sponsorship dollars to go around? How do Gwinnett’s pro teams get noticed in the shadow of Atlanta’s pro teams? These issues and more are addressed on this special edition of “Gwinnett Business Radio“.

THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS IN GWINNETT: Stan Hall with Gwinnett Sports Commission

December 9, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS IN GWINNETT: Stan Hall with Gwinnett Sports Commission

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Sports is big business in Gwinnett. On this edition of “On the Money“, host Joe Moss talks with Stan Hall, the Executive Director of the Gwinnett Sports Commission, about the professional and amateur sports landscape and what lies ahead. Topics include the economic impact of sports in Gwinnett, and what the county’s four major sports properties mean to the area (Gwinnett Braves, Atlanta Gladiators, Georgia Swarm and Mitsubishi Electric Classic PGA).

Stan Hall/Gwinnett Sports Commission

The mission of the Gwinnett Sports Commission (GSC) is to foster economic development through coordinating and developing Gwinnett’s role as a leading site for sports events involving youth, collegiate, amateur and professional organizations.

Gwinnett is home to two of metro Atlanta’s premier minor league teams – baseball’s Gwinnett Braves (AAA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves) and hockey’s Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins). The G-Braves play in the state-of-the-art Coolray Field, while the Gladiators thrill the crowds at the Infinite Energy Arena.

The Georgia Swarm, Gwinnett’s new professional lacrosse team, is a part of the National Lacrosse League and will begin their first season at the Infinite Energy Arena starting in January of 2016.

The Mitsubishi Electric Classic, a PGA TOUR Champions event, is played annually at the prestigious TPC Sugarloaf. The 2016 tournament is scheduled for April 11-17 with 81 PGA TOUR Champions professionals competing for a $1.8 million purse.

To watch the video of this show, CLICK HERE.

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“On the Money” focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. “On the Money” also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, “On the Money” airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

SO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE RESTAURANT BAR BUSINESS? Johnny Esposito with Arena Tavern

May 21, 2014 by Mike

On the Money

SO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE RESTAURANT BAR BUSINESS? Johnny Esposito with Arena Tavern

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Johnny Esposito of Arena Tavern joins Joe Moss to discuss the business of running a successful restaurant.

Johnny Esposito/Arena Tavern

Located at the Sugarloaf Parkway and Satellite Blvd. intersection in Duluth, Arena Tavern offers a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere. Their kitchen offers a unique menu selection from appetizers like their signature Nacho Tower or a Southern favorite, Fried Green Tomatoes, to their award-winning burgers and BBQ.

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On the Money focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. On the Money also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market. Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, On the Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

Tom Leatherberry with Leatherberry Associates, Brande Melton and Emily Youkers with Sage SalesLogix, Jim Hall with Triatek and Dustin Bixby with the Gwinnett Gladiators

February 19, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Tom Leatherberry with Leatherberry Associates, Brande Melton and Emily Youkers with Sage SalesLogix, Jim Hall with Triatek and Dustin Bixby with the Gwinnett Gladiators

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Tom Leatherberry/Leatherberry Associates

Leatherberry Associates is a performance driven provider of CRM, BI Reporting, Marketing and Workflow Automation software solutions. If you are serious about finding the right solution for your business, one that will provide measurable value through increased employee efficiency, reduced fiscal costs, and improved customer tracking, then we want to talk to you.

Tom Leatherberry is the founder and CEO of Leatherberry Associates and crmLinX Software, a 15 year veteran and performance driven provider of CRM, Marketing and Workflow Automation solutions.

Brande Melton & Emily Youkers/Sage SalesLogix

CRM Your Way. Sage SalesLogix is an award-winning CRM solution that provides a complete view of customer interactions across your sales, marketing, and customer service/support teams so they can collaborate and respond promptly and knowledgably to customer inquiries and sales opportunities.

Sales – Manage leads, opportunities, and accounts

Marketing – Design, execute and manage campaigns

Service/Support – Deliver extraordinary customer service

Jim Hall/Triatek

Founded in 1985, Triatek is a growing, privately held company based in Norcross, GA. Triatek manufactures a complete line of building control products that seamlessly integrate with most building automation systems on the market including but not limited to Johnson Controls Metasys™, Siemens System 600 Apogee™, Automated Logic Webctrl™, Andover Controls, Teletrol, Alerton Technologies, and many others.

Additionally, most of their products are LON, BACnet and MODBUS compatible, and are, therefore, poised to be at the forefront of the industry’s inexorable move towards open protocols and integration.

Dustin Bixby/Gwinnett Gladiators

The Gwinnett Gladiators are the ECHL Affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League and are members of the ECHL, the Premier “AA” Hockey League, and play all home games at the 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. The Gladiators offer ticket and sponsorship opportunities to match the specific needs of any business.

Dustin Bixby begins his tenth season with the Gladiators. A recipient of the ECHL’s American Conference Media Relations Director of the Year Award for the 2006-2007 season, he has been in the broadcast booth for the Gladiators since the organization relocated to Gwinnett from Mobile, AL. For the 9th season in a row, Dustin is calling the Gladiators action on WDUN News Talk 550 and online at wdun.com. The Gladiators radio broadcasts on WDUN were named best Sports Play-By-Play for a Class B radio station in Georgia by the AP for 2005.