Section 60 Message Board
Section 60 Message Board
Home | Profile | Register | Active Topics | Members | Search | FAQ
Username:
 Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 Cyclones Talk
 Cyclones Talk - General Chatter
 Kristin Ropp Named ECHL's Executive of the Year		  New Topic  Topic Locked
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

cloneinator
(Been Here Awhile)

USA
597 Posts
Posted - 06/16/2010 :  12:04:06 PM  Show Profile  Visit cloneinator's Homepage
Congratulations to Kristin Ropp! It's about time those in the front office got some of the recognition they deserve.



Kristin Ropp Named ECHL's Executive of the Year

Date: 06/16/2010

CINCINNATI, Ohio The Cincinnati Cyclones, the ECHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, announced this morning that Vice President and General Manager Kristin Ropp has been named the leagues Executive of the Year.


Ropp becomes the first executive from Cincinnati, and the first female in ECHL history, to win the award. The ECHLs Executive of the Year honor has been presented annually since 1993. The award is determined by a vote of ECHL Governors. Kristin received the award at the annual league meetings in Las Vegas.


For the third straight season, the Cyclones led the ECHL in percentage of attendance increased at 25.2 percent. Cincinnati also established a Kelly Cup Finals record for single game attendance at 13,438 for the title clinching game at U.S. Bank Arena over Idaho on May 21. In each of the past three seasons, the Cyclones have ranked first or second in minor pro hockey in North America for percentage of attendance increased.


Cincinnati is also the only team in minor pro hockey to have an increase in playoff attendance versus the regular season in each of the previous three campaigns. Twice during the 2009-10 regular season (and a third time in the postseason), Cincinnati surpassed 10,000 fans for a single hockey game. Four of the teams ten largest regular season gates came during this season, including the biggest weekday regular season draw in team history (8944 on November 17).


Ropp, who also serves as Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Bank Arena, is a native of Pittsburgh and a 1996 graduate of Ohio University. She has been with U.S. Bank Arena since 2002.


The Cincinnati Cyclones will open training camp in early October. Season tickets for the Cyclones are currently on sale and can be obtained by contacting the teams sales department at 513-421-PUCK (7825).
...And on the eighth day, GOD created the Cyclones!

hrc666
(Loves To Post!)

1363 Posts
Posted - 06/17/2010 :  02:45:27 AM  Show Profile
Congratulations, Kirstin!!!

This management team saved professional hockey in Cincinnati. They inherited a market which was decimated by a decade of very poor business practices by the various teams. Tickets were given away by the bucket and attendance figures fudged horribly.

This Cyclone management team was savvy enough to see that their original business plan had failed. The "throwback night" early in the 07-08 season was a franchise saver. This management team was able to take that one game and turn it into a successful business plan. Most managements would have dropped the ball and missed the message of that one game, but the USBA/Nederlander team didn't.

A richly deserved honor. Enjoy it!!
Edited by - hrc666 on 06/17/2010 02:48:09 AM
Go to Top of Page

dbc
(Been Here Awhile)

865 Posts
Posted - 06/17/2010 :  11:54:41 AM  Show Profile
Congrats to the whole management team on their successful strategy. What they have done is price their product and specials for the broad entertainment audience including families rather than just the narrow hockey audience made up of goons like ourselves. In doing so they have introduced this great game to many more people than had been to games in the prior years and that hockey audience will grow. Using political terms, they have expanded their reach beyond their base. It often bothers me to have to listen to people sitting around me who know very little about hockey but then I realize the customer who is there today for entertainment will be there tomorrow for hockey and we all benefit from that. Great strategy and well executed.
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Topic Locked
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Section 60 Message Board © 2000-2002 Snitz Communications Go To Top Of Page
Snitz Forums 2000