Scott Epstein Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, United States

• Force Sports + Entertainment creates long and deep relationships with existing and emerging sports leagues, governing bodies, organizations, teams and sports media platforms as well as large live music events, music.
• Fan Controlled Football League
• FIBA AmeriCup 3 x 3 Basketball
• Rivals Basketball Challenge - MGM Sports Venture
• Tailgate Music Festival LA
• Encore Live

Greater New York City Area

• Manage and drive each respective vertical P&L, rolling up to $145M gross business:
• Oversaw all aspects of sponsorship sales for the TSM portfolio of 500 + events.
• Improved music festival revenues by 25%.
• Expanded national brand portfolio to including sponsorship agreements with Firestone, Monster Energy, Mountain Dew, Progressive Insurance and State Farm.
• Successfully managed national touring operation to profitability in one year
• Drove the sale of the largest live event asset for $25 M

• Built from inception a multi-purpose experiential & activation division which functioned as a free-standing agency which established new client relationships and drive new revenue stream
• Grew gross revenues to $7,750,000
• Activated at major entertainment industry platforms including The Superbowl, SXSW, Comic-Con & NY Fashion week
• Key Client Relationships: FX Networks, Footlocker, Line Corporation, Pandora Radio, Showtime Networks, WB

• Managed all sponsorship, media, and digital sales for professional, collegiate sports as well as 3rd party property representation partnerships including:
• NBA and MLB Team deals, NCAA Basketball & Football schools and conferences, UFC, U.S. Ski & Snowboard, U.S. Figure Skating, and the PBA.
• Identified, secured, and managed property representation partnerships (The Heisman Trophy Trust and UFC).
• Developed TV distribution strategy for The Heisman Trophy.
• Established international partnerships in China with multiple third parties to sell courtside inventory during NBA games broadcast on CCTV.

• Negotiated over $750 million in sponsorships; Exceeded annual budget every year but two;
• Expanded sponsorship client roster by 25% as SVP
• Managed $102 million annual departmental budget, including all local and national sales
• Directed the day-to-day sponsorship and advertising sales efforts for MSG assets, including Media for MSG Network and Fox Sports NY
• Knicks, Rangers, Devils, Islander, Mets, Liberty, MetroStars, Original and live programming
• Key Client Relationships include: Anheuser Busch, AIG, American Express, AXA, Canon Business Solutions, Champion Mortgage, Coca Cola, Combe Inc., Continental Airlines, Dreyfus, Footlocker, Gulf, HBO, Hebrew National.