Eight years ago, Scott O’Neil joined the Philadelphia 76ers as the CEO of Harris & Blitzer Sports and Entertainment. He helped the team enter the modern era by helping the team get out of PCOM and into their own facility.
On Wednesday, O’Neil announced he is stepping down from his position with both the Sixers and the New Jersey Devils. Both franchises are managed by Josh Harris and David Blitzer.
“I would like to thank Josh Harris and David Blitzer for inspiring, engaging, and empowering me to bring together the most talented executive team in sports and entertainment,” O’Neil said in a statement per a team press release. “Josh and David are extraordinary leaders, partners and friends. Their commitment to our teams, brands, employees — and most importantly — their commitment to serving the City of Philadelphia, Newark and Camden made our success together possible. To be trusted with the opportunity to steward epic brands — as well as buy, build, integrate, acquire, and grow complimentary businesses to create HBSE as it is today — has been the ride of a lifetime, one for which I am humbled and grateful.”
The team announces this morning that CEO Scott O’Neil will step away from Harris & Blitzer Sports & Entertainment after 8 years with the organization #Sixers
— Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) June 30, 2021
“Scott has accomplished so much on behalf of the organization in a relatively short amount of time, driving our growth, culture and commitment to strengthening the communities in which we live, work, play, and win,” said HBSE Co-Founder Harris. “I cannot overstate how much we value Scott’s enormous contributions to the company, and how grateful I am for his leadership and partnership in creating a best-in-class culture at HBSE. We know he will find great success in whatever he chooses to accomplish in the future, and we will always be among his biggest advocates.”
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