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Florida Panthers co-owner Doug Cifu has seen Kevin Spacey as a criminal mastermind. He’s seen him as an angry grasshopper. And he’s seen him as a horrible boss.
As of last Saturday, Cifu has now officially seen Spacey as a Florida Panthers fan in the stands after the actor attended a game at BB&T Center.
“He’s an unbelievably varied and eclectic actor,” Cifu said about his team’s newest celebrity fan. “I think it’s a happy coincidence that this (association) happened at the same time that our playing and our performance on the ice was on an upswing.”
Spacey’s alliance with the Atlantic Division leading Panthers is arguably the most randomly enjoyable pop culture partnership in recent hockey memory. It started with Florida’s player of the game wearing a sweatshirt with the two-time Oscar winning actor’s head floating in space.
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This led to the organization selling mock ‘Spacey in Space’ sweatshirts for charity. It eventually culminated with Spacey going to a Panthers game last weekend, beaming after he was introduced to fans in front of a Panthers regular season record crowd of 20,817.
“There’s times we have sports and movie stars who are fans. David Boreanaz is a big time Flyers fans. We had a lot of personal fun wit
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SUNRISE (CBSMiami/AP) — Peter Luukko has been hired as executive chairman of Sunrise Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the Florida Panthers.
The organization announced Friday that Luukko will work closely with Panthers president, CEO Rory Babich and general manager Dale Tallon.
"We are extremely fortunate to have Peter join our management team," said Owner Vincent Viola. "Peter adds significant industry experience to our executive management team and will help us continue to implement our strategy of becoming a world-class sports and entertainment company. He is a well-respected sports and entertainment executive and his decision to join our organization validates our business plan that enables us to attract individuals, such as Peter, with a wealth of knowledge, talent and experience."
Luukko, 55, oversaw the Philadelphia Flyers for more than 25 years as president and chief operating officer of Comcast-Spectacor before he resigned more than a year ago.
He was a member of the NHL Board of Governors and oversaw Comcast-Spectacor's facility-management business, which runs more than 125 sports arenas, stadiums and convention centers.
"I would first like to thank Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snid
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