Lee Esckilsen, CVE
Associate Professor | Department Chair - Sports, Entertainment, Event – Management
College of Hospitality Management
Providence Campus
Lee Esckilsen can speak to topics and trends that impact international and national development and management of public assembly facilities and major sports and entertainment events. He is an IAVM-trained (International Association of Venue Managers) Crowd Manager. Esckilsen is a former executive director of several national and international arenas, and has negotiated venue contracts with professional and college sports teams, and with concert and family show promoters. He is the 2010 and 2011 Past-Chair of the Deutsche Bank Championship (DBC) which is played at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) Boston as part of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Fed Ex Cup. Esckilsen has co-authored several books on venue management.
M.S., Indiana University
B.S., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
A.S., Dean College, Franklin, MA
Expertise:
- venue management; public assembly; ticket operations; tournaments; venue safety and security
Media Coverage:
- 07.23.20 - Attending events after COVID-19: What to expect, Bruce Newbury's Talk of the Town, 1540AM WADK Newport
- 04.14.20 - COVID19 impact on sports events, NBC10-Providence
- 08.30.16 - The perfect pairing, Tiger Woods Foundation
- 04.15.15 - Proposed PawSox stadium's value can be difficult to measure, Providence Journal
- 04.04.15 - Relocation of the Pawsox, Steve Klamkin's Saturday Morning News Show, WPRO 630AM/99.7FM