I always felt that if we could find ways to make the building come alive more hours of the day, 24 hours, it would be the best for our community, it’ll be great for our fans, and it would be great for us as a business.
— Ted Leonsis
From a concept to construction, this KPMG presentation explores how the KPMG Ignition Center Suite at Capital One Arena was created. It’s the story of an idea from its struggles and challenges to the promise of a new way of doing business.
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Ted Leonsis
Washington DC Managing Partner
Tim Gillis
Market Development Leader
Diana Macomber
Ignition Market Leader
Jennifer Linardos
We have been able to work together and accomplish something that is going to be talked about and called upon and I’m sure that everyone’s phones are about to be blowing up because this is truly something so imaginative and outside the box and nobody else has it and it exists here between KPMG and Monumental.
— Lorin Fantaskey
Senior Vice President, Suites
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Lorin Fantaskey
I don’t think we worry about failure; I think we worry about what can make a difference and that’s what I felt like as we were going through the conversations. When we really did a checks and balances of what’s great about the idea, what is going to be challenging of it, and at the end of the day for us it was like this is something that’s going to be a game changer and why wouldn’t we do this?”
— Jim Van Stone
President, Business Operations and Chief Commercial Officer
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Jim Van Stone
I think you feel a little special, like you’re getting something that other people don’t necessarily get when the fans aren’t there, when the music isn’t going, and you just get to sit there and look around. You can't help but have the memories just flash back of what the building is like when it’s loud, things that have happened over the years.
— Karl Alzner
Washington Capitals Defenseman, 2008-2017
Karl Alzner
It’s so much more powerful than the experience coming to a standard office when you’re coming to an arena where a professional team competes. This idea of a business suite takes that in-game experience and is able to expand it out to every day. I think that there is just something truly remarkable about that. That is going to fill this space with a new energy that we wouldn’t typically have in a regular meeting.
— Shawn Quill
Sports Industry Leader
KPMG LLP
Shawn Quill
Every executive that I mention this approach to is so intrigued by the thought difference and the way we are creative and innovative just in the thought itself. I think the doors that will continue to open are going to be magnificent. I fully expect us to engage in some forms of innovation that no one’s ever dream of before and to open new doors to brand recognition in this area that will be lasting.
— Tim Gillis
Office Managing Partner
KPMG LLP
Tim Gillis
Monumental Sports & Entertainment and KPMG LLP Debut “KPMG Ignition – DC” at Capital One Arena, a One-of-a-Kind Innovation Suite for Highly Interactive Client Experiences Designed to Navigate Disruption and Uncover Business Opportunities
KPMG Ignition – D.C.
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