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Join us for lunch with keynote speaker Tampa Bay Sports Commission Executive Director Rob Higgins. Get the inside scoop on sports and entertainment initiatives that are creating national headlines and social and economic impact throughout the Tampa Bay region.
The Tampa Bay Sports Commission named Higgins Executive Director in June 2004. His primary responsibility is to promote the development of community sports in the Tampa Bay area, as well as leading the Sports Commission as the principal organization that bids on and hosts sports and entertainment events in Tampa Bay and Hillsborough County.
In the 20-years he has held his position, Tampa Bay has successfully hosted and/or been awarded many ACC, NCAA, and SEC basketball, football, hockey, and volleyball tournament and championship games, as well as the 2018 NHL All-Star Weekend, 2021 NFL Super Bowl LV, 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships and WrestleMania 37, 2023.
He has been named to Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 30 under 30 list and the Tampa Bay Times named Higgins as one of the top 10 difference makers in the Tampa Bay area. In addition, Higgins was named to one of Tampa Bay Business Journal's Power 100 for the last three years, while also earning the prestigious Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal “Forty Under 40”. He is also recognized as one of the most influential sports figureheads in the history of Tampa Bay by CBS Radio, one of the top-10 most influential people in Tampa Bay by WTSP 10 News, and Huffington Post listed Higgins as one of the top-30 sports marketers in the world.
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