MEMBER NEWS
SMG Management names
Head of Booking Team
Scranton Area
Community
Foundation Awards
Funds for the Arts
On behalf of the Governor’s
Arts Awards Committee,
Scranton Tomorrow recently
accepted a $2,500 grant
from the Scranton Area
Foundation. While planning
activities for the recent awards
ceremony, Scranton Tomorrow
and committee members
partnered with existing arts
and cultural organizations
from throughout the region
in order to highlight their
contributions to the local arts
community in Wilkes-Barre.
Brian Sipe, general manager of Mohegan
Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, was recently
named the head of the SMG Northeast
Regional booking team by SMG Manage-
ment, the private management company
that oversees the day-to-day operations
of the arena. Mr. Sipe, who has been the
general manager of the Wilkes-Barre
Township venue since October 2014, will
now oversee regional booking calls for the
Northeast United States and Canada.
Mr. Sipe began his career with SMG as
booking and box office manager in 2008
at the Santander Arena in Reading before
accepting a position as general manager
of the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in
Huntington, West
Virginia in 2010.
Mr. Sipe joined the
team of Mohegan
Sun Arena at Casey
Plaza in 2014,
when he accepted
the role of general
manager of the
10,000 seat multi-
purpose arena.
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Spreads Holiday Cheer
Hospice of the Sacred Heart recently delivered
Thanksgiving meals to patients and their families
as a way to spread holiday cheer throughout the
organization. This year marks the 12th year that
Hospice of the Sacred Heart has performed this
service project, where meals were packaged and
delivered by staff members and
community volunteers.
Community Bank Donates to
NeighborWorks NEPA
Community Bank NA recently donated $10,000 to
NeighborWorks NEPA as part of the neighborhood
Assistance Program by the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic
Development.
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