The Business of the Sports Networking Event on 1/23/13 at Xfinity Live

Interested in sports? Looking for an internship or a job in sports? Free networking night at XFinity Live on January 23, 2013, was one of the events where you could have scored both: learn more about sports and get an internship or job lead. This regular event attracts sports professionals and students from the greater Philadelphia area to network, have a drink and a talk.

Russell Scibetti of the Business of Sports has been organizing this event since 2009 and last night an evening of networking events took place simultaneously in more than 10 cities in the US and abroad. In the past, Philadelphia networking nights was at the Fieldhouse bar, but now the new place to meet is Xfinity Live, an entertainment venue close to the stadiums in South Philadelphia.

Along with Xfinity Live, Team Rubicon and Turnkey were key partners of this event. Turnkey, a sports analytics company in Haddonfield, NJ, had the key number of participants as well – ten! Overall, there were more than 80 people in attendance, including one current SJU Sports Marketing student – Shaun Gallagher. One of the event rules is “no resumes”, so lots of conversations and business cards were in the air. You may read more about the event on the Business of Sports website and make a note to come there next time!