Ive had some of my employees have been there and they say, its just amazing, just a wonderful place to watch a sporting event and Im just talking to one this morning and he just said, Great place, just a great arena.Were not going to go through this interview without talking, of course, about Giannis. There's no way that the reverence, the likeability and kind of the coolness of the Milwaukee can't be a team and a city that the whole world cheers for in such a big way. Now, he's the chair of the 2017 Greater Milwaukee Heart & Stroke Walk/5K Run, which is Sunday at Veterans Park . The Giannis Effect has been a product of the digital age. How does that, and then, with that also because this harkens back, Im old enough, youre old enough even, we remember the Michael Jordan era, he was the greatest player in the world back in his Again, you not only have one of the greatest players ever to play on the planet, but youve also created this culture of retention. Very little sympathy or empathy for pro athletes because of what they get paid. Peter Feigin, president of the Milwaukee Bucks. That sounds like a little piece, but that's a big piece in the world. He wants to know what the answers are. Michael Red: Hey, everybody, this is Michael Red and welcome to the Betting on Yourself Podcast, where I interview successful entrepreneurs, athletes, and other top performers who rose to the top, took success into their own hands and bet on themselves. Now, you had private equity partners. A billionaire? Feigin was a four-year member of the men's soccer team as a midfielder during his undergraduate career at Franklin & Marshall. White House Chair of My Brother's Keeper Joined to Applaud Nationwide Progress. My fantasy, I had two fantasies growing up. But talk about that nuance and being in leaders on the social injustice play. How do we keep driving? Why wouldn't you embrace Michael Red to really be a reflection of our franchise in such a great way because it's kind of what the great teams and brands do around the world is we've got this unbelievable legacy, which, you're a part of. So, he's at the All-Star game and I literally said, "It's too bad we're not on Zoom," because I'm holding these. Antetokounmpo, now in his fifth NBA season, has become a basketball and cultural phenomenon. It was kind of like take a weekend and moonlight into a fun job. How do we work together? This years edition comes stamped with the Roman numeral XXVIII, to commemorate the games 28 years of existence. Afterward, a big group heads to City Diner on Broadway for brunch. The Bucks are one of the 17 teams that is competing in the new NBA 2K League, a necessary decision in Feigin's mind. John: Just for a fun look, for our listeners sake. What you do is you submarine the entire process into yourself. And claimed, so before I did it again, I changed the two spots by the testing place to instead of handicap, they now say "Employee of the Month" right on the floor. "We really want it to be a model around the world. Peter: Yeah, it is a combination of both because you really, I had a real rare opportunity to get out of sports and work outside of the sports industry for wealth. Msgr. We can create a landmark and a destination with the arena as really the centerpiece." It is the "snow equivalent to STORM SHIELD" - a great new product that gives you high resolution snow forecasts for any part of the nation! It's like how do we, between us, like as you know. So, thank you for being on the cast today. It's the same way she'll listen through what I'm going through. When I was looking at the website, I was like, man, I cant wait to taste that chicken. By the way, part of the culture here and part of the DNA is, before you come in and before you, youve got to want to be involved. Incredibly these three guys were literally engaged. We are going to put in the notes Peters email address because he was kind enough to give us that. As you said, we all have to pay, keep the lights on buy groceries, but you cant put a value on that kind of memento that youve given to those 850 people, as opposed to a monetary bonus, you cant, theres no, its invaluable that kind of experience. I answer that by saying like we were successful because at the time the Brooklyn Nets, the Orlando Magic, and a bunch of other teams were selfless with their help with us on how to have best practices on how to build an arena and how to build an infrastructure on how to form. But the honesty of saying you dont know all the answers and figuring out what the solutions are is probably like pretty powerful in the way things work. That can only come from one or two people in the entire organization. Peter: We like to be, delusionally optimistic. We spend a lot of our time really trying to figure out what are the levers to move the revenue. Lasry, 60, had already become less of a regular presence in recent years. He was a truly taught consumer products, marketing, and operations guy, was okay. And Khris parks in a handicap space, because five minutes he's in. It's definitely not brain surgery. What has it meant to you to bet on yourself? Youve got Jamie Dimon, who is this incredible long-term equity holder who is done it and then youve got Mike Fascitelli whos really was the chairman and CEO of Vornado Real Estate in New York on the commercial real estate side. Thats the relentless, thats the difference I think of what success is. We're not an organization that splits up into silos of business or basketball. And I think the only thing anybody can control is their own effort and kind of their own dreams and where they want to go. Peter Feigin. I would say again, from our owners, from day one, they understood that from how are we stewards of the brand of the Bucks and how are we examples in the community? So, it really is kind of like all of us working together to figure out what the balance is. Even though you're at the World of Disney, even Disney after about 10 days, you're ready to get out of Disney no matter where you are. How do you rethink it for broadcast, for social, for everything to really appeal to the world in a whole different way? He's not the smartest guy in the world, but he'll certainly know the business and he'll help you out beyond your hedge fund guys and your data guys.". If youre not playing defense, theyre going to call you out, said Woodhouse, who would temper his Friday night activities in anticipation of The Run. Talk about that, Peter. And because Blake was in our backyard, like literally in Kenosha, which as you know is so close, it became personal. Then I think as we keep exploring and kind of whats happening with online gambling and whats happening with NFTs and whats happening in the ticketing business, that it all evolves with technology, will be really interesting. Engage is a digital booking platform. Because I hadnt worked in, Id worked in New York city. It's really best of class.". Who negotiated in 2018 for the only NFL player to invest and buy 1% of the Bucks, Aaron Rodgers, being Aaron Rodgers, whose genius was that? Peter Feigin, President of the NBAs Milwaukee Bucks and formerly Vice President of Marketing for the New York Knicks and Director of Marketing at Six Flags, joins me on the podcast today. Im so proud and honored to have this conversation with you today, and thank you for your generosity of your time. The first game goes to 9 points, and every game after that goes to 7. Peter: My wifes a native New Yorker. Its rotating cast includes bankers, lawyers and high-powered television executives. John: Now, you married, what, wife is a native New Yorker? My mother was one of the preeminent ad executives from Grey Advertising for 40 years. But I think, if you sprinkle in the effort and the care, it affects change. Listen, for the rest of my life, having a boycott for the game in the bubble where we put a pause in the world. I thought Id hit the jackpot, Feigin said. And I think what happened in this year, in so many ways, was a great splash of ice water thinking like, "Boy, we got a long way to go." That the only option we really had was to build grassroots and build relationships and take time across the entire community. Are you now being used as a paradigm by other team presidents, GMs owners that are looking to you and coming to you for advice or for just pearls of wisdom of how can we do it because heres where we sit in baseball or in football or in basketball because they want to follow this amazing path and journey that you guys have created there? Last Wednesday, Milwaukee Bucks president Peter Feigin told the Rotary Club of Madison that Milwaukee is "the most segregated, racist place I've ever experienced in my life." The full quote,. It found him. Michael Red: I got my sources. Peter Feigin: They made it really simple. When Lee was shooting his film The Best Man, he brought the actors Taye Diggs and Morris Chestnut to the gym. Peter: Which people gave. And at the core, I've always been a sales and marketing guy. "I got to tell you the enthusiasm Peter has brought to the city has been brought right back. Malcolm D. Lee, who is directing Space Jam 2, which stars LeBron James, is one of the regulars in The Run. Peter Feigin on the Fiserv Forum, Sports Betting, and the Impact of Giannis WHRB News March 3, 2019 . Im probably like someone who gives everything away. Talk about that relationship that you have with the players. How are we going to attack this?". This is the most, this is fun of life. Here's your Hispanics." And we sat down as organization with the players, with the owners, with the executives and just said like, "Oh, we're going to double down." Through Jan. 15, his PER of 29.82 was second in the league behind James Harden and just ahead of LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Peter: The ice cream truck. In a Q&A with The Undefeated, Milwaukee Bucks president Peter Feigin talked about resuming the season, the business lost due to COVID-19, and much more. But boy, if I could have mastered that a little bit earlier that that'd be one of the things I would do. Crazy simple story grew up in New York City, Manhattan on the Upper East Side, went to high school in Brooklyn. Id been in a big market. He really taught me the lesson late in life is the real geniuses or the ones who can take these complex things and talk to me about them and I understand them. Peter Feigin: This is where I want to be. Being able to play ball with your son is kind of like the best of the best, Peter Feigin said. And I'm not that much of a spiritual person, but I feel like I have been blessed/lucky 10 times more than I ever thought I'd be in my whole life. What a great thing. Bucks championship parade will be this Thursday, Bucks President Peter Feigin says - YouTube Breaking news: The Bucks Championship parade will be this Thursday! But then theres, in this group weve got 300 full-time people and 250 of them are involved in volunteering. By the way, Aaron is a fanatical basketball fan, and by the way, a regular classic Wisconsin superstar wants to come to a game, pays for his ticket wants to be left to watch the game. So, just being a part of that, I mean, I know it sounds crazy. Theyre the worst. "Peter has completely re-imagined the Milwaukee Bucks business operation and grown in sales, ticket revenue, retail and global recognition which is very important," Colbert explained. Peter: Well, I always default to the Cluckery. But for the first time since 1992, the game has been shelved indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Michael Red: It's becoming that and has become that. Here in a million person city and your ability to affect change, your platform, your ability to really make a difference is so incredible. John: No question. That everybody understands their benefits for their health insurance, that we're getting psychological health, that we're feeding people in the community, that we are on top of not just marching for social justice, but that we're dealing with, police reform, that we're resourcing our players. And that's kind of like you do it with great people around you. Peter: Well, I made one of the biggest mistakes ever to begin with. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the gift that keeps on giving for Bucks' management. Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin received the Crystal Living Legend award from founders of the Black Inventors Gallery at a meet-and-greet with business leaders Wednesday. "He plays with the Bucks 95 percent of the time. At Bucks Pro Shop, you can find them. Founders of the Black Inventors Gallery, Peggy Hardy and Synovia Moss, spearheaded the display - a reminder of the spirit of innovation and vision Peter Feigin needed to champion a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. "You will be in a business meeting on Monday with one of the 300-500 business executives in the town and you will see them some place later that week or the week after, unlike in New York City," he says. Daniel connected the partners with Peter, then chief marketing and revenue officer of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, to analyze the franchise from a sales and development angle. And I've got to get Mark and Wes on the cast along with Jon. Social media has created an avenue to spread the Bucks' brand beyond Milwaukee and the United States. Be sure and try our new SNOWCAST APP! I guarantee you'll find motivation and guidance from this remarkable man. He perpetuates a culture that attracts like-minded people to him. Hey, so talk a little bit about impact. So, that was my one get back to kind of surprise him because I think there were a few spies that were taking pictures of every time I parked in that spot for a second. Kevin Draughon, who participates in the games, sat with Dylan Feigin and her brother, Jackson. So, if you're against equality, then we probably never will understand or get along or agree with each other." Peter: I think when the opportunity came and we thought it was such a good idea, we were aiming an incredible. Peter: We took the lumps and then, yeah, I had my dream job when I was in my mid-20s as in Madison Square Garden like running marketing for the New York Knicks and I thought I could have died and gone to heaven and thats, I lived breathed in the Knicks basketball and Ranger hockey, it was the greatest. John: In terms of watching the young generation now come up, has NIL and the advent of NIL do you believe thats going to have a positive or negative effect as you continue to recruit players in the future? The entity at the center of the controversy the Milwaukee Bucks didn't waste time jumping in. If you lose, that might mean you need to keep an eye on several of your friends toddlers. Peter is a serious businessman and an hilarious friend. And as Marc kind of ventured out over a decade ago . "Scott Walker was just at the beginning of a presidential campaign. Peter Feigin: I'm not a good example of life balance, because I kind of blend them in such a big way that my kids, my brothers, my mother, my wife, they're all a part of it. Peter: Yeah. He is a legitimate superstar who also manages to bring in the European market. You serve as like a mentor to them as well. Peter is a native New Yorker. I dont know if thats a word, but I would attach myself. Well, you know about the ice cream truck. Not only do you have to have the best facilities, the best resources, no reason for anybody to say, What want to be, you got to be good people. The Run also often doubles as a day care. Now you win, you have the championship. Right? Antetokounmpo signed a four-year, $100 million extension in September 2016 (right before his first All-Star season) that will keep him under contract in Milwaukee through 2020-21. The entire Saturday morning crew has done a few Zoom calls. So, we see this great opportunity to lead by example and then to almost market and promote it as this should be more the norm than not the norm in a big way. Now youre there, youre rebuilding. Either it came from Khris Middleton or Jack [crosstalk 00:02:21]. I became the president of the company for a number of years, and then we got absorbed by NetJets and took on that role at NetJets for a couple of years, and really learned incredibly, had this opportunity to learn P&L and operational. Youve collected all this human capital, both starting and back up. You know I got my sources. Do we want this guy to keep playing? I need socks and I know we're not making them. Everythings got to be perfect to do it and dont realize because like, hey, Ive never won a championship before, never run a ring so I just started the process and I didnt realize which I now do and why our owners wanted to be intimately involved with the design of the ring. Peter: Which like, by the way, might evolve to 20%, 30% of an arena at some point. Do you want to open a sports book? Welcome to the impact podcast, Peter. Feigin is in charge of divvying up the five-man teams at the start of the session and typically includes himself on the strongest squad. The most meaningful thing that you can never take for granted is we gave about 850 part-time workers rings to get done. I'll talk with her about her students and kind of support her while she's correcting her papers. Michael Red: Peter Feigin. I think Wes Edens and Aaron Rodgers had been friends for awhile. I don't know how to talk about that other than like my dad was like my hero and he was selfless and kind of quietly just did anything for anybody and kind of was like that's how I had value for him. "We had to build a new arena or we were going to move the team. If you're going to go look at teams, grab my brother. And obviously, you have dealt with a little bit of this with Sterling Brown a couple years ago, so you guys happened to prepare for this a little bit. And really build sports entertainment and residential and commercial around it and really have an urban development company that is fueled by the strength of a brand of an NBA team. That is an interesting statement. John: Thats so true. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. Not like how to just excel in basketball. While Feigin can watch Antetokounmpo and the Bucks any time he wants on NBA 2K or social media -- "The truth is our digital channels are ten times like what our local broadcasts are," he says -- he has the distinct pleasure in Milwaukee of actually getting to catch the action in person. I mean, I probably publicly spoke for the first time in my life 100 times in the first 200 days to everybody from Lions Clubs to the barber shop, to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts to kind of preach how big a deal it is for city this size to have and keep an NBA team. It so happens Bucks co-owners Marc Lasry and Wes Edens sent their children to Trevor Day. Peter Feigin Title: President Organization: Milwaukee Bucks Previous experience: Chief marketing and revenue officer of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; president and chief operating. We have resources, we back them up, whatever you need, it's part of it. Thomas F. Leonard . Number one, obviously, because like you said, its rare air, but youre learning on the job. Michael Red: After knowing you for the last six years, personally, two qualities stand out: Extremely funny and extremely generous. Peter holds a bachelor's degree from Franklin and Marshall College and completed the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business' Financial Executive Program. This is a small town, even though it's a big city. Going back into the past is something I wanted to ask you about. They called themselves The Magic Three as middle school teammates on the Upper East Side. Peter Feigin: That's right. Let that person speak. It's truly like a restart. Before life as we knew it went on hiatus in March, Peter Feigin was occasionally returning to New York from Milwaukee for weekend visits and to rejoin The Run, which has become multigenerational. But Im getting close to being that guy.. Youre the ultimate insider. Because I know a lot of coaches, lot of presidents, lot of GMs, I run into them and I ask them, can I look at your ring? And until next time, I'm Michael Red. And that's tough, too. Subscribe to get the latest Impact episodes delivered right to your inbox each week. 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