Absolutely. We've gotten through conversations. My wifes born in El Salvador came here when she was 9 to Brooklyn. 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. But it's also, listen like I wish, I have patience for nothing, and I think what I'm learning and trying to get a grip of is like how do we chip away over every issue of social justice. But while it is nice to connect, Kearns described the calls as artificial sweetener. It is not the same. And Giannis knows whether we're talking about a big deal, whether we're talking about marketing, he knows those socks like he's good with, he owns me for a month now, he owns me. This is a small town, even though it's a big city. Peter holds a bachelor's degree from Franklin and Marshall College and completed the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business' Financial Executive Program. 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." Peter Feigin: So, we saw this as the opportunity of, "Oh my goodness. You can always have a kitchen with food in it. Here in a million person city and your ability to affect change, your platform, your ability to really make a difference is so incredible. We've made it intimate with a 17,500-person crowd. We're talking about taking global influencers from F1 drivers to surfers, to everybody else. John: Thats awesome. Do you want to be in a place where people are having fun and were trying to get rid of all the toxic. Holy cow pinch me because this is so awesome where it is.". It keeps on changing, but we've got to be able to pivot and understand when we're out of balance. We had a ceremony and we had, and out of all the things in the experience, like I want to be in a parade every day. I talk about it all the time with my wife, with my brother, with everything. Im sure somehow our paths will cross. And that's kind of like you do it with great people around you. "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 Feigin: Yeah, I think it's part of the culture and kind of down from ownership, like you're going to stand for something or you're going to stand for nothing. How can we do fun special things, what matters to people? How did that come together? We call it volundeering. And what sort of plan could we have when there was some sort of light at the end of the tunnel to kind of ramp back up in a big way. Peter: We have two kids. In business it takes a real challenging of like where your growth is going to come from I in a big way. Yes, we are shiny toy people want to see how you build a project in time and under budget and how youd manage a project. You talk about advantages, just the osmosis at our dinner table was I knew in two seconds like I wanted to be in business. Peter Feigin, the president of the Milwaukee Bucks, playing defense. So, then you start thinking about really building a district in a small city within a city. Do we want this guy to keep playing? So, whole different world kind of came around with COVID. Talk about your organization, community involvement, and the impacts that you get to make both positive and otherwise. That's not a "here we got to the finish line." The Runs roots date to the early 1980s, when Lee became childhood friends with the Feigin brothers. And how do we capture that, both digitally and on broadcast? Peter: Yeah, so I think its here and I think its all about the customization, right. The one thing that's been impressive for me, being a part of the family, is seeing how you all embrace the city. 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.". 2023 ERI. You miss falling on the ground, Dan Feigin said. So, I'm, as you know, extremely excitable and just want to kind of attack it and love the challenge. How did you put the stadium deal together? There's no business." 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. Maybe I'm biased, but knowing you and seeing what you've done with the Bucks. Because I don't think we're really worried about kind of like we would think half a million people are going to die, that what would happen to hospitals and ICUs and things like that. Like its going to streaming, its going to over the top, that is a huge change from all these local teams depending and getting guaranteed large dollar values for regional sports deals. Peter: John, the best. I have an identical twin brother who's the headmaster of a school in New York City, that all of Wes Edens' and Marc Lasry's kids went to, who were two owners of the Bucks. Peter Feigin: Well, I think, like you talked about the opportunity for a great historic organization like this to embrace a former Olympian, it's all-star, like a person who's current in the game and really is an asset. None could have anticipated how it would grow over the years, or the motley crew of characters who would be drawn to it. I think COVID, like everything, slowed us up for about a year, but we're back on it. They called themselves The Magic Three as middle school teammates on the Upper East Side. Peter: Thats great, thats one of the only times that questions been asked. Peter Feigin: Michael, like I said, anytime, anywhere. I took great pride in seeing the development of downtown and what you guys were doing with the city. As you get older, its just harder to keep up with everybody., Christopher dAmboise, a former principal dancer, Adam Keefe, a former N.B.A. Talk about that balance between what you do with Milwaukee and obviously, with your family, right? John: Hey, Peter. Its like you think about what the culture of community is. And you do it, for us, kind of my job was to be that rock and support and think about if you told me that 50% of my time would be spent on making sure everybody is okay. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. Where is your ring? I love our chances this year, sincerely. He captained. I've been telling him. Just what you said is like were always coming in this balance of how do we, we want Giannis to represent the Bucks brand. You didnt study sports. But Im getting close to being that guy.. You're certainly allowed to have fun, because we have fun. How do we change the model, and really put new metrics out there, for us to get it? Ive had so much fun and been in sports entertainment and aviation and in different things and its all been about every job Ive had incredibly, Ive said like, oh my God, could you imagine, like Ive died and gone to heaven. Michael Red: And so, through all of the minutiae and all of 2020 and now going into the new season, which we're in now, managing to still focus the organization on winning the championship. And we come from a city that's the urban city is 40% African American and probably 20% Hispanic, right? We hired a great human capital person to build up the structure, but it was really best practice. Ive been really lucky. That was my dream of dreams when I was a kid: Oh, my God. And he has represented at the highest level. John: Right. And the task at hand here is like the more successful we are on the court, the more successful we are on the business, the more opportunity we will have to do other things. You're exactly right. When Lee was shooting his film The Best Man, he brought the actors Taye Diggs and Morris Chestnut to the gym. His brother and Lee were just as excited. Talk about the journey to the Bucks and how did that happen and then why Milwaukee? And I didn't need to get paid. If I become that guy, I dont need to play anymore. Michael Red: Is there a pivotal moment that you can think of, even as a teenager or as a young kid, that you'd bet on yourself in a major, major way? Peter Feigin: Yeah, I think I moved, I graduated from college and had a job, had an opportunity for a job that was kind of nuts. Theyre going to look at that ring forever and remember that. Does he pass enough? This is the Impact Podcast. His friends, while the games are suspended, are trying to stay as prepared as possible. And one of the incredible things that Milwaukee did not have was kind of a meeting place. And there is no magic wand that kind of changes this in six months. And lo and behold, kind of five, six years later, we've kind of accelerated it. The facilities part was easy. Obviously, your assistant help set this up. Were going to constantly improve. The way it works is they closed in April. Peter: We didnt finish the championship till mid-July, which meant like we didnt have long to get the rings included. It is a really tough existence. Peter's Hairless Twin is a twin brother Peter Griffin keeps locked up in a storm shed. Not like how to just excel in basketball. Mike, you get it because you lived it. 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. All of a sudden, 12 months ago, that went upside down, and with Giannis, it literally went international, national, regional, local, which is a great turnaround for us.". You and I go back since you came back to the Bucks or since you came to the Bucks and you guys have been incredible to me over the years since you've been in a position in Milwaukee and really grateful of our friendship over the years and how the organization has welcomed me back to the organization. So, the end of the story is I was responsible to hire CEO, so I got two or three candidates I knew Mark and Wes would hate and they couldn't hire them because they didn't like something about them. always network, and in my chance, it really happened with my identical twin brother who was running a private school in New York, which all of Marc Lasry's and Wes Edens's kids went to. So, for people who run businesses, to have an operator who's really geared up and wants to drive revenue is kind of like a positive thing, especially for Mark and Wes. Players, for 50 nights a year, land at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning to get home and kind of do what the time balance is. Peter Feigin: And how we almost flaunt it in a good way and it's kind of easy. That the only option we really had was to build grassroots and build relationships and take time across the entire community. The arena was, if the arena didnt happen, nothing happens, and that was a public-private. Michael Red: I just, I got to start the podcast off with, before we get into our history, someone just texted me and wanted me to ask you this question. He simplified the commodities business like, oh, I understand it now. Peter Feigin: I mean, I'll tell you an interesting story. Ive got two kids Im working as, Id say a consultant, helping to put together a business plan. And maybe 15 years ago, when I was working in Madison Square Garden, my brother was in a parent conference with Mark Lasry and Mark might have mentioned that he wants to look at some teams. What the heck do we do, like everybody else? And we'll get into the twin in a little bit. It really is. Michael Red: If you had to go back to your 16-year-old self, what advice would you give your 16-year-old self? And from your perspective, how was the bubble? Marc Lasry, the co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, has scaled back his play in recent years. So, people talk about business, it wasn't a slow beat. This years edition comes stamped with the Roman numeral XXVIII, to commemorate the games 28 years of existence. We hired an unbelievable CFO. 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. We've made it really authentic and localized with what our food and beverage offerings are going to be. Jan 16th, 2016 by Mayor Tom Barrett. "We are literally just scraping the surface of what can come from this," he says. Please remember if youre going through Wisconsin, go and have some chicken tenders at the Cluckery. I suggested a lot of people who would be great presidents, and lo and behold, none of them worked out to do it, so I think they had to default to me to run the company.". Engage is the go-to spot for booking talent, for speeches, custom experiences, live streams, and much more. Peter: its not the biggest, but it just talks about how special when you talk about in a small market, and we try to coalesce with the Brewers and the Packers as much as we can to be like the strength of these three pro teams and their players and their coaches and our coaches and GM spend a lot of time with the coaches and GMs at the Packers, which is just great. 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. The ability to go into an NBA franchise and really pick all the great practices which is going around in the league is a huge advantage. John: How about the issue of when people put on those special glasses now, and they can watch a game in 3D or whatIm so out of it a little bit, Peter, technologically speaking, but the young people are talking about the future of watching sports is were going to be able to, is going to be eventually cameras court side, and were going to be able to watch it and feel like were sitting court side and youre at a bucks game. Weve had Giannis invest in the brewers, which is like. And we'll get to social injustice in a bit. I think weve gravitated again with a lot of people weve brought in to engage and get it done. We spend a lot of our time really trying to figure out what are the levers to move the revenue. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Well, you know about the ice cream truck. Make this the best operation, the best facilities and the best place to be, because we're going to go compete with everybody to win a championship. Michael Red: The facilities, everything that you guys have done so far is remarkable. What people never tell you about the rings, its not just the 20 rings for the players and the coach and the owners. Peter: Well, I always default to the Cluckery. Peter Feigin: Hey, John thanks for having me. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Peter Feigin discover inside connections to recommended job . He was unfamiliar with Lasry, then his friend filled him in. A lot of storytelling and symbolic, and its been 50 years between championships. John: What did you study? If you've been that lucky and you've been that blessed then you've got to share. Michael Red: I don't know if that's the responsibility of the organization to have that permeate throughout the city, but have you seen a shift in Milwaukee, even when it comes to people coming together from different races and different creeds? I think its hard to grasp where this is going, but it professionalizes players at this, Peter: point teenagers at a much earlier level than theyve ever been. All right. Since 3-pointers are worth 2 points and 2-pointers are only worth 1, there is a strong premium on outside shooting. And then I think the most incredible thing, which I can't see happening in a major metropolitan area again, is we were able to acquire 30 acres of contiguous land. "We have a. Number one, were in the middle of COVID. Youre going to have a lot of fun. 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? But he worries about the physical effects of another extended layoff. Hows Warren Buffett in person as, how exactly? We thought we were a progressive, pretty forward thinking organization. John Shegerian: This edition of the Impact podcast is brought to you by ERI. Where does your ring sit? What did your dad do for a living? I'm just honored and grateful that you took the time to be on the cast today, man. So first of all, the bubble was kind of like so exciting, surreal, and awesome. I watch it. He was a truly taught consumer products, marketing, and operations guy, was okay. Are you allowed to talk about that, Peter? Youve collected all this human capital, both starting and back up. Our expectation is to win a championship. Kearns has been shooting at an abandoned hoop that he discovered behind a train station in Connecticut. Our dinner table conversation. Weve got a sophomore in college and a senior in college. She couldn't be more supporting from everything. Peter: Hes was in consumer products. 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: Yeah, I think it's like I take everything from athletics. Giannis was like, Ill make this simple, its got to be bigger than that Lakers ring it might be, and its got to be cool. We wanted like a really cool clean design. I better go home and talk to Natalia to do it. Peter Feigin: And I think, even when we looked at ourselves we're completely diverse, but we weren't anywhere near where we should have been on the leadership side of being a diverse leadership. How do we affect the community together? We are one big family. And because Blake was in our backyard, like literally in Kenosha, which as you know is so close, it became personal. I need socks and I know we're not making them. Peter is a native New Yorker. Now, you had private equity partners. We dont compete against each other in arena revenue and local media revenue. ", Pass the sticks.We here.https://t.co/XifcyBIjFY pic.twitter.com/NFiiaWCSUb, Bucks Gaming (@BucksGG) December 14, 2017. What would you be doing? 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. I mean, the fact that players had just had it is no surprise. And nobody's going to question how great Milwaukee is." Peter: Wow. That was one of these monumental, incredible, awesome times to get it done. But no matter how skilled the player, new members are included on a probationary basis. Youre unbelievably inspirational. Peter, before I let you go, I have to ask you. 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