![]() Like you, I joined the Board of Ambassadors because I believe in this team and I love the city of Atlanta. After, we spoke privately to the Ambassadors in attendance. Coach Bud, Dominique Wilkins and I fielded nearly an hour of questions covering a broad range of topics about the team and our organization. That was followed up with the following email on Oct 22:Īt Monday night’s Town Hall, our members turned out in spectacular fashion, with more than 500 fans in attendance. The decision to disband the Hawks Ambassadors was announced two days after Koonin had a meeting with about 500 season ticket holders and loyal fans of the club. ![]() Ironically Koonin was one of the Hawks Ambassadors. It also had been formed before Steve Koonin, a former executive of Turner Broadcasting System, became CEO of the Atlanta Hawks. Meanwhile the Hawks Ambassador Force had been organized nearly six months before there had been the racial issues and the change of leadership at the team. Levenson later said he would first be hiring an investment banking firm to help coordinate the sale of the team, and the Goldman Sachs working with happened since the racially-insensitive comments came to light. Shortly after Bruce Levenson, the managing owner of the team, admitted that he had written an email with racially-charged remarks about why there were so few white fans at Hawks games.īecause of the racial sensitivities within the National Basketball Association, Levenson said he would sell his share of the team. The team’s problems went public during the summer when it was disclosed that Hawks General Manager Danny Ferry had made racially derogatory remarks in a telephone conversation with owners of the team. The 2014-2015 season has become mired in controversy for the past several months – during a time when the Atlanta Hawks need all the friends they can get. The group – which included about three dozen leaders from all walks of life – was hoping to build stronger bridges between the business community and the Atlanta Hawks with the long-term goal of selling more season tickets, selling more corporate sponsorships and generating excitement in the team. The Atlanta Hawks organization has disbanded its “board of ambassadors” - a one-year-old coalition of business and civic leaders aimed at generating community support for the city’s professional basketball team.
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