In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with David Blitzer, Blackstone’s chairman and the co-founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, about how his teams use data and analytics to improve fan experience. In this conversation, which was taped in front of an audience at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Blitzer tells the hosts how a “failed athlete” came to be the first person to own teams in all five major American sports leagues, what he’s doing to invest in the “massively fragmented” world of youth sports and why having a favorite sports team is like having a favorite child.
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00:00 – 02:38 Intro
02:38 – 07:19 How David got into sports investing
07:19 – 11:10 David’s investment thesis
11:10 – 16:02 Why own stakes across so many leagues
16:02 – 21:39 How David uses data analytics
21:39 – 28:21 How baseball can grow
29:03 – 35:45 Women’s sports & niche leagues
35:45 – 39:32 Youth sports
39:32 – 43:49 Rapid fire
43:49 – 44:30 Credits
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