Scott Loft, Oklahoma City Thunder
EVENT DETAILS
DATE AND TIME
September 16 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
September 16 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
2 people are attending Scott Loft, Oklahoma City Thunder
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Scott Loft with the Oklahoma City Thunder will be our speaker for September.
About Scott Loft
Scott Loft is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of professional sports leadership experience in the National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association.
Loft joined the Thunder in 2010 after three seasons with the Miami Dolphins and is responsible for the Thunder’s overall strategy and tactics for all ticket sales, retention, database operations and business intelligence including season ticket sales, group ticket sales, executive suites and Club Level memberships. Loft’s sports career started with the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, where he spent nine seasons, culminating as the director of ticket sales. After his stint with the NBA, Loft became one of the first employees with the NHL’s expansion Nashville Predators, where his ticket sales team became the first NHL or NBA franchise to qualify for expansion by selling more than 12,000 season tickets before the NHL franchise was awarded to the city of Nashville.
After five seasons in the NHL, Loft joined the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars as executive director of ticket sales and marketing. Loft was chosen to be the Jaguars’ sole attendee at the inaugural NFL Management Program at Stanford during the 2003 season, and his five years in Jacksonville were highlighted by the local oversight of the ticketing functions for Super Bowl XXXIX, which was played in Jacksonville in 2005. Loft then continued his NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, where he stayed until he joined the Thunder.
Prior to his career in sports, Loft received his undergraduate degree from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and his master’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. Loft currently lives in Edmond with his wife Cathy. His son Josh is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma that works in the oil and gas industry and is married to Alexis Challis.
About the Oklahoma City Thunder
Founded in 2008, the Oklahoma City Thunder has developed into an NBA franchise with strong fan, corporate and community support throughout its home state and around the globe. Driven by a philosophy of teamwork and humility, the team stands at the pinnacle of a regional cultural renaissance and seeks to impact the state through its commitment to community outreach and involvement.
On the court, the Thunder makes its home in Paycom Center in downtown Oklahoma City and prides itself on creating an environment that is fan-focused, family-friendly and community-oriented. Constantly striving to improve on-court performance, the team has adopted a philosophy of taking things “one game at a time” and steadily moving forward as one.
Through its annual and ongoing community programs and additional outreach efforts, the Thunder directly impacts individuals and organizations throughout the state every day of the year. In all, the organization – including players, coaches and staff – works with hundreds of community partners every year, benefiting countless individuals. From schools to shelters, from building homes to honoring heroes, the Thunder impact on its community is as diverse as our community itself, with one common thread running through all that the team does: strengthening the state it calls home.