A cool hire, Jonny Greco

[BattleBorn]

Turns out the Knights weren't kidding when they said they were going to make the games an experience. They just hired the live director of WWE to handle the gameday stuff.

This is a pretty huge hire to me. I'm not a WWE fan, but I know they put on a hell of a show.


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[Mike Jones]

Turns out the Knights weren't kidding when they said they were going to make the games an experience. They just hired the live director of WWE to handle the gameday stuff.

I hear he was a lot better than the dead one.

 

[BattleBorn]

Live shows, Mike.

Live shows.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

That's a definite pit boss' name. Good hire.

 

[Mike Jones]

That's a definite pit boss' name. Good hire.

Back when I was living in eastern Canada we had a chain of donair places called Greco so whenever I see the name I want to run out and find a place that makes those things.

Excuse me...

 

[nickp91]

Greco joins the Golden Knights after spending the last five years with World Wrestling Entertainment as their Senior Director, Live Event Producer where he produced live WWE events worldwide. Greco was part of the WWE creative team that helped elevate the live event experience through interactive show concepts and media elements. He also helped build out the host/announce teams

 

[Vegas Mac]

Does he look like these guys:

 

[VanIslander]

These are the key resume highlights:

Prior to joining WWE, Greco was the Director of Video Production for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2004-2011. During his time in Cleveland, Greco and his production team captured four regional Emmy Awards for his work on the Cavaliers Video Introduction (2006, 2009, 2010) and Headshot Package (2007).

Greco has also been a part of four teams who received the Golden Matrix Award, an annual honor recognizing superior achievement throughout the large screen video and matrix display industry as determined by the Information Display and Entertainment Association (IDEA). These awards were for Best In-Game Feature (editor, 2003), Best Mascot Video (producer/shooter, 2005) and Best Overall Video Display (director/producer/editor, 2007 and 2008).

... Greco has worked extensively with the NFL on their Hall of Fame Weekend shows, the NBA on their All-Star Weekends, the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

He previously worked in the NHL as well, serving as the Manager of Video Production of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2002-2004. The Blue Jackets were awarded "#1 Stadium Experience in all of sports" by ESPN the Magazine in 2004.