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Sioux Falls, SD – July 25, 2008- Fifteen members of the Global Spectrum and Ovations Food Services staff at the Sioux Falls Convention Center will join hundreds more Sioux Falls residents for the 2008 Relay for Life 12-hour walk taking place at the Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls today, Friday, July 25 and tomorrow, Saturday, July 26.

To support the cancer research of the Relay for Life program, staff at the Sioux Falls Convention Center had various contests to raise money for this charity event. In addition to a friendly Guitar Hero contest, staff members were able to participate in a “Wear Jeans to Work” program to raise money for the Relay for Life campaign.

“We are looking forward to joining the community in support of Relay for Life this Friday night,” said Scott Kavanaugh, General Manager of the Sioux Falls Convention Center. “Our company is committed to supporting and participating with the local communities, especially in charitable functions.”

Global Spectrum, operators of the Sioux Falls Convention Center, work in conjunction with Ovations Food Services who are the official caterers of the facility. The Sioux Falls Convention Center offers over 100,000 square feet of flexible meeting and exhibit space including a 16,800 square foot ballroom and twelve breakout rooms.

Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) is the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 70 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world's largest sports and entertainment companies, Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional sports programming network, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, and Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company and 3601 Creative Group, a full-service in-house advertising agency. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces 10 nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.

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Contact:
Sioux Falls Convention Center
Jude Fernandes, Marketing Manager
605-212-9076

Friday, July 25, 2008