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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Brian Sipe, SMG general manager of Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, has been named the head of the SMG Northeast Regional booking team.</p><p>Sipe, who has been the general manager of the venue since October 2014, will oversee the regional booking calls for the Northeast United States and Canada.</p><p>&#8220;We are excited to add Brian to our Regional Booking Team,&#8221; stated Jim McCue, Senior Vice President of SMG, the private management company that oversees the day-to-day operations of the arena. &#8220;Brian brings a great skill set and record of booking success to our efforts to attract top shows and attractions to our venues in the Northeast.&#8221;</p><p>Sipe, 35, began his career with SMG as booking and box office manager in 2008 at the Santander Arena in Reading. He went on to work as general manager of the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, W.Va., in 2010. Sipe, a native of Hershey, returned to Pennsylvania in 2014 when he accepted the role as general manager of the 10,000 seat multi-purpose Mohegan Sun Arena.</p><p>During his tenure here, Sipe has booked some monumental performances for the venue including sold-out performances from Elton John, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Kevin Hart, Jeff Dunham, WWE Raw and Thomas Rhett, SMG said in a release Monday.</p><p>He was also instrumental in working with the PIAA District II committee to bring the high school District 2 Basketball Championships to the venue. The venue also hosted three campaign rallies in support of President Donald Trump during Sipe&#8217;s tenure which brought global recognition to the Greater Wilkes-Barre area.</p><p>In addition to managing the arena, Sipe has been active in the region and an advocate of its economic progress. He was named the 2017 Young Professional of the Year by the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of the Leadership Wilkes-Barre Executive program and serves as a board member of the NEPA Alliance and Wilkes-Barre YMCA. He also is a member of the Mountain Top Rotary. </p><style>
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Mohegan Sun Arena GM named booking manager for SMG