Here’s the story in 60 seconds…
Shawn Tilger spent 25+ years scaling sports teams and venues.
He was COO of the Philadelphia Flyers for 15+ years to manage $160M+ revenue, $14M+ EBITDA growth and led a $250M capital improvement strategy across fan experience and infrastructure.
There he saw sports assets stuck in one-off events, lacking repeatable cash flows and IP control.
So he teamed up with GF Capital to build GF Sports and Entertainment to transform one-off events into 365-day enterprises.
We asked him: “Whats your approach to acquire, scale, and incubate sports and entertainment properties backed by GFs private equity?”
This week we spoke with Shawn Tilger, President of GF Sports & Entertainment.
GF portfolio includes:
ATP 500 Dallas Open at Cowboys HQ
Launched Ottawa Black Bears NLL lacrosse with Senators JV
Acquired World Long Drive Tour from Golf Channel
He scales these assets via shoulder programming and Cowboys partnerships.
Today, this strategy drives EBITDA growth across tennis, lacrosse, and golf with scarcity rights and rising global sports demand.
👇 How Shawn scales sports franchises for PE exits
To the visionaries allocating, building, and moving the industry forward,
Edoardo Grandi
