Frank Supovitz
For more than 30 years, award-winning event producer Frank Supovitz has been at the helm of some of the world's most prestigious, widely-viewed and well-attended sports and entertainment events. He founded Fast Traffic Events & Entertainment in 2014, an event management and consulting company based in New York. Fast Traffic's recent clients include Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York City's South Street Seaport, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Major League Soccer, and Australia's National Rugby League, among others.
Supovitz served as Senior Vice President, Events for the National Football League, overseeing the meteoric growth of Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, and the NFL Draft, between 2005 and 2014. Prior to joining the NFL, he led the National Hockey League's Events & Entertainment department from 1992 to 2005. Together with the Edmonton Oilers, Supovitz developed the NHL Heritage Classic in 2003, the first stadium-based outdoor pro hockey game and forerunner of the spectacularly successful NHL Winter Classic. Supovitz also served as director of special events for Radio City Music Hall Productions, and his past credits include the Presidential Bicentennial Procession in New York, the 1990 Goodwill Games Welcoming Ceremonies in Seattle; the Stanford University Centennial, and the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia.
Supovitz is the host of the "When Things Go Wrong" podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and the author of "What To Do When Things Go Wrong," published in 2019 by McGraw-Hill. He is also the co-author of "The Sports Event Management & Marketing Playbook, 2nd edition" (Wiley, 2013). Frank received an honorary PhD in Sports, Entertainment & Event Management from Johnson & Wales University in 2003 and was inducted into the Event Industry Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2014, he was honored as New York University's Cal Ramsey Distinguished Lecturer. He was a featured character on NFL Full Contact, a six-episode documentary on NFL events that aired on truTV (2010) and in 60 Minutes Sports' behind-the-scenes episode on Super Bowl XLVII on Showtime (2013). Frank also appeared in a cameo role as himself in the Ivan Reitman-directed feature film, Draft Day (2014).
For more than 30 years, award-winning event producer Frank Supovitz has been at the helm of some of the world's most prestigious, widely-viewed and well-attended sports and entertainment events. He founded Fast Traffic Events & Entertainment in 2014, an event management and consulting company based in New York. Fast Traffic's recent clients include Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York City's South Street Seaport, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Major League Soccer, and Australia's National Rugby League, among others.
Supovitz served as Senior Vice President, Events for the National Football League, overseeing the meteoric growth of Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, and the NFL Draft, between 2005 and 2014. Prior to joining the NFL, he led the National Hockey League's Events & Entertainment department from 1992 to 2005. Together with the Edmonton Oilers, Supovitz developed the NHL Heritage Classic in 2003, the first stadium-based outdoor pro hockey game and forerunner of the spectacularly successful NHL Winter Classic. Supovitz also served as director of special events for Radio City Music Hall Productions, and his past credits include the Presidential Bicentennial Procession in New York, the 1990 Goodwill Games Welcoming Ceremonies in Seattle; the Stanford University Centennial, and the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia.
Supovitz is the host of the "When Things Go Wrong" podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and the author of "What To Do When Things Go Wrong," published in 2019 by McGraw-Hill. He is also the co-author of "The Sports Event Management & Marketing Playbook, 2nd edition" (Wiley, 2013). Frank received an honorary PhD in Sports, Entertainment & Event Management from Johnson & Wales University in 2003 and was inducted into the Event Industry Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2014, he was honored as New York University's Cal Ramsey Distinguished Lecturer. He was a featured character on NFL Full Contact, a six-episode documentary on NFL events that aired on truTV (2010) and in 60 Minutes Sports' behind-the-scenes episode on Super Bowl XLVII on Showtime (2013). Frank also appeared in a cameo role as himself in the Ivan Reitman-directed feature film, Draft Day (2014).
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