Faces + Places   TONY PEREIRA   Tony Pereira, a veteran stadium manager who spent 37 years with the Seattle Mariners, recently took the job of manager of operations and events for the Cactus League Baseball Association, a nonprofit committed to strengthening the spring training industry in Arizona, pegged as a $700 million economic driver annually for state tourism. Pereira’s position is a new role within the association, which dates to 1947, the year MLB teams first staged spring training in Arizona. Pereira will manage the operations layer of the organization, which consists of a six-member executive board made up of officials representing the municipalities and MLB teams that run spring training parks. In addition, he will oversee the Cactus League’s annual Hall of Fame ceremonies, Sponsor Appreciation Days and Legislative Day, a networking event with local and state politicians to lobby for public funding and overall support of spring… Continue Reading Management: December 2024

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