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Paul Andrews is recognized by his superiors within the organization and peers throughout the NHL and NBA for instituting innovative group sales programs as well as the advanced development of targeted telemarketing for season ticket sales. In acknowledgment of these achievements, Andrews has held the post of Senior Vice President of Ticket Sales and Service for the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets since 1998. As part of his ongoing duties, Paul oversees the Ticket Sales, Service and Operations Departments.
Expanding his role at KSE, Andrews oversees departments responsible for sales and service of Suites and Club Seats, Business Center and Blue Sky Grill bookings at Pepsi Center as well as Suite Sales for Denvers' newest outdoor amphitheater, Universal Lendings Pavilion.
Andrews, 39, began his career in professional sports with the Denver Nuggets as an Account Executive in September, 1990. Demonstrating his desire to learn other facets of the industry, he was charged with directing game operations in addition to his sales duties in 1991. In this expanded role, Andrews was responsible for all the in-game entertainment featured at Nuggets games.
Continuing his climb up the Nuggets hierarchy, Andrews was promoted to Ticket Sales Manager in 1994. Proceeding to develop numerous successful sales programs to drive attendance, much of his efforts were reflected in the Nuggets most successful sellout streak in franchise history, numbering 56 games during the course of the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons.
When it was announced that the Quebec Nordiques would be moving to Denver in 1995-96 to become the Colorado Avalanche, new challenges arose for Andrews, who now had three months to prepare for the upcoming season. He is credited with designing and instituting the initial seating plans, a formula which proved successful with over 11,500 season ticket depositors for the Avalanche seated in less than two months.
With his sales team now handling accounts for the Avalanche, Nuggets, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Crush and the Colorado Ballet, the complexities of tasks and operations became a challenge. To solve this, Andrews split the Sales Department into two distinct entities - one being dedicated to servicing the season ticket accounts and the other engaging in outside season and group ticket sales. This program’s success is readily apparent as it has produced the longest current NHL sellout streak, which stands at 392 games entering the 2003-04 season. This off season, Andrews introduced the Prime Seat Club to the Colorado Avalanche and instituted a web-based platform for Avalanche season ticket holders to resell unused tickets. The first of its kind in all the NHL, Paul continues to keep Kroenke Sports Enterprises as the leader in ticket technology in professional sports.
A native of Colorado, Paul is a 1983 graduate of Alameda High School and went on to earn his B.A. in marketing at the University of Wyoming. He and his wife, Marlie, reside in Arvada where they live with their two sons, Aaron and Trace. | 