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The Innovation Group of Companies provides financial, management, investment banking, development, marketing and diversification advisory services to a signature, worldwide client base. The organization is now comprised of five complementary affiliates, highlighted below. Together, the companies evaluate operational and development opportunities, make strategic recommendations and offer the tactical tools to help clients implement them.
The organization has been associated with more than $60 billion in investment decisions over the past 20 years. Additionally, its areas of specialization have naturally expanded into such related disciplines as F&B, mixed-use retail, convention centers, sports/performance venues, social media, online gaming and other offerings that define the ever-changing world of leisure and entertainment.
The company’s leadership has helped bring many of the world’s largest entertainment and hospitality developments to fruition, and has been exposed to industry best practices across six continents.
• The Innovation Group—Premier provider of consulting services for the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries. Services include feasibility studies, market assessments, economic impact studies, strategic and financial planning, economic diversification, legislative and government advisory, litigation and expert witness support and i-gaming strategy/research.
• Innovation Capital—Leading boutique investment banking firm, offering Gaming & Leisure and Restaurant & Retail practices. Services include mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, financial restructuring and valuations/fairness opinions to mid-market clients ($20 million-$500 million). Since 2004, Innovation Capital has advised on transactions aggregating more than $2.8 billion. Member: FINRA/SIPC.
• Innovation Project Development—Experienced project management firm providing oversight of the industry’s most complex developments. IPD provides owner representative services, project and process management, schedule and budget controls, facility expansion analysis and planning, facility development and FF&E/purchasing.
• Innovation Marketing—Translates the unparalleled consultancy, analysis and research of The Innovation Group into industry best practice marketing tactics. Services include strategic advisory, marketing and business plans, research and focus groups, “voice of the customer” programs, player development strategy, account services, media/social media, public relations, database analysis and direct marketing.
• Innovation Management Services—Exclusive network of operational experts offers short-term crisis management, operations evaluation, turnaround implementation, management strategy and pre-/post-opening services.
• Innovation Food & Beverage—Specialty advisory team offers research and analysis, operations and management, concepting and implementation, positioning and marketing, development and renovation, and financing and asset management specific to F&B considerations.
• Innovation Sports & Entertainment—Practice to further establish the organization’s presence in a broader range of sports, entertainment, performance venue, convention center and related amenity segments.
