Gunnar Fox
PPL Center, scheduled to open in September, now has a general manager. Global Spectrum has named Gunnar Fox, a nine-year company employee, as GM of the Allentown, Pa., venue. Fox will relocate to Allentown from the Global Spectrum-managed Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M. Before his time in Rio Rancho, Fox spent two years as GM for the Global Spectrum-managed EnCana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, B.C. He also has worked as an event manager at Global Spectrum's flagship arena, Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia. Global Spectrum was chosen to book and operate PPL Center Jan. 30, 2014. Fox is a graduate of Ithaca (N.Y.) College. His wife, Moira, and two daughters will be relocating to the Lehigh Valley.