Dave Black

Experience

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  Met Center Bloomington MN

  Jun 1979 - Aug 1990

  Operations Manager

  Met Center was the home of the Minnesota North Stars professional hockey team and site for many large entertainment events including rock concerts, family shows and sporting events in a 15,000 seat event center.Responsibilities included event coordinator which includes detailed planning and scheduling, layout planning for space needs and managing the entire event details from move in to move out.Operations Supervisor duties include leading a staff which performs labor ranging from contractor labor, casual cleaning labor and facility services with detailed cost budgeting for services.. Show less

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  City of Eden Prairie

  Aug 1990 - Aug 1995

  Community Center Manager

  Managed an 85,000 sq. ft. indoor recreational facility including an indoor ice arena, swimming pool fitness center.Responsibilities included facility operation including leading a customer service team, program and scheduling of events, revenue generation, maintenance and repairs, purchasing and cleaning. Supervised and scheduled all functions of the facility including work with community volunteers for purchasing of rental time for various sports groups.

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  City of Woodbury MN

  Aug 1995 - Aug 2020

  Retired to focus on LLC. Managed a 185,000 sq. ft. indoor municipal recreational facility featuring two indoor ice arenas, an indoor regulation football field house, an outdoor recreational skating rink and community meeting rooms.Responsibilities include administering a $1.5M annual budget and long term capital planning, leading sales and revenue generation, programming of events, and facility operation including supervision and training of 35 employees.

  • Recreational Facility Manager

    Aug 1995 - Aug 2020

  • Sports Center Manager

    Aug 1995 - Aug 2020
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  National Hockey League (NHL)

  Sept 2000 - now

  National Hockey League - Off Ice Official

  Work Minnesota Wild home games serving as an Off-ice Official as part of a team that provides charting for official NHL statistics, scoring, game timer, penalty box attendants and computerized charting of game events and statistics in real time.

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  RSCS LLC.

  Jan 2017 - now

  Owner RSCS LLC

  RSCS LLC is a private company focused to help ice arena facilities achieve their financial and operational goals. RSCS stands for Rink Scheduling & Consulting Services. Our specialty is managing your rink with out having to hire a full time manager!RSCS LLC can help either in short of long term in reaching revenue goals through our unique scheduling approach designed to maximize use and revenue growth. Our consulting services help arenas reduce operating expense and provide excellent service at the same time.Check it out at www.rscs-rinkservices.net Show less

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  Freelance

  Jan 2022 - now

  Author - Things I Couldn't Say Until Today book

  Things I Couldn't Say Until Today is a recently published collection of poems that recreate a trip down memory lane with heartfelt poems written many years ago, It is complete with beautiful illustrations, sharing my journey in dating and finally meeting my wife,Visit: www.thethingsicouldntsaybook.com for more information or to purchase this book.