Get the Light, Skip the Ownership: A Former Mayor Explains How

Free AB webinar featuring Tony Saraceni and Matthew Driscoll on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 1PM CT about commercial lighting solutions

Overview:

When LED sports lighting emerged in 2013, it revolutionized the industry. Today, more than 80% of professional sports venues have made the switch. But high upfront costs, maintenance responsibilities and rapidly evolving technology have left high schools, colleges and municipalities behind, with adoption rates estimated at under 20%. 

What if you could get state-of-the-art sports lighting without buying or owning the system? 

A new business model – NGU’s Performance Lighting Delivered (PLD) – makes it possible to eliminate upfront capital costs, transfer maintenance and performance risks, and get what you really need: guaranteed lighting performance. 

Give us 30 minutes and discover how the Syracuse City School District, City of Russellville, Arkansas, University of South Carolina and others have transformed their facilities with this new business model. No Upfront Capital. No Maintenance. No Performance Risk. 

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Tuesday, November 10 at 1PM CT

Attendees will learn how PLD: 

• Eliminates upfront capital costs and allows you to modernize multiple facilities through a predictable operating expense. 

• Transfers ownership, maintenance and performance risks from you to NGU. 

• Allows you to upgrade your system as energy efficiency improves. 

• Guarantees lighting performance: If the lights don’t work, you don’t pay until they do. 

• Modernizes multiple facilities simultaneously without waiting years for traditional capital funding.


Speakers:

Tony Saraceni – President of Market Development, NGU Sports LightingProfessional headshot of a man in navy blazer and light blue shirt against white background

With more than 15 years of experience in the sports lighting industry, Tony Saraceni has seen firsthand the evolution of lighting technology and the challenges high schools, municipalities, colleges and others face when purchasing and maintaining their systems. Having held senior sales leadership positions at Ephesus Lighting, M3 Innovation and for the past five years at NGU Sports Lighting, Tony has extensive experience helping organizations navigate complex lighting projects. His understanding of the limitations of traditional lighting ownership helped NGU develop Performance Lighting Delivered (PLD). Today, Tony dedicates his efforts exclusively to educating facility operators on how PLD can deliver superior lighting performance while eliminating the risks of traditional ownership.  A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), he resides in Syracuse, NY. 

Matthew Driscoll – Former Mayor, Syracuse, NY (2001-09)Professional headshot of a smiling man in business attire with teal patterned tie

With more than 20 years of executive experience in local and state government, including serving two terms as the Mayor of the City of Syracuse, NY (2001-09),  Matthew possesses a proven record of public-sector leadership. Now in the private sector, Matthew helps companies like NGU Sports Lighting engage effectively at the local, state, and federal levels.


About the sponsor:

Since 2013, the leadership of NGU Sports Lighting has helped professional sportsNGU Performance Lighting Delivered logo with green gradient wordmark venues, schools, municipalities, colleges and more modernize their facilities with state-of-the-art LED sports lighting. But after more than a decade of selling traditional lighting systems, NGU recognized a fundamental problem: Lighting technology had evolved. The business model hadn't. That realization inspired Performance Lighting Delivered (PLD), a revolutionary approach that delivers guaranteed lighting performance without buying or owning the system and the risks that come with it. NGU assumes responsibility for the performance.  No Upfront Capital. No Maintenance. No Performance Risk. www.DontBuySportsLighting.com

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