In a clash between metro Detroit's two giant sports empires, Palace Sports & Entertainment, owners of the Detroit Pistons, is suing Olympia Entertainment, owners of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings, alleging former Palace employees stole confidential information when they left to work for Olympia earlier this year.The lawsuit names nine former key employees who followed Tom Wilson; the former CEO of Palace Sports and Entertainment, who recently shifted to Olympia beginning in February. These nine employees included sales and marketing executives. The lawsuit describes that the nine employees stole customer databases which included e-mails of ticket buyers, and that one of the former employees tried to hack into a Palace Sports & Entertainment database from his Olympia computer. The lawsuit demands the Olympia employees from using any confidential information obtained from Palace Sports, unspecified damages and the return of all electronic data, documents and computer hard drives, that previously belonged to Palace Sports.
This lawsuit is surrouned around Tom Wilson because he has recently shifted across town to help out the Illitch's and they believe he stole confidential data to fill seats and suites at Joe Louis Arena and unlawfully compete for sponsors, advertisers, concessionaires and vendors.
At stake are thousands, perhaps millions of dollars, in entertainment-industry related funds coveted by Palace Sports and also Olympia. Palace Sports owns and operates the Detroit Pistons, The Palace, Meadow Brook Music Hall and DTE Energy Theatre. Olympia owns and operates the Fox Theatre and books and operates Joe Louis Arena, Comercia Park, Cobo Arena, Masonic Temple Theatre and City Theatre. Olympia is a division of Illitch Holdings that includes the Detroit Red Wings Detroit Tigers, Little Caesars Pizza and more.
No comments:
Post a Comment