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Sarasota News Leader November 8, 2013 Page 68 to provide some details about those other "I fully understand the desire and need [for Ed Smith Stadium] to be occupied on a yearevents. round basis," Rovine added. "It is my goal, it Rovine told the board he was hired in January is my passion, to bring very special events to of this year "to not only run Spring Training in the stadium, so that the venue … is exposed an exemplary fashion to make sure that cus- to a wide variety of citizens …" tomer service is well taken care of and that the guests and fans and tourists … that come The Orioles this fall announced a prelimito see the games have a very pleasurable and nary schedule for Arts in the Park. That will positive experience." He also was hired to include a number of outdoor performances make sure the venue was utilized more in the under the lights, Rovine said, including a holiday ice skating show on Friday, Dec. 20. community. For the seven years prior to his joining the Prices have been kept family-friendly, Rovine added. Orioles, he said, he was with SMG, "one of the largest venue management companies in the Because of the existing lighting charge world"; it operates stadiums, arenas, theaters Calhoon mentioned earlier, Rovine pointed and convention centers, all functioning under out, the stadium lost opportunities in the past to hold a number of events. The new the aegis of local government. The Baltimore Orioles play the Pittsburgh Pirates in a night game. Photo by Norman Schimmel