Mike Ondrejko

PRESIDENT, GLOBAL SALES

Mike Ondrejko is President of Legends Global Sales (LGS), where his team has partnered with marquee brands to deliver over $15B in essential revenue streams to finance the most ambitious stadium and arena projects globally. With Mike’s leadership, LGS’s purpose and foundation is developing people to build a team of the best talent in the industry, creating a scalable and sustainable platform that continues to deliver at the highest level for each partner. 

Upon founding the Global Sales platform for Legends, Mike initially focused on stadium projects in the National Football League. LGS’s process of utilizing data from their Feasibility Studies, collaborating with architects to design revenue-maximizing concepts, hiring and growing talent, and developing sales and marketing strategies have helped drive facility funding, bringing projects to life across the league, including Levi’s Stadium (San Francisco 49’ers), Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta Falcons), Sofi Stadium (LA Rams & LA Chargers), Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas Raiders), and Highmark Stadium (Buffalo Bills).

Mike’s visionary leadership has led to the expansion of LGS’s expertise into new verticals. This expansion included launching a College division, where LGS partnered with iconic brands, including The Rose Bowl, Notre Dame, USC, Oklahoma, Villanova & West Point, on the respective stadium and arena projects. To support the evolving business needs of collegiate athletics, Legends College has grown its services to deliver key revenue streams in multimedia rights, fundraising, F&B, and merchandise.

Mike also led Legends’ international expansion by partnering with Manchester City in 2012. Applying revenue generation best practices to International Football has secured funding to launch stadium development projects for major global clubs, including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, and Aston Villa FC.

Under Mike’s successful leadership, the LGS Corporate Hospitality division was built and has delivered for the largest global events, including the US Open (golf), US Open (tennis), Kentucky Derby, and Formula One.

Before joining Legends, Mike served as SVP of Sales at Madison Square Garden, overseeing the premium sales for the Transformation of “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” In his early career, Mike worked for Palace Sports & Entertainment (Detroit Pistons & Tampa Bay Lightning) and Cleveland Cavaliers, where he created a culture focused on the development of others. He has been fortunate to hire and develop countless leaders impacting the sports and entertainment business, including eight winners of Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” award.

Mike, also a recipient of the Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” award, is a LeMoyne College graduate. He is on the board for the McLendon Foundation, combining his passions for basketball and growing others. Mike resides with his wife and three children in New Providence, NJ.