“Venue owners recognize the value and opportunities that the real estate surrounding their stadiums and arenas can bring to local communities. Jonathan Fascitelli is an industry leader in sports-centric real estate development, whose deep expertise and experience positions this platform to serve a strong market demand, and we are thrilled to be an investor.”
Michael Levine
Managing Director, CAAMichael Levine is a member of the CAA Board and Co-Head of CAA Sports, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). In the 18 years since its inception, CAA Sports has become a market leader in the areas of athlete representation, property sales and sponsorship, brand consulting, and media advisory.
Under Levine’s guidance, CAA Sports has negotiated some of the industry’s most groundbreaking deals and won a multitude of sports’ most widely sought-after partnerships, while continuing to foster the growth of its sports talent representation business. For nine consecutive years, CAA Sports, which represents more than 3,000 of the world's best athletes in such sports as baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities, has topped Forbes’ Most Valuable Sports Agencies list, with $14.1 billion in current active contract value under management and nearly $4 billion in client marketing revenues. The agency further solidified its position in the international representation of sports talent with the acquisition of Base Soccer Agency in 2019 and ICM Stellar in 2022.
The agency has completed more than $10 billion in new sponsorship business on behalf of its property clients and orchestrated the precedent-setting naming rights agreements as the San Francisco 49ers Levi’s Stadium; Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors; and the Intuit Dome, the future home of the LA Clippers. CAA Sports also works in brand consulting, and is currently advising, managing, and activating on more than $4 billion in sponsorship rights deals on behalf of its clients. In 2017, CAA Sports launched CAA ICON, the leading owner’s representative and strategic management consulting firm, which oversees the development, design, and construction of major stadiums worldwide, including the Intuit Dome, Allegiant Stadium, and Co-op Live in the U.K. Additionally, the agency’s sports media advisory practice has structured and negotiated more than $80 billion in media rights deals.
In 2006, 2007, and 2008, Levine was recognized by Street & Smith’s The Sports Business Journal as one of the top 40 sports executives nationwide under the age of 40. He was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2008, and has since made 14 appearances on the publication’s annual listing of the 50 Most Influential People in the Sports Business. Levine earned the Honoree of Year Award from UJA-Federation of New York’s Sports for Youth in 2013, and in 2023, was honored by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, and was the recipient of the Leadership Award at The March of Dimes 40th annual Sports Luncheon.
Levine resides with his wife Aly in Rye, and they have three children, Charlotte, Jack and Max.