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I worked at KSE for 10 years part-time and 3 years full-time. I used to love this company and the Denver Nuggets but I would never recommend woring there full-time. This is a very toxic work environment that starts at the top of the chain and trickles down. They tear you down instead of building you up. I often felt uncomfortable and excluded from everyone in my office as the "new guy" ever since I got a full-time position. Management has no idea what they are doing or how to run an office or most importantly how lead their employees. They treat you like they own you and that you have no say in anything. My confidence was destroyed and they often made me feel like I was stupid when I asked questions or asked for help or even during brainstorming sessions. After 3 years working full-time in the Game presentation department, one day I was suddenly fired without notice and without cause. 
I'm much happier now that I don't work for such a toxic company.

People say it must be amazing to work for KSE and it was a long long time ago when there was only two teams going but now it's all about what can be sold and they don't care about their employees. The benefits are just okay they aren't amazing. There is no matching 401K, insurance seems to be raised every year and then spun that it is actually better for us. Yeah we did get some free tickets to the game but you can't enjoy them if you are working the games. There is no time to shut down when one team isn't home the others are. PTO is great to have but then at a certain amount of hours you stop crewing and well if the teams are all year round when are you supposed to take time off. Not a good place to try and move up in the company, you could be in a position for multiple years with no pay raise. I've been told that because the team didn't make it to the playoffs I don't get a raise or a raise in cost of living. Yet the upper management always seems to receive their raises. The salary for someone working for four teams is very low for what we are doing.

I have been in the radio industry for over 10 years and took a position at KSE radio.  Before this was KSE radio, it was Wilks Broadcasting but was bought out by KSE radio in Jan 2016.  Wilks was always known as one of the worst places to work, but my hope was that KSE would do better.  They have not.  The Same dysfunctional management under Wilks is still there.  This team has the largest lack of morals that I have ever seen in the industry, and that is truly saying a lot.  They have a churn and burn mentality, most clients want off the stations because they have been lied to, stolen from, and cheated.  They probably had 5 reps in the last couple of years as well,    They have high turnover, and every aspect of the organization is run in unethical manners. This group is one of the leading contributors to the decline in radio.  Run, and don't look back.

A typical day at work varies from day to day depending on the event we are producing. In general my responsibilities include marketing to the Colorado Rapids coordinating partners to potential customers during each event throughout Denver and surrounding communities. In addition, we are responsible for various game day duties including game entertainment, pre-game and half-time responsibilities, assisting sponsorship department with various elements of activation, and assisting the marketing department.

So far with my time with the Colorado Rapids I've mainly learned the in's and out's of producing professional sporting events as well as the intricacies of marketing outside of the actual game-day events. This includes are involvement with local community events such as 5K's, youth soccer tournaments, and hosting viewing parties for away games.

There is no typical day at work for this job.  One day you are 9-5, the next 3:00 -whenever, the hours were never the same.

I learned to keep my composure during major incidents, how to speak in public and great customer service skills.  Ability to take courses for free through companies who specialize in the event industry.

Depends on the Director for whom you report to.  My Director was great!  I had one other equal co-worker, we got along and finished tasks together.  Supervised part-time staff during events, they were such great people.

The most enjoyable part of the job while working events was getting to work with 300 of the sweetest staff.  Also learning and observing serious medical situations.

The hardest part of the job:  Mile High Music Festival '08 and '09.  three days in the 100+ degrees out.

As a partnership marketing intern at Kroenke, I had an absolute blast. A day at work consisted of projects given to you by a team of account managers, account executives and even sales people, maybe a sales meeting, and possibly working on an intern project. They would help when needed, but also encouraged you to work some projects on your own. I learned from all different departments- marketing, digital, sales, and more. The experience is what you make of it, you could talk to every department individually in your 3 months as an intern if you made use of your time. I respect the way you get to collaborate with so many different departments, and work game nights with the teams, depending on the season. The chance to make incredibly important connections in the sports field was invaluable.

If your not in the right clique, be prepared to be shunned and eventually pushed out. Upper management are set in there ways and are a reactive type company. If you have anything to bring to the table, that is not within the standards or scope of upper management, it is disregarded. Working around the players was awesome as most of them are down to earth and friendly. The support staff surrounding them to were over bearing and overprotective. Like as if you couldn't be in the same area as them, sometimes you couldn't look at the players nor speak to them, because your the "help". All of this is my own opinion  and will also state, they are not a very "Veteran friendly company", as they feel they know more about security then any of us do.

We haven’t seen any raises in over four years, and promotions are essentially nonexistent. Compensation is well below market average, bonuses are rare and minimal, and repeated promises of pay adjustments have gone unfulfilled. Despite the company’s clear financial success—especially with the sports teams winning championships year after year—employees are treated as replaceable rather than valued contributors.
HR has been the worst I’ve experienced, though there is some cautious optimism now that the head of HR has left and changes appear to be underway. Overall, it’s been extremely difficult to stay motivated under these conditions, but I remain hopeful that things may improve. I love my Team but that's about it.

Concierge are responsible for ensuring suite and club level ticketholders are enjoying their experience at Pepsi Center.  I truly enjoy this job because I love being social and this job requires me to be comfortable talking to many different people all the time.  How can you not be happy working in a sports arena where people usually arrive in a good mood?  I also work with an amazing staff.  They truly making coming into a work a joy.  There really is not a bad part of this position besides the minimum pay, but it hasn't stopped me in 13 years from leaving this job.

Working for KSE has pros and cons. It is a fun work environment and if you love sports, its a great place to start your career. Downsides are the poor benefits, and they are not competitive with compensation compared to competing companies. This alone has lead to high turnover and making this a short term job rather than a long term career. 

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