Atlanta Spirit, LLC is an Atlanta, Georgia-based partnership who owns the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and operates their home arena, Philips Arena. The seven partners who comprise the group are Michael Gearon, Jr., Bruce Levenson, Ed Peskowitz, J. Rutherford Seydel, Todd Foreman, J. Michael Gearon, Sr., and Beau Turner. Levenson, Peskowitz and Foreman, who are headquartered in Washington, D.C., work outside of Atlanta. The group originally had nine partners, with Steve Belkin leaving in 2005 following conflicts with the other members, and Bud Seretean dying in 2007. In 2014, Levenson announced he would sell his share of the company.
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