Gene Hallman
American sports businessman (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gene Hallman Jr. (born December 22, 1959) is an American sports marketing and event management entrepreneur based in Birmingham, Alabama and named "one of Alabama's most influential sports businesspeople".[1] Hallman co-founded Bruno Event Team in 1995, growing the company to provide sporting event management services to a wide variety of sports in more than 30 states, Canada, and Bermuda.[2]
The company was renamed Eventive Sports in March 2023.[3][4] Eventive Sports was acquired by Troon, the world’s largest golf-related hospitality service company, in January 2024.[5] Hallman serves as the President of Eventive Sports, which has more than 80 employees in the United States and Bermuda.
In 2022, Hallman was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame as a Distinguished American Sportsman[6] and the Birmingham Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.[7] He was named the 2017 Birmingham Business Journal CEO of the Year,[8] the 1995 Birmingham Person of the Year,[9] the 1996 Birmingham Man of the Year,[10] the 1996 Alabama Marketer of the Year by the American Marketing Association, and the 2003 Citizen of the Year by the March of Dimes.