Howard Dolgon
President | Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Howard Dolgon is a veteran sports executive and long-standing President of the Syracuse Crunch, the AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning. With decades of hands-on experience operating a professional sports franchise, Dolgon has built a reputation for maximizing ticket revenue, increasing attendance, and driving fan engagement in a highly competitive environment.
Through his leadership, Dolgon has dealt firsthand with one of the industry’s most persistent challenges: unsold premium inventory and underutilized seating as events approach game time. This operational reality is exactly what Seatupgrader is built to solve.
As a partner in Seatupgrader, Dolgon brings critical real-world insight into team decision-making, ticket allocation (sponsors, holds, suites), and game-day revenue optimization. His involvement ensures SeatUpgrader is not just a fan-facing product, but a team-aligned revenue engine designed to unlock value from inventory that would otherwise go to zero.