Meet our Game Day Memories Team!

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Paul Andrews career in professional sports started in 1990 when he was hired in ticket sales with the Denver Nuggets. Over the next 20 years, Paul served in roles with the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche as Vice President of Ticket Sales, Chief Marketing Officer and finally Executive Vice President of Kroenke Sports Enterprises. His duties included oversight of the Venues owned by Kroenke Sports as well as the day to day business operations of the sports teams. Currently, Paul is the President/CEO of the National Western Stock Show and Complex hosting more than 240 events per year at the complex, while continuing the tradition of the National Western Stock Show each January, drawing more than 650,000 attendees in 16 days each year.

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David J. Christie is a leading real estate developer in the Midwest, specializing in build to suit and site development. After completing his education at the University of Kansas, David began his real estate career in 1980s working for the Hank Dickerson Company for three and a half years prior to starting his own development company in the spring of 1984. David traveled for companies such as Lincoln Property Company and Pacific Realty securing apartment development sites in the early 80’s. He also worked as a contract leasing agent for Trammell Crow Company leasing grocery anchored shopping centers. Specializing in retail leasing and development, he proceeded to acquire land through the 80’s and early 90’s with partners. His focus has been retail development and renovation of existing centers, primarily grocery anchored properties. Mr. Christie has completed the development of over $750,000,000.00 in aggregate values including retail, offices, apartments and lot development. His primary focus with Christie Development is securing build to suit and power center opportunities with national and regional retailers including, Home Depot, Target, Kohl’s, Academy Sports, ALDI, Hobby Lobby and many others.

Mr. Christie has served on the board of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Kansas City; Doulos Ministries, which operates inner city camps for at risk children; and the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation. He has also served on the board of directors for Lawrence Bank and Great American Bank.

David has two grown children, Natalie and Jon David, and he resides in Leawood, KS.

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William “Larry” Elliott is a graduate of the University of Mississippi (1984) with a degree in Business Administration. Larry worked from 1984 to 1986 with Henry S. Miller/ Grubb & Ellis Commercial Real Estate in Houston as a broker in the Office Buildings Division. In 1986, he accepted a sales position with the EIM Controls Company, a manufacturer of Electric and Pneumatic Valve Actuators and Digital Control Systems for the Petro/ Chemical, Power Generation, Water/ Wastewater and Marine Industries. In March 2002, Larry was named President of EIM Controls Inc. and oversaw the business expansion opening offices in Newbury England, Rotterdam Holland, Milan Italy, Tokyo Japan, Beijing and Shanghai China, Seoul Korea and Caracas Venezuela. Also in 2002 Larry was founder and C.E.O. of MOV Controls LP, the major distribution and after sales service company for EIM Controls Inc. with facilities in Houston Texas, Baton Rouge Louisiana and Los Angeles California. In 2009 both EIM Controls and MOV Controls were sold to Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) where Larry held a business development consulting position through 2011. Early in 2010 Larry acquired All Plastics LLC a custom injection molding business and currently serves as its Chairman. Larry is additionally Managing Director of Pike R.I. Inc., a real estate investment holding company.

Larry has been married to Andrea Lorton since 1994. They have three daughters, twins Christiana and Catherine and a younger daughter Sarah Grace.

Larry and Andrea are involved and volunteer with various educational, church, political and philanthropic causes. Larry and Andrea are active members of the Houston Country Club and Larry is the past President of the Costero Club, a social breakfast club of professionals and businessmen in Houston.

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After leaving Baxter Springs, Kansas in 1958, I grew up in Boulder, Colorado. Graduated from the University of Colorado fall of 1971 and went to work in Denver, Colorado for Western Federal Saving and Loan in the construction loan department. Moved to Craig, Colorado as manager of the Moffat County Abstract and Title Insurance Co before moving back to Boulder as the Branch Manager for Western Federal Saving and Loan. After a time in the saving and loan business I began an over 40-year career in real estate focusing on commercial brokerage and development, which I still do today part time with my oldest son.

Married in 1969 to my high school sweetheart, Sue. We have two sons, Heath and Blake and four grandchildren. We live in the Boulder area as do our kids and grandkids.

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