LINDA PINIZZOTTO - CEO and Founder - 1996
Linda has a wealth of hockey insight with over 24 years experience and was the first female General Manager in
the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Div. of the Ontario Hockey Association of the Canadian Hockey Association . She was the Convenor and Executive Member of many Sports Organizations in Ontario. A very dedicated and sincere sports fan, Linda has experienced Hockey at the grass roots of development. All of her 3 sons are professional Hockey Players.
P3 SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT was established with the main focus towards providing a unique assortment of
projects to enhance the development and exposure of Canada's #1 Sport - Hockey. Linda thrives to provide exposure for players to achieve their dreams and advance into the OHL, QMJHL, NCAA and CIAU.
MAJOR SPORTS FACILITY - In 1996 Linda created a consortium of high power corporate firms for the development of a $70 million dollar facility in the City of Mississauga, Ontario Canada. The first of its kind with a win win situation for the City to involve a Public-Private Ownership. The development would involve 70 acres
of land, a major spectator arena with 3 additional community rinks, a sports complex, hotel, baseball and soccer fields and a major hotel chain. The site included a stream of winter garden's collonade, forest canopy with trails for jogging, vita par-cour, leisure walks "keukenhof" style and an entertainment terrace. The future bridge would link to a public gardens and another ice complex directly across the street. This site involved a fountain of pools for the summer transforming to community skating ice rinks in the winter. Visual Axis to the site from major highways 403 and 410 were an added benefit.
REALTOR (R) Linda has a diversification in all aspects of business with 29 years as a Real Estate Professional with Sutton Group
Quantum Realty Inc and achieving over $180 million in sales. She has worked with many corporate clients including the vast majority of Financial Institutions in representation of over 115 Power of Sale Properties during the early 90's.
GUEST SPEAKER - Linda is the Guest Speaker at the Toronto Condo Show featured at the Metro Convention Centre. This event boasts
over 50,000 people in attendance yearly. It is a highly recognized museum with a wealth of condo information.
NHL MASTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The P3 Sports Event is listed in the NHL Central Scouting Service Master Schedule.
There is no cost to the Players, League or Association participating.
MAJOR SPONSORS
CCM, Pizza Pizza, Hershey Canada and Northern Promotion.
FIRST DOUBLE SANCTION HOCKEY EVENT IN CANADA
Our P3 Sports Blue Chip event was the first-double sanction Hockey Event
ever held in 1999 with OMHA and OHA player participation.
P3 SPORTS "BLUE CHIP" event The P3 Sports Blue Chip event was created and organized as an excellent profile showcase for all
15 & 16 year old players across Ontario who are draft eligible for the Ontario Hockey League Priority Draft Selection. Our Mission is to provide exposure and opportunities to assist the development of young aspiring hockey players across Ontario and the US. In cooperation with Six (6) Leagues of the ONTARIO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION , the Georgian Bay Mid-Ontario Jr C, Central Ontario Jr C, Niagara East & West Jr C, Western Jr C and the Junior Development League , our P3 Sports Blue Chip receives full support from over 50 teams across the province and is an OHA sanctioned event. It has provided Hundreds of Jr C , Jr D and affiliated Ontario Minor Hockey Association Bantam and Midget draft-eligible players an opportunity to showcase themselves to Ontario Hockey League Scouts in an All-Star Format during their regular season.
P3 STARS HOCKEY TEAM 
Our P3 Stars Team is compiled of players from across the Province. They compete in the popular "Prospect Tournament". Our mission is to provide the best exposure for young draft-rated and NCAA potential players. The P3 Stars have had an 85% OHL draft success rate with 30% of these signing and playing Major Junior Hockey. The remaining players have chosen the NCAA route. This year again, I was involved with 2 NCAA Scholarship offers for players in our Ontario Hockey Association Tier II Junior system. I have also arranged for players to receive training camp invitations to Affiliated OHL & QMJHL Teams.
MEDIA ACCREDITATIONS
We Are Hockey Newspaper
Linda was the Hockey Columnist for the P3 Sports "Hockey Talk" Column. This newspaper had over
1,000,000 publication throughout the Hockey Arenas and Community Centres across North America.
Hockey Talk covers all levels of Amateur Hockey in Canada and the United States.
Just For Sports
Linda Pinizzotto featured many articles as their Hockey Specialist for the Just for Sports Web-Site.
Off the Post
P3 Sports keeps the Northern part of our province (covering Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury etc)
well informed on Amateur Hockey with an article in the Off the Post Newspaper.
Development of ARENA COMPLEX
Our $70 million dollar bid was to designed a Major Spectator Sports and Entertainment Facility
It was designed to enhance the identity and international image of the City of Mississauga, Ontario - Canada
Our consortium included several Canadian and US Corporate Firms
- P3 Sports Entertainment
- Project Planning
- LMI - Leisure Management International
- Keyser Mason and Ball - Richard Devenney
- Scott Abbott - Founder of Trivia Pursuit
- Ernst & Young
- Con-Drain
- The Orlando Corporation
Leisure Management International began operations in 1986 and is one of the premier management companies in the industry. A partnership of four well-known industry leaders, these joint owners represent a combination of industry experience, business acumen and financial resources that are unique in the industry. Together these business leaders' resources stretch in excess of $1 billion. Chairman of the Board - Mike McGee, H. Wayne Huizenga - Chairman of the Board, CEO and Stockholder of Huizenga Holdings, Inc. (Blockbuster Entertainment), Douglas Schnitzer - CEO and founding partner partner of Senterra Development and Morton Cohn - Founder of Houston Warner Cable Franchise and Cash America. LMI as an industry leader is the firm representing NHL Nashville Arena and several other major spectator arenas with well over 20,000 seating capacity throughout the United States.
The main stream of this proposal was a private/public partnership.
See the Illustrative Concept is shown below:
