Damian Santucci

Damian began his career in theater on and behind the stage at the Fordham Theater Company where he gained the fundamentals of a live show. Trading in on-stage for backstage, Damian headed to Madison Square Garden where he spent 10 years working for the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, and Arena Event Productions, respectively. For the New York Rangers and College Athletics, he directed in-arena presentation. For Arena Event Production, he produced over 450 events annually as one of five Production Managers. At the same time, he served as Head Draftsman, drawing out all arena and theater events across all MSG properties. After 14 years running, Damian still directs in-arena presentation for over 45 college athletic events a year. 

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In 2010, Damian left the world's busiest private space for the world's busiest public space: Times Square. For the past nine years, Damian has served as the Director of Production & Operations for the Times Square Alliance, where he manages all operations, logistics and production that keep Times Square functioning. In addition to overseeing the Sanitation and Public Safety teams, Damian also helps produce all public and private events on the plazas, including major special events such as New Year's Eve. In addition to being used for events, his extensive use of AutoCad has expanded to the urban planning field, enabling the Alliance to advocate for public policy changes at a City level with the plans Damian has created to more efficiently manage the 400,000+ people who flow through Times Square, daily.