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But if you ask him, Eli Eisenberg will tell you just that.The former employee of the Baltimore Orioles traces the success of the video production business he founded to the construction of the baseball team's ballfield.
Shortly after Camden Yards opened in 1992, Major League Baseball executives and team owners with plans of their own for a new ballpark clamored to find out just what planning went into Baltimore's signature ballfield.Eisenberg was on the front lines of developing a scoreboard at Camden Yards that, at the time, was considered state-of-the-art.
"Teams from all other wanted to know: How did you do it?"Eisenberg recently recalled, "I got the idea in my head that I could turn this experience into my own business, or at the least a consulting gig."
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VPC posted revenue of $2 million in 2005 - double what it generated in sales five years ago, Eisenberg said.
It's not unusual for VPC to produce as many as six games in one day.Over the next few weeks, Eisenberg said he expects to log a few 100-hour work weeks as the football season overlaps with the beginning of the Baltimore Blast's season.Typically, Eisenberg, a producer, will take a team of eight technicians-most of them contracted staff-with him to a game.
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Eisenberg also helped executives with the Baltimore Blast develop a new sponsorship package this year, said Mike Berger, the team's vice president of corporate sales.
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While Eisenberg declined to say how much VPC's services cost, he said the business is profitable and looking to expand into other industries.The sports industry has been lucrative, but it also has helped VPC develop a platform that can be used at other events, Eisenberg said.
Local businesses and organizations are listening to his pitch.
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