Mr. Matt Rossetti is the president of Detroit-based architecture firm ROSSETTI. Founded in 1969 by Gino Rossetti, ROSSETTI hold offices in Newport Beach, Va., Los Angeles, and Denver. The firm is involved in the design of professional sports stadiums, arenas, entertainment venues, institutions and commercial buildings.
As President, Matt leads the firm’s framework for innovative thinking and is responsible for design that resonates value to their clients. His passion for urban environments has generated some of the most innovative ideas in commercial real estate and he is a believer of the concept of sports anchored developments and master planning - where stadiums are designed and planned to carefully integrate into an urban environment.
Rossetti has been at the forefront of urban revitalization through his work in sports anchored developments, and was elevated to the College of Fellows by the AIA for his expertise, study, and work in the field.
Judith Grant Long is a city planner and economist who studies sports and tourism mega-events with the aim of improving host city outcomes. Her latest book project, "Olympic Urbanism: Rome to Rio" explores the long-term impacts of building for the Olympic Games. She is Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan, Co-Director of the Michigan Center for Sport and Policy. Prior to Michigan, Long was on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and served as the Director of the Master in Urban Planning program.