Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (NYSE:MSGS) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 7, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Ari Danes - Investor Relations

David Hopkinson - President and Chief Operating Officer

Victoria Mink - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Brandon Ross - LightShed Partners

David Karnovsky - JP Morgan

Ben Swinburne - Morgan Stanley

Devin Brisco - Wolfe Research

Paul Golding - Macquarie Capital

Operator

Good morning. Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. Fiscal 2023 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker’s remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the call over to Ari Danes, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Ari Danes

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to MSG Sports Fiscal 2023 second quarter earnings conference call. To begin, I’d like to welcome our new President and COO, David Hopkinson to today’s earnings call. David will provide an update on the company’s strategy and operations. This will be followed by a review of our financial results with Victoria Mink, our EVP, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer. After our prepared remarks, we will open up the call for questions. If you do not have a copy of today's earnings release, it is available in the Investors section of our corporate website.

Please take note of the following. Today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

Please refer to the company's filings with the SEC for a discussion of risks and uncertainties. The company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements that may be discussed during this call. On Pages 4 and 5 of today's earnings release, we provide consolidated statements of operations and a reconciliation of operating income to adjusted operating income or AOI, a non-GAAP financial measure.

And with that, I'll now turn the call over to David.

David Hopkinson

Thank you, Ari. Good morning, everyone. I’m delighted to be here speaking with all of you today, and I look forward to meeting with many of you in the coming months. I am honored to have taken on this new leadership role at MSG Sports. Our company has a collection of iconic professional sports assets, and with significant opportunities for growth ahead, I am excited to drive the business forward and realize this potential.