Peter Spanos

Peter Spanos is CEO of Vetta Sports Clubs, which has five indoor sports facilities in the St. Louis, MO, area. With soccer as the base, Vetta Sports has experience in multiple sports and in managing multiple locations. Vetta, named after Pete and John Spanos’ (COO) grandmother, has a long-term committed executive team, with 200 employees and over 1.5 million visitors per year. The team has managed locations in Indiana and diverse sports such as tennis, racquetball, volleyball, basketball, pools and fitness centers. In 2009 Ernst and Young awarded Pete Entrepreneur of the Year for service in the Central Midwest States.

Pete is a former Division I soccer player, Xerox sales representative, and earned an MBA prior to founding Vetta Sports. Driven by a passion to teach, instruction was a building block in the early years of Vetta. Today, along with new projects, Mr. Spanos spends time on strengthening management and is one of the lead course instructors for USIndoor’s Certified Arena Operators management certification. He joined USIndoor's Advisory Board of Directors in 2003.

Pete was the founding Board Chairman for America Scores-St. Louis, a not-for-profit urban soccer, literacy and community service after school program, and he is the Co-Chairman of construction for the new St. Nicholas Church Parish Life Center, 2010.

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