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NEIL VISERTO

Vice President, Sales
Beginning his 11th season with the Club, Viserto is the Angels Vice
President of Sales. He oversees sales and marketing of tickets, premium
suites, corporate sponsorship and new media. He previously served as
the Angels Director and Senior Director of Corporate Sales during his
tenure with the team beginning in 2009. Under Viserto’s guidance, front office
the Club has seen substantial growth in corporate sponsorship as well
as a broader scope of business ventures. In 2018, the Halos drew over
three million fans for the 16th consecutive season.
Prior to joining the Angels, Neil held several executive positions in television and sports
including sales management positions at WJLA/ABC in Washington, DC; KMEX/Univision in Los
Angeles and served as Vice President of Broadcast & Marketing for the Washington Redskins
and Vice President, Sportslink LA, a division of Adlink Cable Sports sales.
He began his working career as an institutional money market broker for Noonan, Astley &
Pearce in New York City before heading to the television and sports industries. Born in NYC,
Viserto is a 1986 graduate of Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Neil and
wife, Susan, reside in Yorba Linda, CA with their two children.

about the rally monkey

BORN: June 6th, 2000
GAME VS: San Francisco Giants
ORIGIN: With the Angels trailing 3-0 in the sixth inning of a game against the
San Francisco Giants (June 6, 2000), the Angels’ game presentation
staff spontaneously created the Rally Monkey phenomenon. Here’s
how: The entertainment staff members had a video clip of a monkey
jumping up and down in their stock footage and, on the spur of the
moment, decided to put the words “Rally Monkey” over the clip and
show it on the Jumbotron. After showing the clip, the Angels rallied
for a run, so the clip was shown again when the Angels were up in
the seventh and eighth innings. In the ninth inning, with the Giants
ahead, 5-4, the Giants brought in their closer Robb Nen. The Rally
Monkey clip was repeated several more times in the ninth and the
Angels rallied to beat the Giants, 6-5.
RULES: Rally Monkey etiquette requires that the video is only displayed in
the sixth-inning-or-later with the game tied or the Angels behind.

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