BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 21, 2023 / PRNewswire/ – Bond Sports, the leading facility management software for the recreational sports and fitness industry, has announced a strategic partnership with Black Bear Sports Group, the largest owner and operator of ice rinks in the United States. This five-year partnership will see Bond Sports software power Black Bear's 36 facilities, 34 youth hockey clubs, and 4 hockey leagues.
"We are so fortunate to have found Bond Sports, including Marc, Matt, and their team," said Murry N. Gunty, Founder and CEO of Black Bear Sports Group. "The youth hockey industry is marred with old technology, none of which can handle enterprise reporting, which is vital for us to provide best-in-class products and services to our customers. Bond, with its customer-first mindset, has helped us to revolutionize and simplify our front-end rink-level registration and P.O.S. system, as well as our back-end scheduling and reporting systems, so we can focus on what matters – our skaters in our rinks. I believe that Bond will be such a game-changer in our business that they will be the only software used in ice rinks (and possibly all youth sports venues) in a matter of a few short years."
The partnership establishes Bond Sports as the comprehensive management platform for all of Black Bear's business operations, covering programming and club registration, facility rentals, and membership management. Additionally, Bond Sports will build Black Bear's websites and power facility calendars and online payments.
"Black Bear is the largest owner and operator of ice rinks in the United States, and it continues to invest in creating better consumer experiences," said Marc Rothschild, Co-Founder and President of Bond Sports. "Murry and his extended team have been fantastic partners, and we look forward to helping fuel Black Bear's incredible growth."
Bond Sports aims to increase profitability for its recreational sports and fitness facility clients by:
"While the recreational sports and fitness industries continue to grow rapidly, they have not had the software to easily manage and understand the key drivers of their business," said Matt Minoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Bond Sports. "Bond Sports is the first software platform that helps owners and operators unify their business on one holistic platform across all of their locations and business lines."
Bond Sports is the leading software solution serving the recreational sports and fitness market. It helps owners and operators manage their courts, fields, ice, pools, gyms, or other spaces. Bond Sports offers tools for calendar management, rentals/events, program management and registrations, memberships, point-of-sale systems, and financial reporting and analytics. Bond Sports believes that sports create lifelong bonds between people and communities and aims to grow its facility partners' businesses and increase participant access.
Black Bear Sports Group, Inc., founded by Murry Gunty and Blackstreet Capital Holdings, LLC in 2015, focuses on investments in sports and entertainment facilities, teams, and youth sports events. With 36 facilities across the United States, Black Bear operates 68 sheets of indoor ice, four indoor turf fields, 34 youth hockey clubs, four hockey leagues, and a tournament business. It is the largest owner and operator of ice arenas in the U.S., offering world-class recreational programs and professional management. Black Bear's additional offerings include junior hockey franchises, a nationwide adult hockey organization, and the expertise to turn around mismanaged or underperforming facilities.
Hundreds of complexes, rinks, and gyms already trust Bond to streamline their success.
