Alan Arlt with short light brown hair smiling in a crowd, surrounded by other people, some wearing athletic clothing, at an indoor event.
Alan Arlt with short light brown hair smiling in a crowd, surrounded by other people, some wearing athletic clothing, at an indoor event.

ARLT SPORTS VENTURES

I build sports businesses.

A studio for sports operators. I built Ultimate Hoops from six teams into the largest adult rec basketball league in North America. Life Time Fitness acquired it, and I ran it there for fifteen years.

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  • 20+

    YEARS OPERATING IN SPORTS

  • 100+

    LEAGUES BUILT ACROSS 30+ NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS

  • 15 Years

    RUNNING IT NATIONALLY INSIDE A FORTUNE 500

FROM THE STUDIO

Logo of ASV with the full name ARLT Sports Ventures written below.
Logo of ASV with the full name ARLT Sports Ventures written below.

NEW: LIVE STREAM AND CAMERA PLAN

Diagram of a camera mounted on a ceiling with connecting lines to various zones below.

Cameras go in all the time. Monetization plans almost never do. A fixed plan for sports facilities.

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NEW: REC LEAGUE STARTUP PLAN

Basketball court diagram with a stack of papers on top.

Start a rec league that makes it to season two. Format, schedule, pricing and game night, written before registration opens. A fixed plan for one league.

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • An indoor basketball court with a large logo on the wooden floor that includes a basketball and the words 'Ultimate HOOPS'.

    Ultimate Hoops

    THE OPERATOR: FOUNDED AND SOLD

    Six teams in Minneapolis became the largest adult basketball league in North America: 100+ leagues across 30+ markets, acquired by Life Time Fitness in less than two years. 20 years later, UH Nation never stops.

    6 teams → largest rec league in N. America

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  • SportsVisio Ultimate Hoops

    SPORTSVISIO

    THE PARTNERSHIP: GROWTH ADVISOR

    AI stats, highlights, and video for the leagues and tournaments. Grew SportsVisio’s league and event business from zero to $1M in contracted revenue in 18 months.

    $0 → $1M contracted · 18 months

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  • Screenshot of a sports website profile page for Jacob Chavez, an outside hitter volleyball player. The page shows his team, school, age, and season statistics, along with photos of him playing volleyball and team huddles.

    AIM SPORTS GROUP

    THE SEAT: FRACTIONAL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

    One of the country's largest youth volleyball event operators. Leading technology, media, and commercialization, including AIM+, the platform that gives every athlete a professional experience.

    Concept → national platform < 1 year

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THE STORY

In 2006 I launched a basketball league with six teams, a gym, and a promise written on a pad: we treat all of our participants like professionals.

Ultimate Hoops grew into the largest adult rec basketball league in North America. Life Time Fitness acquired it, and I ran it there for fifteen years.

The whole business stood on one discovery: being seen is the product. The game is the excuse.

Arlt Sports Ventures is my studio, built like a record studio: the operator is the band, and the studio makes the record better. The method is the order: community first, then media, then data, then revenue. Each step earns the next. The studio stays small on purpose. Few clients, deep work, no overhead that doesn't directly benefit our clients.

That is the whole model.

How I Work

Every engagement is built around outcomes, not hours. Pick the shape that fits the problem. And when a build needs more than me, it gets more than me: a deep bench with the best people coming off it.

THE SEAT

I take the chair (strategy, technology, or commercialization) inside your organization until the full-time hire makes sense.

FOR

Organizations that need an executive lead now, but aren't ready for the full-time hire.

THE SHAPE

Roughly 2-3 days a week, inside your operating rhythm. Your meetings, your team, your P&L.

YOU LEAVE WITH

A commercial engine being built, and the hiring spec for my replacement.

The Sprint

Two to six weeks on one hard problem.

FOR

A pricing decision, a go-to-market, a launch, a deal on the table, a build-versus-buy call.

THE SHAPE

Working sessions, not presentations. We tear it down and build it together.

YOU LEAVE WITH

A plan you can run without me, and the numbers and plan behind it.

The Partnership

I join your operating rhythm: weekly, hands-on, accountable for a number.

FOR

Operators who have picked their number (revenue, conversion, retention) and want it owned.

THE SHAPE

A quarter or longer, weekly, inside the work.

YOU LEAVE WITH

A number that moved, and a machine that keeps moving it after I'm gone.

LET'S FIND THE BEST OPTION ->

How it starts

Every engagement starts the same way: a working session on your actual problem. Not a pitch, and not a deck about me. If we're a fit, you'll know before it ends.

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What I don't do

Deliver work that I haven’t seen and approved.

No hourly billing; you get outcomes based on your goals.

Buy sports businesses. The name fools people. Arlt Sports Ventures is a consulting studio, not a fund. We don't buy sports businesses; we build them.

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THE SPORTS LIFE

WRiting about the business of playing.

One article every Wednesday: the buildings, the games, the people doing it right, and the studio I'm building in real time.

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