Staff Directory
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- Vice President & Chief Facilities Officer, Managing Director, JMA Wireless Dome
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In addition to supervising all operations of Syracuse University’s athletic facilities, including the Dome, Peter Sala oversees multiple departments on campus, including Campus Planning, Design and Construction, Business and Facilities Maintenance Services, Physical Plant, Housing and Food Services Maintenance, and Energy Systems & Sustainability Management.
A member of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s executive team, Sala is the construction manager for the West Campus Project, which includes a $118 million investment by the University for enhancements to the Dome.
Sala started his career at the Dome in 1982 as a production assistant and advanced through the ranks to production manager in 1988 and operations manager in 1991. He served as assistant director of facility operations for the building from 1991 through June 2005 when he was promoted to associate director of athletics for facilities. In 2010, Sala assumed the role of managing director of the Dome. He served as the interim director of athletics from March 18, 2015 to July 6, 2015.
At the Dome, Sala is responsible for all day-to-day operations of the facility, including coordinating and scheduling events, managing the box office, maintaining the budget and overseeing building maintenance. He supervises a full-time staff of 35, a part-time staff of more than 400, and nearly 100 students who assist in Dome operations and facility changeovers.
Along with his Dome responsibilities, Sala is the construction manager for all athletics facility upgrades and new building projects, including recent additions such as the football weight room, five new outdoor synthetic turf fields, the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, Ensley Athletic Center, and the remodeling of Manley Field House into a new multi-use indoor practice facility.
A 1979 graduate of Jamesville-DeWitt High School, Sala attended Morrisville College before transferring to the University of Massachusetts, where he completed the school’s turf management program.
Peter and his wife, Laurie, have a son, Jake. The Salas reside in Jamesville.
