Dean Howes

Howes became a partner in SCP Worldwide (Sports Capital Partners), a New York City-based sports, entertainment and media company founded in 2002. Howes and SCP Worldwide were managing partners of National Hockey League (NHL) team St. Louis Blues and their home arena the Savvis Center (since renamed the Scottrade Center).^[3]

He was appointed chief executive of the Real Salt Lake soccer franchise, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team owned by SCP playing in Salt Lake City, Utah. He later served as the vice-chairman and oversaw the construction of Rio Tinto Stadium, the 20,000-seat home of Real Salt Lake in Sandy, Utah.^[3]

Howes played a role in making Real Salt Lake the first U.S. professional sports team to sell the naming rights to the front of their jerseys. This sparked a trend throughout the MLS, in which now all teams have followed suit with front jersey sponsors.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Howes partnered with Findlay Entertainment in their bid to bring another major sports franchise to the Las Vegas market.^[4] He joined the executive management team of Rugby Utah in 2016,^[3] before being appointed as the commissioner of Major League Rugby ahead of the competition's inaugural 2018 season.^[1]

Howes has served on the board of directors for the Salt Lake chapter of community organisation United Way.^[5] He was a mission president and ecclesiastical leader of about 200 of the LDS Church missionaries in central Arizona between 2010 and 2013.^[3]