Video: Let's Listen to the New Sixers CEO Talk About Wearing a Suit in the 700 Level

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Scott O'Neil was introduced as the new CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers yesterday and made a pit stop with Michael B. and Gonzo on Philly Sports Talk Live to get his feet wet. O'Neil told a story about his days working with the Eagles back in the Bobby Hoying era and wearing a suit up into the 700 level on one of his first days on the job.

"I'd never been to Veterans Stadium," O'Neil says. "My first game I show up in a suit. I'm a man of the people, I get out there. Everybody says 'The 700 Level, you don't want to go up there.' So I went up there, in a suit, and I'll never go back. I had to look up some of the words they were calling me."

A humbling experience indeed.

And here's a tip to O'Neil: go ask the guy you're replacing just how much Philly fans have changed over the years. Still ruthless 'round these parts.

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