New Homes For Hausers

Marilyn and Dan worked a long time at PS&E – 25 and 34 years respectively – but were let go of their positions in January 2012 when new owner Tom Gores took over the company, and the Detroit Pistons, and changed the executive team.

Dan has assumed the title of se in Newark, N.J., but it hasn’t been an easy ride.

“We were let go on a Thursday and that Tuesday is when Dan found out he had an aneurysm,” Marilyn told Pollstar. “Luckily he found out before it burst. It was just a fluke that they found it.

“He woke up in the middle of the night and he was really dizzy, so we called the ambulance and went to the hospital. They gave him all kinds of tests. The physician in the ER in charge was a mother of a kid he coached baseball with, so she said, ‘They think it’s vertigo but you should stick around and get more tests tomorrow.’

“Talk about a miracle, really. After a couple of surgeries, he’s back to 100 percent.”

Hauser said that many in the industry reached out to them – people like Rick Franks, John Huie and Mitch Rose – and kept in touch every day.

Meanwhile, Dan’s friends in the NBA and his sponsorship contacts were just as supportive.

Doctors gave Dan the OK to return to work in about the middle of this year, but working isn’t the same as job hunting.

In July, former Madison Square Garden President Scott O’Neil, now CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers, offered Dan a job.

The position was announced in September.

Meanwhile, 76ers owner Josh Harris bought the New Jersey Devils and, along with it, the lease to the Prudential Center.

He hired Marilyn as the venue’s senior VP and she is working with Brian Gale in bringing concerts, family shows and sporting events to the building.

The couple is getting ready to move into a condo in Philadelphia but, until that happens in early November, Hauser is reverting back to simpler times.

“I got the short end of the straw,” she said. “I’m commuting. But it’s really fine. It’s a little over an hour and the train station drops me off two blocks from here. And until we actually get the condo I’ve been staying at a hotel right by the building.”