Sport facility management : organizing events and mitigating risks / Robin Ammon, Richard M. Southall, Mark S. Nagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ammon, Rob, author.

Southall, Richard M., author.

Nagel, Mark S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports facilities--Administration.

Sports facilities.

Sports facilities--Finance.

Sports facilities--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

4th edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, WV : FiT Publishing, a division of the International Center for Performance Excellence, West Virginia University, [2023]

Summary:

The success of facilities and events in a multi-billion dollar sport industry requires that sport and event facility managers understand the complex relationships between the events, facilities, the players and the public and the risks involved in organizing events. This 4th edition examines what it takes to successfully operate and manage a sport facility. Veteran authors Robin Ammon, Richard Southall, and Mark Nagel provide a framework for the successful operation of sport and event venues through proven strategies and techniques, as highlighted through salient industry examples.

Contents:

Introduction

Sport event operations

Financing publicly owned facilities

Financing privately owned facilities

Booking and scheduling

Revenues and expenses

Box office management

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements

Hiring personnel

Contracts

Risk management

Premises liabilities and negligence

Crowd management

Emergency action plans

Alcohol management

Food service management.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781940067797

1940067790