Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events

From corporate boxes to sprinklers, food outlets to toilets, first aid to media, facility and event managers are accountable for the success of sporting ventures and events. Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events explains how to get the job done. With detailed international case studies in each chapter, the book offers a systematic guide to the management issues and practical problems that sports managers must address to ensure financial, sporting and ethical success. | Hans Westerbeek Aaron Smith Paul Turner Paul Emery Christine Green Linda van Leeuwen Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events From corporate boxes to sprinklers food outlets to toilets first aid to media facility and event managers are accountable for the success of sporting ventures and events. Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events explains how to get the job done. With detailed international case studies in each chapter the book offers a systematic guide to the management issues and practical problems that sports managers must address to ensure financial sporting and ethical success. Chapters cover feasibility assessment market research event bidding and branding risk analysis contract and project management corporate structure quality assurance budgeting facility management staffing occupational health and safety and contractual considera-tions as well as economic social community and environmental issues. Written by an international team of expert scholars Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events is an invaluable student text and professional reference. Hans Westerbeek is Head of School Aaron Smith is Associate Professor and Director of Research and Paul Emery is Lecturer in the School of Sport Tourism and Hospitality Management at La Trobe University Melbourne. Paul Turner and Linda van Leeuwen are Senior Lecturers in the Bowater School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University Melbourne. Christine Green is Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at .