...teams arriving to the game a day before; they arrived at the beginning of the week and held open practices that media was granted access too. The biggest boosts was the agreement reached by the league with the BBC to broadcast the game live, which would potentially add an additional 2 million viewers, which before the games could only be viewed on a British pay channel( only about 120,000 viewers). By just having the game overseas, it would allow new people to attend the games in which would allow the NFL slowly become global. 2. Discuss the major environmental challenges that the NFL has encountered and how they have addressed these. A major environment change was the NFL teams would be playing in a different country and in a new stadium they had not played in before. Each team is allowed to have practices before the upcoming games. Besides arriving early for practice, they also allow the media to interview the players. Another challenge they had to face was that NFL Europa had failed, so it would also look bad if the NFL International Series failed as...
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...Melbourne Business Practicum Report Benchmarking Melbourne as a Sports and Arts Capital Research conducted by: Carthur Wan Daniel Chen Eliza Tong & Karleen Wu Disclaimer: The MBP team has used reasonable care and skill in compiling the content of this material. However, neither the MBP nor the students provide a warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information in these materials. No part of these materials are intended to be advice, whether legal or professional. Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 2 Background and Objectives ............................................................................................................ 3 General Benchmarking Methodology ............................................................................................. 4 Benchmarking Melbourne's Arts Status ......................................................................................... 5 4.1 4.2 Arts Comparison Cities Overview............................................................................................ 5 Arts Capacity Index ................................................................................................................. 6 Physical Infrastructure - Venue Number......................................................................... 6 Physical Infrastructure - Size ...................................
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...Braves SunTrust Park in Marietta The Atlanta Braves recently signed a deal to move its stadium to Cobb County (Marietta). “Reports claim the new stadium will cost $672 million, with $300 million coming Cobb County” (Connolly), which is under construction and will be open to its fans in 2017. The Ballpark will be built near highway I-75 and I-285 which is close to the center of the Braves’ fans. “Braves officials anticipate a capacity of about 41,500; its parking space will number about 6000 and they unveiled plans to build a $400 million entertainment district that will surround the ballpark. The Braves plan to utilize thousands of additional parking spaces surrounding the stadium including the Cobb Galleria area” (Johnson). The Braves Ballpark...
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...it costs too much. There are many different opinions that one could have. Some may want turf and some may not want it. Also some could be in between. When it comes to baseball or any sport in that matter, it is insanely hard to keep a grass field maintained, unless one puts tireless hours into maintaining it. If all fields had turf instead of grass it would cut down on water usage. Also, it will cut down on fertilizer use, which is a huge problem. When people use fertilizer, it then rains and the fertilizer is washed away into rivers and streams. This will affect many ecosystems and hurt many animals by using grass instead of turf. Turf will make fields able to drain easier and able for use in rainy conditions. In the Minnesota Vikings stadium...
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...analysis was Concessions Market Assessment, a brief overview of the current concessions market in sports stadiums. This article was published by the Sports Marketing Research Journal. The approach in this article was from an academic perspective. It broke down the industry under competitors and major suppliers. They estimate that game-day revenue from concessions, merchandise and parking valued 10.7 billion in the United States. The analysis was done on 122 major league facilities, including stadiums and arenas. It was interesting to see that a large majority of these facilities outsource their concession to third party, outside suppliers. Only 14 facilities handled concessions in-house. For those facilities that outsourced 41.5% of arenas and 28.3% of stadiums used Aramark as their food service company. Aramark has a strong lead, with the next closest company being Levy Restaurants. Levy holds 26.8% of arenas and comes closer to Aramark in stadiums, providing concessions for 25.4%. Also, of interest, this article noted the increase in scale of concessions at sports events. Many venues are now offering high class restaurants. This trend shows that people are looking forward to dining at sporting events, rather than avoiding stadium food. The addition of these upscale dining options also creates new opportunities for revenue. As opposed to pizza and nachos, stadiums can now offer high-end catering and event hosting. The one exception to this trend is Major League Baseball...
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...1- What problems do you commonly see at sporting arenas or school events? Does your school allow for after-hours use by the public? Spectator aggression in sporting arenas or school events is among the challenges related to sports and school events that administrators are struggling to deal with. It is associated to issues of crowd management at different locations and levels. Fans-related hostility mostly occurs either within or outside stadiums and has made the perception of events by negative by mostly parents. Property destruction that involves the knocking down of sound systems, destroying the playing field, damaging the venue or other people’s property is among the problems experienced during events. In addition, verbal abuses and gesturing that include yelling chants, singing obscene songs, and signalling threats and improper motions are other challenges that are almost impossible to deal with during events. Throwing of missiles and other items such as food stuffs, drinks, bottles, and broken seats represent other troubles caused in sporting arenas. Furthermore, swarming is another issue where fans rush to the stage; crash gates to gain entry, and rush to the exit to the exit may result in death or injury from trampling. Our school has a strict policy that governs the use of institution properties for events. The policy allows only isolated fields to be used for sporting events by outsiders. Also, strict rules and regulations are imposed by the administration to the organizers...
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...When creating a franchise I used Green Bay, Wisconsin as my reference city. When looking at the demographics of Green Bay, Wisconsin, they were similar and comparable to Rapid City, South Dakota. With all of the factors of demographics I believe that a football franchise will be able to thrive in Rapid City, South Dakota. When looking at a map of where football franchises are located, there are not very many in the Northwestern states. By providing a team around this area we can get customer loyalty to some of those states that don’t have a team. Although the population of Rapid City is slightly less than that of Green Bay you can have in mind that you are going to have loyal customers who will travel to come see the game. When comparing the male and female ratios between the two cities they are very alike. This is also comparable for the cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The majority of people are of white race and then there are small percentages with the other ethnic backgrounds. The ages of people in Green Bay were of majority to ages 19-64. This is the same for Rapid City. With this in mind we can use this age group as our target market. Children under 5 years of age probably wouldn’t enjoy the football game as much as older people would. Products and entertainment would all be geared towards people in the 19-64 age group. When looking at education and income they were pretty much the same. In Rapid City they have a higher percentage of high school graduates and bachelor...
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...Mireille Tyadi Ksp 106 Essay: MSU Sporting Event Saturday September 28, 2013 took place the match which opposed Northern State vs. Minnesota State at Blakeslee Stadium. Generally I don’t like to watching sport, but that special da of homecoming where I am leaving (Summit and Jacob Heights) everybody was going out wearing purple, yellow clothes and going to the stadium to support, everybody was going so I hesitated long time then my friends came and pick me up I didn’t really have the choice, when I got there was so much animation that I didn’t regret why I went there. I found it very interesting to assist to this match, because I have not been disappointed. The stadium was full of people who came only for this event which made the atmosphere very funny because of the kind of clothes people wore, everyone was in a festive mood. When the match started, everyone began to call the name of their favorite players. I could not do it because it was my first time to watch an American match so I didn’t know the players. Minnesota State has been able to win the match with 42-14, with the win Minnesota improves 4-0 on the season, while NSU falls to 1-3. I really enjoyed this game. I think that next year I will go to assist to the homecoming football again. Being with my friends makes it funnier. I also went to the free carnival with my friends, and after went to the concert at night from 8 to 10pm. I love it, something new for me and very...
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...A/ The Stadium Velodrome of the Parc des Princes is inaugurated on July 18th, 1897. On the occasion of this inauguration, the access to stands is forbidden made hastily, these stands worry the authorities which will grant their approval only after works of intensification. These prefabricated stands were brought on the spot Installed in a dozen days, in the style of a huge construction set. Stands were 32 meters long weigh each 4 tons. This stadium counted 3200 places and is encircled by a cycle track of 666,66 meters in length with no lanes. The realization of this track was made according to the rate of clay in the ground. If there is an average rate of clay, the ground is moistened until become a thick mud which is spread. If there is a strong rate of clay, the ground is used such as removed from the ground and compacted with feet. If there is a low rate of clay, we add straw and droppings. For the lawn, they used the lawn of the ancient park. Before the construction of the stadium, this space was a place of hunting for the bourgeoisie, where the name of Park des Princes. Then they just added cage metallic. B/ On this picture, the first knocks of excavators. They needed to dig 8 meters in the ground, an immense pit of more than 120 meters in length for 80 meters wide to welcome the lawn. The walls of this hole are sloping of 8 meters to put the lower ring of the stadium there. After that, the phase of construction now could begin. The installation...
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...this answer. 9. Good Luck! Names of Student(s) (alphabetical order): Section: 1) The Post Office is once again considering increasing its rates. The post card rate will go from 34 cents to 37 cents, and the first class mail rate will go from 49 cents to 52 cents. True, False, or Uncertain: Since the price of both mail services will be increased by 3 cents, the proportions in which the two types of mail are consumed will be unaltered. Please explain. 2) Using the principles developed in this class, please comment briefly on the article that accompanies this quiz. 3) Do unsold seats over a prolonged period at a sports stadium necessarily imply that management has...
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...The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is a leading sport and entertainment group that boasts the world’s largest collection sports team and sporting facilities. AEG owns and controls numerous sporting facilities in the United States with such arenas as the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Prudential Center in Newark and the America Airlines Arena in Miami under its control. AEG developed and operates the Home Depot Centre in Carson Los Angeles “it is the official U.S Olympic training site that features elite facilities for soccer, tennis, track and field, track cycling, boxing, lacrosse, rugby, football and other sport. The Home Depot Center also hosts concerts and family shows and is the home of the Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA” (Anschutz Entertainment Group, 2012). It is also the national training center for both the Men and Women national soccer teams. AEG also controls many facilities worldwide, in Europe in controls the O2 area in London and the O2 World arena in Berlin, The Hamburg Arena in Hamburg, the Ahoy arena in Rotterdam and the Globe Arena in Stockholm. In Asia it controls the Wukesong Arena in Beijing and the Qatar National Convention Center in Doha. AEG also controls Acer Arena in Sydney Australia. AEG owns a share in an impressive number of sports teams around the world and has a firm grip some of the largest sporting franchises and various sports. AEG part owns the Los Angeles Galaxy, Houston Dynamo’s Major League soccer teams and...
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...Technology in Sports Table of Contents Page 1. Introduction …………………………………………………... 2 2. Background …………………………………………………….. 2 2.1 Why technology has become important in sport performance? 3 2.2 A brief history of technology used to improve performance. 3 3. Technology used to aid sport performance …...... 3 4.1 Footbounaut ……………………………………………………... 3 4.2 Ingestible Pills ……………………................................................ 5 4.3 Sensors ……………………………………………………...…..... 6 4.4 Fitmodo …………………………………………………………... 7 4. Future of sport performance technology ……… 9 5. Conclusion ………………………………………………………. 11 6. References ……………………………………………………… 13 Student’s name Tutor Course Date of submission Technology Used to Improve Performance in Sports Introduction As the world's sport keeps on changing, so does the use of technology keep improving. In the modern day sports, there has been tremendous development in the field of sport with new technology being unveiled in every sport. The use of technological improvement to enhance the game, for example, the hawk-eye technology while others are meant to help the players in their exercises, training, injury treatment and nutrition. There is some computer software designed for fitness and nutrition professional and they are used to organize data and produce reports. Some of this software includes; teams beep test and body byte. In this paper, I will focus on new sports technology such...
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...SPMT 304 Movie Paper The movie Kicking and Screaming is a family sports comedy starring Will Ferrell, and Phil Duvall. In this movie Will Ferrell plays the role of a soccer Dad (Phil Weston) who is an average father who runs his own vitamin store. Phil ends up stepping up to become coach of his sons soccer team after the coach quits and no other parents volunteer. As the movie progresses Phil’s coaching style undergoes a transformation from being centered on learning and having fun, to being solely focused on winning the championship. Although this movie initially appears to be nothing more than a rather pointless comedy, it actually touches on many issues and controversies going on today in sports. Through the parents actions, and the way the kids react to different styles of coaching, the issues of sports for children, and race and ethnicity in sport are clearly displayed throughout the movie. From the very start of this movie clearly displays parents, especially fathers who push their sons very aggressively to succeed in sports. In fact the opening line of this movie is Phil Weston stating: “I was born a baby, a blank slate. I thought I was in control of my own destiny, and then I met my dad.” Following the quote, a baby version of Phil is handed a mini soccer ball from his father (Buck) and he tells him “You better be good at this stuff.” Just from this opening scene the viewer can clearly see the pressure to succeed in sports placed upon children from their parents...
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...Luckily there are some handy gadgets that can help to determine when you should call a taxi or Uber. 6. Know when to stop It’s important to know how much alcohol your body can handle. This differs based on various factors, but you know yourself better than anyone else. Not only should you know your limits, but just as important it’s critical to stop drinking beer when you’ve reached that point. 7. Try other alcoholic beverages Beer is easily one of the top alcoholic drinks to choose when watching your favorite sports. However, you could always try some other types of beverages to add some variety to your experience. 8. Do your homework There are certain types of beers that are better options in certain situations whether you’re at the stadium/arena, in a bar, or at home. In each type of situation, certain types of beers tend to be better options than others. 9. Sip, don’t gulp It’s important to enjoy the entire experience of drinking beer, and especially if it’s a high-quality one. When you sip beer, you can enjoy the look, taste, and smell of different flavors. While this experience is more practical when drinking wine, it can also be done when drinking beer. ...
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...Personally, Duke Basketball is not a team I would cheer for. I am from St. Louis, Missouri. I study and live at Mizzou as a freshman. Teams I would cheer for would be St. Louis teams like the Rams, the Cardinals, and the Blues. Since I go to Mizzou, I would also cheer for Mizzou teams, whatever the sport. Places like gyms, stadiums, fields, and courts gather people together. The gym everyone is gathered in (like the one in the picture) is a place where diversity can exist, and nobody questions it. Individuals come to meet friends, family, even strangers to become one fan base for their favorite team. No matter what differences these people have, they still manage to bond because of this one similarity. Everyone cheers for the same team, unless you’re in the wrong section of seats. This group, and any other large group of fans, represents a melting pot of people with different ethnicities, sexes, cultures, and/or religions. This picture of Duke fans gave me an appreciation for my hometown and the fact that so many of my friends and I love sports. It reminded me of the connection people feel when they are together, as one, cheering. Going to the baseball stadium, football dome, or ice rink, with my friends helped me grow closer to them. Through the excitement of everyone in the picture, the unity of school colors on each individual, and the diversity of sex and race, it can be determined that Duke's basketball team serves as some kind of social captivator for Duke fans, who are together...
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