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Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events: Second Edition
Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events Second Edition Author:Eric C. Schwarz, Hans Westerbeek, Dongfeng Liu, Paul Turner, Paul Emery Sport events are inextricably linked to the places in which they are hosted. High profile events require high quality venues, and the proper management of facilities is crucial to their success. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events is still the only textbook to introduce the fundamentals of s... more »port facility and event management in an international context. With detailed real world case studies and insights from professional practice, this book offers a systematic guide to the management issues and practical problems that sports managers must address to ensure financial, sporting and ethical success. It covers all the key aspects of sport facility management including the bidding process, facility development, risk analysis, budgeting, marketing, branding, and quality assurance, as well as completely new chapters on analytics, impact and legacy. Now supported by a companion website containing slides, test banks, a glossary and sample syllabus, this is an invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike and is essential to any course on sport facilities, event management or sport administration.« less