Sport Facility Operations Management

`A comprehensive, international overview and survey of best perspectives and practices in the increasingly important field of stadium operations. The authors blend theory with extensive examples and case studies to illustrate how today's sport facility operations manager can best maintain security and manage risk in spectator environments; plan and administer large-scale sporting events; and operationalize decision-making, marketing, and human resources practices unique to sports facilities. The strength of this book lies in its international scope ... Recommended. Lower and upper-division undergraduates; two year programs; professionals.' - J. Newman, CHOICE magazine.

Eric C. Schwarz is a Senior Lecturer of Sport Management at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He has been a professor of sport business management in the United States and Australia for the past 15 years after a career in college athletics and recreation. Eric has published numerous articles on sport marketing and experiential learning in peer-reviewed journals; he is also the lead author of Advanced Theory and Practice in Sport Marketing, the second edition of which was published by Routledge in 2012. Eric also served as President and Executive Director of the Sport Marketing Association from 2010-2013. Stacey A. Hall is the Associate Director of the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) and an Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), USA. She has been referred to as one of the nation's leading experts in sport security, including having been the principal investigator on numerous external grant awards and several service projects in collaboration with the US Department of Homeland Security. A competitive soccer player, she was team captain for the Northern Ireland International Soccer Team. Simon Shibli is Professor of Sport Management at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and has been the Director of the Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC) since 2004. He is a qualified accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). After a career as a facility manager in the arts and entertainments industry, Simon returned to academic life as a lecturer specializing in finance and he wrote his first book, Leisure Manager's Guide to Budgeting and Budgetary Control, in 1994.

Prologue 1. Introduction to Sport Facility Operations Management Part 1: Pre-Management and Pre-Operations Issues 2. Ownership Structures 3. Financing Sport Facilities 4. Capital Investment Appraisal 5. Planning, Design, and Construction Processes Part 2: Implementation of Management and Operations 6. Organizational Management 7. Human Resource Management 8. Financial Management 9. Operational Decision Making 10. Operations Management 11. Legal Concerns for Owners and Managers Part 3: Ancillary Issues in Operations Management 12. Marketing for Sport Facility Operations Management 13. Event Planning in Sport Facility Operations Management 14. Risk Assessment in Sport Facility Operations Management 15. Security Planning for Sport Facility Operations Management Part 4: Effectiveness of Management and Operations 16. Benchmarking and Performance Management for Sport Facilities