Managing Sport Facilities

Gil Fried, JD, is a professor at the University of West Florida (UWF) and Associate Dean of the Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business at UWF. He started at UWF in 2021. Prior to his appointment at UWF, Fried was a professor in the Pompea College of Business at the University of New Haven for 21 years and retired in 2021 with the designation of professor emeritus.Fried specializes in sport law, sport finance, and sport facility management. He received his master’s degree in sport management and his law degree from The Ohio State University. He has taught courses and written numerous books and articles on sport risk management, sport facility management, sport analytics, esports, and sport finance.Fried speaks throughout the United States on issues such as building and financing facilities and dealing with risk management concerns.Matthew Kastel is the stadium manager of Oriole Park at Camden Yards (home of the Baltimore Orioles) for the Maryland Stadium Authority. He is a veteran of managing stadiums and events and has also worked at the Houston Astrodome; Citizens Bank Park; and the Washington, D.C., Convention Center.Kastel is a past president and former board member of the Stadium Managers Association. He is on the Board of Visitors for the Bolte School of Business at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Additionally, he is part of the adjunct faculty at Mount St. Mary’s and teaches stadium and event management to graduate students.

• Part I. Introduction to Sport Facility ManagementChapter 1. History and Future of Sport and Public Assembly FacilitiesFacilities in Ancient TimesFacilities From the Middle Ages to the 1800sFacility Management From Ancient to Modern TimesEvolution of Professional and Collegiate FacilitiesFacility FocusThe Future of Sport FacilitiesTrends That Will Affect Future FacilitiesSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 2. Facility ManagementWhat Is Sport Facility Management?The Facility Manager’s ResponsibilitiesWhat One Does as a Facility ManagerStakeholdersManagerial FunctionsSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 3. Employee ManagementEmployee TypesUnion LaborHiringTrainingOther Labor IssuesEvaluationManaging EmployeesSummaryDiscussion QuestionsPart II. Facility DevelopmentChapter 4. Facility PlanningFundamentals of PlanningPlanning for Existing FacilitiesPlanning for Future FacilitiesChapter 5. Facility Site and DesignSite LocationSite CostSite SelectionFacility DesignSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 6. Facility ConstructionConstruction PlanningPreconstruction PhaseProject CostsCompletion and AnalysisSummaryDiscussion QuestionsPart III. Facility Systems and How They OperateChapter 7. Facility Systems Operation and ManagementElectrical SystemsMechanical SystemsPlumbingSecurity SystemsAudio/Video SystemsInformation TechnologyWaste ManagementLife Safety SystemsMaintenance and ReplacementSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 8. Facility TechnologySystemsArtificial IntelligencePotential Problems Related to TechnologySummaryDiscussion QuestionsPart IV. Facility AdministrationChapter 9. Marketing and SalesMarketing ConceptsThe Marketing ProcessFacility MarketingSalesSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 10. Finance and BudgetingFinancial ConceptsRevenue and ExpensesFinancial AnalysisBudgetingNew Facility FinancingSelling a FacilitySummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 11. Legal ResponsibilitiesBasic LawTort LawRisk Management and InsuranceContractsProperty LawConstitutional LawGovernment RegulationsInternational RegulationsSummaryDiscussion QuestionsPart V. Event and Activity ManagementChapter 12. Developing and Implementing a Security PlanWhat Is Security?Crowd ManagementOther Safety ConcernsCrisis ManagementSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 13. Facility Preparation for an EventRevisiting PlanningAttracting EventsEvent PreparationSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter 14. Midevent and Postevent Facility ManagementMidevent ManagementPostevent ManagementSummaryDiscussion Questions