SLD 580 - Facilities Planning in Sport

Students will explore the business of sport facilities and operations. Sport facility life-cycle concepts of strategic planning, design-development, construction delivery systems, financing, and operations will be introduced as well. Students will focus on facility management and administration considerations, systematically moving through planning and design, organizational and operational concerns, personnel planning, financial management, program
development and scheduling, risk management, and marketing. They will also examine the operations of specific facility areas including maintenance, crowd control and security, box office management and concessions.

(Cr: 3