Sports Operations & Event Management

Catalog description

SPM 4313. Sports Operations & Event Management. A study of the theoretical and practical aspects of planning, managing, and operating sport facilities and events, from amateur contests to large-scale professional spectacles. An examination of key functions, including site selection, operations management, personnel, finance, security, risk management, and post-event assessment. An emphasis on the complex intersection of facility infrastructure and dynamic event delivery in the contemporary sport environment. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.