Managing Sport Facilities by Gil Fried

Managing Sport Facilities by Gil Fried

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Integrating historical insights with everyday challenges, this guide examines sport facility management in venues like stadiums, arenas, and parks. Real-life case studies, video interviews, and a web study guide illuminate strategies in design, operations, event logistics, and legal issues, equipping future professionals for industry demands.

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Managing Sport Facilities by Gil Fried

Managing Sport Facilities, Fourth Edition With Web Study Guide, draws theory and application into an engaging, practical guide for effectively managing a sport facility. Topics include building design and construction, operations, marketing, legal issues, finance, and event management.
Gil B. Fried, JD, is a professor at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. He has taught sport facility management for more than 25 years and has written numerous articles, books, and book chapters on sport facility management issues. Fried speaks throughout the United States on issues such as building and financing facilities and dealing with risk management concerns.

He was the director of risk management for OR&L Facility Management, which manages several million square feet of space. He has also worked with the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) and developed the curriculum and materials for the IAVM's Academy for Venue Safety and Security.

In addition to taking pictures of sport facilities to include in future versions of this text, Fried enjoys playing badminton, farming, being with his wife and kids, and traveling.

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 stadium and events and has also worked at the Houston Astrodome, Citizens Bank Park, and the Washington, D.C., Convention Center.

Kastel sits on the board of directors as president of the Stadium Managers Association, as well as the board of visitors for the Bolte School of Business at Mt. St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Additionally, he is part of the adjunct faculty at Mt. St. Mary's and teaches stadium and event management to graduate students.
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ISBN 13 9781492589570
ISBN 10 1492589578
Title Managing Sport Facilities
Author Gil Fried
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Human Kinetics Publishers
Year published 2020-02-13
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.