1. Facility Management & Concession

2. Panathenaic Stadium Athens, Greece
Transformed into a Stadium in BC
First modern Olympic games

3. The Colosseum Rome, Italy Construction began in 72AD – ended 80AD
Seats close to 75,000 people
Known for its ease of access/exit

4. History: Stadiums
Many Stadiums today bear the name of an ancient facility
Gain in the popularity of modern sport Baseball and Collegiate Football, launched construction of stadiums
Constraints of urban space limitations dictated the irregular sizes and shapes of the older ballparks (ie., Fenway Park)
Early NFL teams played in Baseball Stadiums until new stadiums were built
Oldest Stadiums in USA

5. Fenway Park Boston, MA
Tour Fenway Park

6. Three Rivers Implosion 2006
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Implosion 2006

7. Hockey Arenas
1927: Hockey owners followed the lead of baseball owners and built arenas to host their teams
Needed to fill empty seats in arenas on non-hockey nights: Hosted boxing matches on some nights
Ice Capades put together to fill nights
Basketball enters arena picture, and arena owners earn revenue from two tenants

8. Types of Public Facilities: Arenas
Indoor facilities that host sporting and entertainment events.
Built to accommodate more than one prime sports teams or to lure a prime tenant to the facility
Intercollegiate facilities are financed by private donations, endowments, student fees, fundraising campaigns, and, in the case of public institutions, public grants
Public owner may manage its own facility or contract out for private management
Recent trends in facility construction include adjacent practice facilities for the primary tenants to increase event bookings

9. Types of Events Hosted
Sport - Specific seasons, Dates determined by league
Family: Disney, Nickelodeon, and Sesame Street shows, Ice shows
Concerts: Typically booked months in advance
Size, age of the arena, and the building’s technology capacity can dictate the types of performers who will appear
Trade Shows: Multiday events often in convention centers
Religious Events: Mass worships, often in the summer
Convocations: Graduations, speaking events
Seasonal: Summer tours, holiday shows

10. Concession Research Project Venue (Stadium/Ball Park/Field)
Use your Concession Research paper
Plan an event that will be held at your venue (give specific event details)
Design 2 pieces of merchandise/food to be sold at your Event
Determine the store/vendor to be selling the merchandise/food
Determine the price based on other merchandise in the venue
Create a presentation outlining:
Venue
Event
2 Merchandise items
Store /vendor selling the items
Cost of items