Throughout this course, students will dive into the environment of large-scale events. Case studies will primarily focus on highly mediatized Mega-events that reach a global audience, such as the football World Cup, the Olympic Games, and World Expositions. Students will learn about the event industry from the perspective of large-scale public assembly venues, including convention centers, sports arenas, stadiums, concert halls, and theaters. This course's content will help students understand how events hosted in public assembly venues are funded/financed from conception to completion. Topics covered include urban policy, regenerating urban environments, using events to rejuvenate neglected areas, the history of public venues, facility selection, and booking, management decisions such as staffing, scheduling and coordinating facility operations, crowd management, safety and security, and crisis and risk management.

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