Sport & Entertainment Venue Management

• SHA SE 726: Large Venue Management
  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 the history of public venues, facility selection and booking, scheduling and coordinating facility operations, crowd management, safety and security, and booking and management. Throughout this course, students will dive into the environment of large-scale events through case studies and examples of invoices, rental agreements, and financial statements to help illustrate the financial realities of operating event venues.
• SHA SE 727: Mega Events
  Throughout this course, students will dive into the environment of mega-events. Case studies will primarily focus on highly mediatized mega-events that reach a global audience, such as the FIFA World Cup, the Olympic Games, and World Expositions. This course's content will help students to evaluate how mega-events shed light on wider issues including urban regeneration and the management of large-scale projects. Students will learn about the event industry from the perspective of large-scale public assembly venues and venue development. Topics covered include the evolution of mega-events, using events to rejuvenate neglected areas, engagement opportunities, event funding and financing, tourism and hospitality impacts of mega-events and legacy and sustainability of mega-events in urban environment and communities.