Climate Change On Pond Hockey

For the article critique, there was a very interesting article from the Sports Management Review about the Pond Hockey Classic. The article, On frozen ponds; The impact of climate change on hosting pond hockey tournaments, discussed the study of climate and the effect on the huge pond hockey event. Some of the topics discussed in this article by the authors were: climate change, event management, sport tourism, and nostalgia. The authors: Sharane Fairley, Lisa Ruhanen, and Hannah Lovegrove break it down in several sections on what climate change has an impact on, which is a lot of things. The climate change study for pond hockey is worth the investigation because it is a huge sporting event up in the northern area of the United States. The
The cities and areas that hold these tournaments receive tons of benefits from the events due to the large crowd of tourists. The Pond Classic brings in tons of hockey fans and players to watch the ultimate ice war. But with tourism, comes up many questions. How should cities and local tourism providers develop a contingency plan if an event gets cancelled? How should host cities encourage people to still visit even if it gets cancelled? These events are huge economic benefactors for these communities. With climate changes sometimes getting in their way, it can lead to tough economical times for small businesses. With all this sad, the authors gather information about how much it is to register a team? how many teams sign up? How much money is injected into the local economy? In the New England Pond Hockey Classic, in the three-day tournament, it was tallied as $652,660 were injected in the local economy. So the the communities that provide these tournaments heavily rely on them and the
The authors thoroughly explain what and why this is occurring and how much it affects communities. They used tons of sources to help back their opinion and really put out the word of how sports tourism can really impact an area. Also, how the climate is usually the factor of cancellations and poor appearances. This article really showed me how much the climate has an impact of events, and how it stops tourism and economical benefits in the event area. This has opened my eyes a little to see how many events occur, and how many situations that that events has to handle and plan