From this we can derive that overall, in Springfield (assuming that the sample is representative of the population), 38% of residents do have some interest in baseball, but only 28% of the residents have ever attended a professional baseball game. Out of this only 17% of the population have attended at least one minor-league game in the last 2-3 years, however 39% of the residents would be willing to attend at least one game if a minor league baseball team ever came to Springfield. Insight about grand stand tickets was also collected, indicating that 72% of the population is not willing to pay more than a 10% premium over regular bleacher seats for a grand stand seat, hinting that there may be no opportunity to explore in terms of multi-priced seating. Another insight that can be drawn from the survey is that 81% of those who attend a game would be willing to pay $6 or more on various concessions per person. 56% of those surveyed were female and 66% of those surveyed lived with at least one child between the ages of 5-16, which may indicate that child-ticket pricing may be exploited. In addition, the sequence of questions did follow the typical “qualifying questions, warm-ups, transitions, difficult and complicated questions, and finally, classification & demographics questions”…
After reading the case study on The Springfield Nor’easters, there are some key issues that really stuck out. The main issue was that Larry Buckingham, who was the marketing director for the Nor’easters, had to figure out how to sell season tickets, regular tickets, and merchandise at their games. The Nor’easters were set to take their home field in Springfield Massachusetts, which is about 90 miles west of Boston. This in itself makes it difficult to sell tickets to minor league baseball games as the Red Sox play a little over an hour away. The next hurdle to overcome was the demographics of Springfield. Nearly 25% of families lived below the poverty line, which is not an ideal situation when trying to sell tickets. In my personal opinion, the next issue at hand was the secondary research. Buckingham used 3-year-old survey data and some anecdotal evidence from a journalist. This is not thorough use of secondary research. After completing the survey, the next issue at hand was determining how to price the tickets to get maximum attendance and revenue.…
All variables except the opponents winning percentage had a positive relationship with attendance to each game. The R Squared also demonstrated that the variables used only explained 26.4% of the variation in attendance. Furthermore, P-Value of the F-Stat proved our model 99.9% level of confidence, meaning it is significant. Overall, three of our variables including temperature, opponent, and promotional days, were significant at the 90% level of confidence and three of them were not including opponent winning percentage, ace pitcher, and winning percentage.…
However, there was not much data that could be used because it was a brand new analytical project, the first year was a test run. We relied on data from neighboring attractions as a benchmark to gauge the expectation of demand coming into the building. After that first year, the CFHOF was more efficient in the way they staffed employees, they were able to maximize productivity and reduce overspending on salary pay. Unfortunately, there were slow days when there wasn't much traffic coming through the facilities so front line employees had their working hours reduced in an effort to reduce costs. There are two takeaways from this situation, the first one being that the College Football Hall of Fame is a company competing in the hospitality industry, which means you are dealing with the unpredictability of consumer demand. The second takeaway from this situation is that the longer the CFHOF continues to record data of the traffic coming in and out of the building, the better they will get at understanding and predicting the trends of customer demand, for the purpose of properly staffing, and avoiding wasteful…
After the 2003 season, the BCS had to modify the rules about how teams were being ranked after there was a split Championship title because three different BCS conference teams had one loss a piece and only two spots available for the championship game. This was a rule that the BCS officials wanted to rule out but, never got to it until after the 2003 season. The rules included strength of schedule, quality wins, and fan poll. After the 2003 season the BCS changed the rules eliminating team record, and quality wins from the equation, which gives the fan opinion more power. Currently, the new system gives the media poll, coaches’ poll, and the combination of the computer rankings to count for one third of a team’s BCS ranking and the human polls are now two thirds of the BCS ranking. There are six major BCS conferences; Big Ten, Pac-10, ACC, Big East, Big 12 and SEC whose champions have automatic bids in the BCS games. Seeing that these are the strongest conferences with the most popular teams in the nation, why not? They produce extremely high revenues every year and have some of the most elite athletes in the nation. The BCS is a profit motivated system that creates bowl games for under privileged teams to earn financial success for the year even though the bowl game is not considered, “the big game”. Businesses in the cities of an impact region arrange an economic impact in the weeks leading up to the game in order to boost sales. Bowl games are advertised weeks in advance hoping to rouse up a little fan support in short periods of time. Cities in each bowl sponsored game prepare hotels, traveling, and restaurants creating large revenue for their economy. The significance of the Economic impact as a whole is to raise public awareness of the importance of the sport industry and gives the idea to legislative support of a financial investment to determine if it is a worthwhile…
As an avid hockey fan I have the unique opportunity to be located within driving distance of two professional hockey teams, the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL and the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL. As such, I have the chance to share my love of the sport with my family by attending these games in person. In the current economic climate I, like many other fans hoping to get the most out of every dollar, need to examine the pros and cons of both franchises’ in order to make a wise decision when purchasing season tickets.…
TV is the NFL’s biggest source of revenue. 80% of the NFL’s earnings come from TV revenue according to Forbes. The NFL operates in a unique manner regarding its TV generated revenue. The television rights to broadcast NFL games are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any American sport. NFL broadcasts have become among the most-watched programs on American television, and the financial futures of entire networks have depended on owning NFL broadcasting rights. This has raised questions about the dependency of the networks to the sport and whether they can criticize the NFL without the possibility of losing their broadcasting rights and their income.…
Romeo & Juliet Grade 10 Unit Plan 30822027 Professor: Drew Meikle LLED 314 A December 6, 2002 University of British Columbia |R&J |OBJECTIVES |ACTIVITIES |MATERIALS |EVALUATION | |Unit GR 10 | | | | | |LESSON #1 |Students: |Into to Shakespeare |-over-head |Journal scale (3) | | |-make connections btw | |-books | | | |Shakespearean times and | |-CD player |Clarity (1) | | |now | |-Renaissance music |Thoughtfulness (1) | | |-start Relationship | |-Example of “The Kiss” by |Creativity (1) | | |Journals | |Gustav Klimt | | |LESSON #2 |Students: |Insults & |-strip of paper with insults on|Journal scale (3) | | |-make Shakespearns |Social Offenses |them | | | |language fun | |-over-heads with social |Clarity (1) | | |-talk about social | |offenses |Thoughtfulness (1) | | |offenses | |-chalk |Creativity (1 | | | | |-journals | | |LESSON #3 |Students: |Language |- hand out for students |Assignment scale (5) | | |-creatively use |Extension | |Clarity (1) | | |Shakespearean language | | |Thoughtfulness (1) | | |with their own | | |Creativity (1) | | | | | |Content (1) | | | | | |Development (1) | |LESSON #4 |Students: |Character Web Posters |-overheads |Check Mark for completing | | |-to investigate different | |-synopsis of characters…
On February 3, 2013, the biggest, grandest, most-watched single event in American sports is coming to New Orleans. (Tourism) New Orleans as celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 storm left the city in shambles. (Kunzelman) As fans prepare to travel to cheer for their favorite teams, the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens arrive in the city and prepare to face off in the 47th Annual Super Bowl championship. Yet, perhaps the biggest preparation for this major event is that of the city itself.…
It is reported better evaluations of intervention content would deliver responses to these. As a result, help to simplify theoretical and conceptual uncertainty, whilst also serving to explain the structure through which TTM interventions might shape an effective basis for shifting health-related behaviours. A highly significant goal for future research should be to develop an evidence base that is not solely focused on effectiveness, but also with respect to the main propositions of the TTM. There is a genuine need for stronger evaluations of theory-based interventions that concentrates more generally than one in particular (Michie and Abraham, 2004). Additionally it has been argued, better model specification is essential, and this specification should reflect systematically rigorous evidence. Lastly, Bandura (1986) believes in order to increase one’s self-efficacy, it is important to take small and manageable…
Eight College football stadiums hold more than 100,000 fans(collegeexpress.com). The smallest stadium in division one college football has 16,000 seats, which are still sold out every home game(collegexpress.com). Successful teams can bring a median ticket price of well over $100(ticketcity.com). Doing some math, large programs can make over 10 million dollars per home game while smaller schools still make at least 1.6 million dollars. College basketball can also make huge fortunes in games. The Rupp Arena can hold 23,000 fans, in 2012 the average cost of a basketball ticket for NCAA division one basketball game was 70 dollars. Again doing some math that would add up to about 1.6 million dollars per home game in tickets. Baseball being a far third in popularity could also afford to pay athletes. The average ticket price for a college baseball game is about 20 dollars(ticketcity.com). Haymarket park in Lincoln, Nebraska has a capacity of 8,500 seats. Teams play between 60 and 65 games, if half of them are home games, which is about average, that’s 30 home games. All of that added up equals about 5.1 million dollars of income per…
But when we go to the games the see what else technology can do to help us, and they help us building modern stadiums capable of holding thousands and thousands of people and able to have huge televisions bigger than houses everywhere so even people in the nosebleed section can see what’s going on in the game. As you know these stadiums come as a price a very expensive one and even though the changes in stadiums make football more available to people and able to hold more people to see the game, owners decide to up the price in everything so as the stadiums get more expensive to build, everything else gets more expensive from the tickets and food to the five dollar or more water you buy at the game and as people line up to the concession stands they see the prices and even if things are overpriced they still pay but inside the fans are shaking their heads at the prices and as Dan Zirin says “Sports fans are fed up”. Fans are fed up because while there to support their favorite team their wallets are getting smaller and smaller from the tickets they buy and the food plus merchandise is also expensive while some people want to wear their favorite players jersey, they can if they are willing to pay eighty to one hundred dollars for a simple jersey with the players name on it. But I and the fans don’t see the prices anytime soon since people are willing to pay for it even if it is…
When I first applied to colleges, I applied under the notion that I was going to become a police officer. I was going to get my Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, take the police exam, and become a detective. Over time, however, I was able to take a variety of courses that would change my life forever. One of the classes that I particularly enjoyed was Child and Elder Abuse. Having worked with children in high school, volunteering at my school and church, as well as having a case worker instructor, my interest in youth care skyrocketed. In the class, I learned about the warning signs of abuse, how to write 51A’s and the step by step process of investigating complaints. From then on, my interests began to shift.…
During the fall season, fans know Sundays are for NFL football games and church. NFL fans exist through out America; there can be New York fans that live in California or other areas. The fans are expanding everyday and the football culture is now a way of people's life. For example, NFL fans treat Super Bowl Sunday as a holiday than a regular championship football game. Everybody watches the Super Bowl for the game, halftime show, and commercials. NFL fans have parties and invite friends over to watch the big game at their house. Even commercials during the Super Bowl are always talked about because everybody watches the Super Bowl. Although, companies pay millions of dollars for thirty seconds for their commercials to be played during the Super Bowl because they can attract new customers. Even stores get involved to promote Super Bowl Sunday; like having sales on food and televisions. However, the Thanksgiving Thursday Night Football Game is also part of the American football culture. While enjoying time with family on a real holiday, the NFL has a game on Thanksgiving Day. This game always promotes the Super Bowl game because they know fans and their families are watching the game. The football culture has grown bigger through every generation. Everybody knows when it’s time for Super Bowl…
College football puts millions of dollars into local economies on game days. In 2006 48 million fans attended games live which is double that of the NFL, NBA, or NHL (Baade 2007). This proves how much fans love college football. It also proves how many fans go out and are willing to spend money. It was thought that if the NFL lockout had occurred that the home city of the teams would have lost 160 million in local spending and 3,000 jobs (Distler 2012). One can only imagine what would occur if college football was removed forever.…