SPORTS MANAGEMENT

Be sure to have read the resources in “lessons” before starting this forum and then read and review the journal article, “Green Sports Facilities Are Becoming The Gold Standard, by Robert A. Darwell and Huv Q. Nguyen, in the Sports Litigation Alert Archives (July 2, 2010) in your APUS Online Library. 

“Sustainability is a comprehensive philosophy in which a variety of environmentally friendly materials and procedures are utilized to help reduce energy expenditures.” Over the last decade many individuals and organizations, including the sports industry, have adopted this philosophy. Many of the new and renovated stadiums are considered “green facilities”. Please review the journal below, the resources in “lessons” and the Internet to complete this assignment: You are the facility manager of a sports facility of your choice. Upper management has asked for you to come up with future plans to renovate or rebuild your facility making it a green facility. Come up with 8-10 ways to make your facility green and your reasoning behind each one. Use your imagination, money is no object! Create your presentation using PowerPoint and be sure to include graphics to support and enhance your presentation.

Your Powerpoint Presentation must have at least 10 slides. Your title slide and your reference slide do not count towards the 10-slide minimum. 

You are to use  sources from our online library. Our online library has many databases to choose from but I encourage you to look at the following databases:

SBRnet
Sportsdiscus
Ebscosuite

Do not use Wikipedia.

References:
Ammon, R., Southall, R. M., & Nagel, M. (2010). Sports Facility Management. West Virginia: West Virginia University.

Part II: Please read the resources provided in “Lessons” as well as the following article titled “Green Design and Sustainability in Sport and Recreation Facilities:” http://www.thesmartjournal.com/greenissues.pdf.

Discuss how you would strive to have a professional sports stadium or arena be as eco-friendly as possible. Please select at least three (3) of the following topics to discuss in your initial thread:

• Initial design
• Architecture
• Construction
• Parking
• Sunlight and Lighting
• Heating and Cooling
• Public transportation

Please use bullet points in your response to the topics above.

Please review the specific forum directions, including minimum word requirements, as well as information on the forum grading rubric, at the top of this page under the heading of Forum Guidelines. Please be sure to support your facts with citations and sources. Also, as a courtesy to your classmates and instructor, please provide the URL of any online resource(s) you utilize.

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