Sports Business & Sports Ticket Management Links: Week Ending 1/23/10

Spotlight’s weekly collection of relevant press, tweets, and blogs shaping the world of corporate ticketing. The evolution of Corporate America’s involvement in sports is leading towards more responsibility and better analytics. Please read on for more on: sports sponsorship, sports business, … Read More

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Who’s Watching Your Bottom Line? Part 1: Sports Marketing Firms

To effectively get the most from Sports & Entertainment assets firms need an objective third party with no conflict of interest that can offer the best practices necessary to drive business and create efficiencies. An objective third party can in no way have their well being and bottom line tied to another aspect of the client’s business or to a prevailing partnership with one vendor if they are to truly look out for a clients bottom line Read More

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Sports Business & Sports Ticket Management Links: Week Ending 1/16/10

Not so long ago, football fans looking to buy a Super Bowl ticket turned to scalpers, ahem, ticket brokers, who sometimes skirted the law or traded in counterfeits and fraud. Stories abounded of fans paying thousands of dollars only to find the seller couldn’t deliver on that “guaranteed” seat. Read More

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Sports Business & Sports Ticket Management Links: Week Ending 1/9/10

The NFL begins a historic case in front of the Supreme Court where they will make the argument that, thought teams and franchises compete on the field, they operate as a single entity. Though overlooked by the casual fan, the case has enormous effect on the business operations of the NFL as it exempts the owners from Antitrust law Read More

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Sports Business & Sports Ticket Management Links: Week Ending 1/2/10

Sports ticket management will show some interesting effects in both the ROI and utilization of tournament tickets and badges pre-Tiger and post-Tiger. Read More

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