This course focuses on the fundamentals of managing sporting events and sports facilities. Emphasis is placed on examining various management techniques and the development of performance measurements associated with event and facilities operations. Project management skills are developed within the framework of sport event and facilities design, finance and budgeting, bidding and planning process, emergency management, ticketing, concessions, transportation, crowd management, parking and coordination of dignitaries. Students will examine events ranging from local one-day contests to multi-day international events. Student will be expected to observe a designated number of events on campus as well as plan and conduct an event on campus. Spring.