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This document summarizes key trends in modern sport facility and event management identified by students on a January term travel course to Arizona facilities. It discusses the growth of accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the emphasis on sustainability in new stadium designs, and the integral role of technology. Specific highlights include the wide wheelchair seating available at Talking Stick Resort Arena and State Farm Stadium's retractable turf field and LED lighting reducing energy costs. The impacts of these trends have been to make venues more accessible and sustainable while improving services through technological advances.

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This document summarizes key trends in modern sport facility and event management identified by students on a January term travel course to Arizona facilities. It discusses the growth of accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the emphasis on sustainability in new stadium designs, and the integral role of technology. Specific highlights include the wide wheelchair seating available at Talking Stick Resort Arena and State Farm Stadium's retractable turf field and LED lighting reducing energy costs. The impacts of these trends have been to make venues more accessible and sustainable while improving services through technological advances.

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Sport Facility and Event Management: A January Term Experience

James Nelson, Mason Hoxie, and Peter Hutton


Sport Management, Dr. Anne Marx Scheuerell

Overview Accessibility Technology

The unprecedented growth of sport stadiums and arenas The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), enacted Technology is utilized to create first class structures,
in the past 20 years has challenged facility managers and in 1990 protects people with disabilities from help develop superior collegiate teams, and ultimately
designers to identify innovative ways to serve fans, discrimination. Title III of the ADA indicates successful events. State Farm Stadium, home of the
athletes, coaches, and the media. Trends were identified reasonable accommodations must be made for Arizona Cardinals, has a retractable translucent roof.
from venues visited during the January Term travel places of public accommodations. Sport and event The Arizona natural light allows the stadium to
course to Arizona. Facilities examined included the venues are places of public accommodation and
operate without turning the lights in the stadium on,
University of Arizona, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona must comply with ADA.
and thus, reducing operating costs.
Cardinals, and Phoenix Suns.
Highlight:
• A vast variety of wheelchair seating was available at Talking Highlight:
Stick Resort Arena, home of the Phoenix Suns.
• State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, has the
only retractable artificial turf field in North America. The
retractable surf allows the stadium to host hundreds of events
throughout the year.

Sustainability
Students enrolled in SMG Sport Facility and Event
Management January Travel Course 2019 at Chase Field,
home of the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, Arizona. Owners should take a holistic approach when designing
stadium and arena construction projects. Owners must
consider the environmental impacts of the franchise
Trends during the planning process and creating sustainability Conclusion
goals focused on reducing energy demands, waste outputs
and emissions.
• Accessibility • The impacts of the Americans with Disabilities Act
on stadium accommodations has made venues more
Highlight: accessible and welcoming for everyone.
• Sustainability • State Farm Stadium recycled last year 120 tons of garbage and
recently put in all LED lights, which cut costs and reduced energy • Stadium development is focused on meeting
• Technology usage by 75% from 1.24 million watts to 310,000 watts. This facility sustainability goals to benefit themselves and their
runs on all green service products, meaning that their toilet paper, constituents.
soap, cleaning products, etc. are fully environmentally friendly.
• Technology demands from patrons and media, have
lead venues to ‘one up’ each other and ultimately
improve their services.

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