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Minnesota Twins Professional Sport Experience, Tiffany Challoner
Minnesota Twins Professional Sport Experience, Tiffany Challoner
Master of Arts in Sport Management
I completed an eight-week professional sport experience with the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sport experience consisted of both weekly sessions where our cohort was introduced to 19 guest speakers who hold different roles within the Twins organization and shadowing experience in different departments. My shadowing experiences consisted of guest services, ballpark operations, and ballpark tours. I was able to see first-hand how guest services respond to different situations that occur, such as re-seating guests who were unable to sit in their ticketed seats. I was hopeful to build confidence in myself to find a role within sports and …
2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mick Conrad Sawinski
2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mick Conrad Sawinski
Master of Arts in Sport Management
This capstone looks specifically at the planning, and execution of the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Covering all aspects from marketing, financial planning, sports law and more, this project breaks down baseball's mid-summer classic from a professional sport management perspective.
Ncaa Fencing Championship, Zachary Moss
Ncaa Fencing Championship, Zachary Moss
Master of Arts in Sport Management
This paper examined the many aspects of planning, organizing, and managing a sporting event. Specifically, it focused on the management of the 2019 NCAA Fencing Championships utilizing Welsh-Ryan Arena at Northwestern University as the host site. Every aspect of the event is examined beginning with the organization responsible for it, going through the structure of the event itself, outlining a marketing plan for the event, analyzing the management of employees and volunteers, discussing of potential risks associated with the facility for this event, analyzing ethical concerns of the event itself, and concluding with personal reflection from the paper's author. Included …