Your Team!

In order for your classmates to get to know their competition please complete the following information about your team:

Franchise Owner Name(s): {List both you and your partners name here}
Team Name:
Stadium Name:
City Location:
Team Mascot:
Team Colors:

Media Planning and Personnel

Why is media planning for your team so important?
What forms of media are you planning to use for your team and why? (Be specific with the station, website, publication, etc.)
Why is identifying an effective number of security people and ushers critical for your stadium to operate smoothly?

Virtual Sports V. "Real World" Sports

1. After investigating what "real" sports franchises do to help promote their teams, what ideas do you have that you would like to use to help promote your franchise? Why do you think these are important?



2. When thinking about ticket prices, as a franchise owner, would you be happy or upset that websites like Stubhub are available for people to buy and sell tickets to your events? Why or why not?

Thinking About Location

Please answer the following questions by commenting to on this blog.

1. What Is One of the Most Important Decisions For Any Sports Team?
Why?

2. What two major factors do you consider when determining the location of your franchise?
Why?

3. What Are Some of the Factors That Can Be Included in Demographics?

4. What Are Some of the Factors Can Be Included In Infrastructure?

5. Is There Such a Thing As A Perfect City On All The Factors? Why or why not?

6. Can A Franchise Move If The Choice of Location Proves To Be Wrong? Why?

7. When a Franchise Moves Locations, Is It An Easy Move? Why or why not?

8. What "P" do you thing this lesson in location goes along with? Why

Welcome

We are going to use this blog as a way for you to track your key findinsg from the virtual business lessons so when we begin to create your own franchises you can refer to these keys findings to maximize your profits!

First Response:
Please share with me something you are excited about learning when creating your sports franchise or a question you have over virtual business sports so far.

I am looking forward to working with you as you put your creative genius to work!