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Coates, Dennis and Brad R. Humphreys. "Novelty Effects of New Facilities on Attendance at Professional Sporting Events," Contemporary Economic Policy. Volume 23, number 3: p. 436. July 2005.
LC Call Number: HD72 .C66
LC Catalog Record: 94640997
Also available online to patrons onsite through several subscription databases including
Gale (General Onefile), ProQuest, and Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition.
Fizel, John, ed. Handbook of sports economics research . Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006. 280 p.
LC Call Number: GV716 .H36 2006
LC Catalog Record: 2005018045
Table of Contents
Includes chapters on a variety of professional sports in the United States. Also includes chapters on women's athletics and European football (soccer).
Fort, Rodney D. Sports economics. 3rd ed. Boston : Prentice Hall, c2011.
LC Call Number: GV716.F68 2011
LC Catalog Record: 2010019675
Foster, George, and others. The business of sports : text and cases on strategy and management. Mason, OH : Thomson/South-Western, c2006. 492 p.
LC Call Number: GV713 .F62 2006
LC Catalog Record: 2005922356
Table of Contents
Looks at various aspects of sports business, using case studies focusing on specific teams, athletes, sports arenas, and media.
Humphreys, Brad R. and Dennis R. Howard, eds. Business of sports. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
LC Call Number: GV716.B89 2008
LC Catalog Record: 2008008547
Table of Contents
Inside the Ownership of Pro Sports. Chicago, IL. : Team Marketing Report. Annual. 1995 - present.
Not available in the collections of the Library of Congress.
Most recent edition is available for purchase in disk format from the publisher.
A source of extensive sports business data and analysis, including details on every MLB (Major League Baseball), MLS (Major League Soccer), NBA (National Basketball Association), NFL (National Football League), and NHL (National Hockey League) franchise, broadcast deals, leave arrangements, sporsorships, and more
Jozsa, Frank P. Global sports : cultures, markets and organizations Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.
LC Call Number: GV706.35 .J675 2009
LC Catalog Record: 2009279754
Leeds, Michael and Peter von Allmen. Economics of Sports. 5th ed. Boston : Person, c2014.
LC Call Number: GV716 .L44 2014
LC Catalog Record: 2012032292
A textbook look at the economic aspects of the sports business.
Topic include labor, public finance, and amateur sports.
Long, Judith Grant. Public/private partnerships for major league sports facilities. New York : Routledge, 2012.
LC Call Number: GV401 .L66 2012
LC Catalog Record: 2012008050
Platt, Victoria A., "Tackling the Hard To Find Industries: Professional Sports Franchises Are Our Playground," Presentation at the Special Libraries Association's Annual Conference,
Baltimore, MD. June 2006.
Available online from the Internet Archive,
February 21, 2007. [PDF Format: 1.6 MB / 64 p.]
General discussion of hard-to-find industry information using sports as an example.
Plunkett’s sports industry almanac : the only comprehensive guide to the sports industry. Houston, Tex. : Plunkett Research, Ltd., c2005-
LC Call Number: GV716 .P58
LC Catalog Record: 2005252382
Table of Contents
Covers the NFL, MLB, NASCAR, NBA and includes statistical information as well as related company and team profiles. Includes a substantial sports industry contacts list. Also available in the database Plunket Research online. Library subscription only available on-site.
Rosner, Scott R. and Kenneth L. Shropshire, eds. Business of sports 2nd ed. Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2011.
LC Call Number: GV713.B87 2011
LC Catalog Record: 2010024220
Schaaf, Phil. Sports, Inc. : 100 Years of Sports Business. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.
LC Call Number: GV716 .S315 2004
LC Catalog Record: 2003010191
Discusses the evolution of the modern sports industry including information
on sponsorship, franchise relocation, radio and television, stadium issues,
endorsements, etc.
Sports Market Place Directory. Millerton, N.Y.: Grey House Publishing, 2004-
LC Call Number: HD9992.U5 S667
LC Catalog Record: 00233153
This publication has been recently taken over from Franklin Covey.
It includes information on over 2,000 single sports or single sports teams,
over 2,500 meetings, trade shows, and events, over 1,500 college teams, over
1,500 facilities, as well as information on professional services, agencies,
media, sponsors, and leagues and state associations.
Stadium Financing and Franchise Relocation Act of 1999: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on S. 952, a bill to expand an antitrust exemption applicable to professional sports leagues and to require, as a condition of such an exemption, participation by professional football and major league baseball sports leagues in the financing ... Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA, June 15, June 22, and September 13, 1999.
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000.
151 p.
LC Call Number: KF26 .J8 1999t
LC Catalog Record: 00328909
Text of Bill [PDF format: 125 KB / 9 p.]
Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal. Charlotte, NC : Street & Smith Sports Business Journal, 1998 - present.
LC Call Number: GV716 .S77
LC Catalog Record: 98643691
Publisher's web site: http://www.streetandsmiths.com/index.cfm
Journal web site: http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/
This journal is published 49 times a year and is targeted to sports executives and others interested in the business aspects of sports and sports related industries. The publisher also produces the e-mail daily - Sports Business Daily and other publications such as Street & Smith's Sports Gear.
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Biderman, David. "The Stadium-Naming Game --- some Companies Score Big Wins with Sponsorships, as Others See the Home Team Flop; Gillette's Sharp Deal." Wall Street Journal, (Feb 03, 2010.)
Deckard, Linda, "Arena execs voice opinions on 'name game' business branding," in Amusement Business, 113, 30. (July 30, 2001). p. 10
LC Call Number: GV1851.A3 A55
LC Catalog Record: 63057670
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including ProQuest ABI Inform Global and Gale General OneFile.
Hollis, Sam. "Stadium naming rights -- A guided tour." Journal Of Sponsorship 1, no. 4 (July 2008): 388-394.
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases such as Business Source Complete.
Johnson, Ben, " Out with the old stadiums, in with the new," in National Real Estate Investor, volume 49,
issue 10, October 2007. p. 144.
LC Call Number: HD251 .N36
LC Catalog Record: 65003802
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including ProQuest ABI Inform Global and Gale General OneFile, and Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Business Full Text).
Lico, Nick, "Naming-rights deals only getting hotter," in Advertising Age. Volume 78, Number 5, January 29, 2007. p. S4.
LC Call Number: HF5801 .A276
LC Catalog Record: 42047059
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including EBSCO Academic Search Complete and Gale General OneFile.
"Look before you leap into naming rights agreements." Managing Intellectual Property. (October 2009).
Rozin, Skip, "Commentary: Welcome to U.S. Widget Stadium," in Business Week. September 11, 2000. p.124.
LC Call Number: HF5001 .B89
LC Catalog Record: 31006225
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including EBSCO Academic Search Complete and Gale General OneFile.
Zaslow, Jeffrey, "Moving On -- It's Root, Root, Root for the Old Stadium: Saying Goodbye to Childhood Haunts," in Wall Street Journal. March 25, 2004. p. D1.
LC Call Number: Newspaper Microfilm 3066; N&CPRR Microfilm Self-service Coll
LC Catalog Record: sn 79004569
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including ProQuest ABI Inform Global.
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This section of the guide offers a collection of online finding aids on the
economic and business aspects of sports in general. Electronic
resources focusing on the individual sports of baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, football,
and soccer are listed in the sections
of this guide covering those specific sports.
Bloomberg - Global Sports Industry
http://bx.businessweek.com/global-sports-industry/
Mostly news related to sports around the world. Does include some research from private vendors.
ESPN Sports Business Stadium Naming Rights
http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/stadiumnames.html
or http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?page=stadiumnames
A fairly current list of stadium names, team names, and naming right expiration dates.
Internet Public Library (IPL2): Sports Category
http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=6784&parent=6705
Lists freely available Web sites on sports reviewed by IPL librarians.
Open Source Sports
http://opensourcesports.com/
This is going to be a series of databases for the sports of football, baseball, hockey, and basketball (other sports may be added later). Data will be added over time, but baseball data is from the Lahman Baseball Database is part of this database. It contains individual and team statistics from 1871 to present. Women's basketball data from 1996 through the 2012 and men's hockey covers the following early and alternative leagues: NHA, PCHA, WCHL (known as the WHL in its final year), and WHA. It contains individual and team statistics from 1909-10 through the 2011-12 season. Men's basketball and football are supposed to be added in 2013.
Rod’s Sports Economics: Rodney Fort's Sports Business Data
https://sites.google.com/site/rodswebpages/codes
Formerly a Professor of Economics at Washington State University, Fort became Professor of Sports Management at the University of Michigan in 2007. His web site includes a Sports Business Data section containing data on baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.
Sports Business Research Network
http://www.sbrnet.com/
A subscription database which covers 1993 to present. Contains statistical
market research data for 63 sports and 85 product categories. Offers full-text
articles and reports in more than 10 leading trade publications covering U.S.
and international sports marketing, sporting goods, and export and import statistics.
Other topics covered are sports equipment, participation in sports, sports
broadcasting, and newsletters dealing with finance, licensing, and sponsorship.
Available onsite
in the Business Reading Room, Adams Building 5th floor
Sports Industry Group
http://www.sportindustry.biz/
News sources for sports with a focus on the United Kingdom. Covers a wide range of sports including cricket, basketball, football (soccer), boxing, cycling, NFL, rugby, etc.
Sport Information Resource Centre
http://www.sirc.ca/
SIRC is a sports documentation and information center in Canada.
SIRC offers subscription databases. The Sport database contains more than 400,000
citations covering 1975 to present with approximately 1,200 new citations added
monthly. It includes some information on sports management which is of value
for the sports business community. The SportDiscus bibliographic database
includes topics such as corporate wellness, team building, physical health
of employees, and work-related activities.
International Association for Sports Information
http://sportinfo.ning.com/
Archive of freely available information from this association. Lists sports databases from numerous countries. Includes some information on sports management and business.
International Association of Venue Managers
http://www.iavm.org/
Much of the data is for members only however, their Resource area has newsletter articles as well as Facility Manager Magazine from 2007.
Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association International (SGMA International)
http://www.sgma.com/index.html
The association is the global business trade association for manufacturers
and marketers of sports apparel, athletic footwear, licensed products, fitness,
sporting goods equipment and related business/professional organizations.
LA84 Foundation
http://www.la84foundation.org/4sl/over_frmst.htm
The Armature Athletic Foundation was endowed with funds left over from the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 (LA84). In 2007 it became known as the LA84 Foundation. The AAF Sports Library is a comprehensive collection of sports information. It provides traditional library services and has built an extensive digital collection of sports publications which is available for free in full-text.
Aussport.com.
http://www.aussport.com.au/
Searchable directory of the Australian sports and fitness industries.
A B-to-B (Business to Business) Web site sponsored by the Australian Sport
Businesses Association (ASBA) which was founded in 2001.
Sports Equipment Worldwide Database
http://www.conglomerate.net/index.html
Searchable directory of sports equipment industry. A B-to-B Web site
dealing with import and export of sporting goods.
AllSportsDirectory.net
http://www.allsportsdirectory.net
Sports directory with over 4,000 sports industry addresses and contacts including sports marketing companies.
Sports Business Marketplace
http://www.sportbusiness.com/marketplace
"A resource for the exchange of commercial information for tenders, job vacancies, conference listings, a sport event calendar and a directory of people and organizations, including a new appointments section 'People Moves'."
Network 54
http://www.network54.com
A large collection of publicly accessible forums and bulletin boards
devoted to entertainment, sports, gaming, etc. Nearly every page of every forum
can be received in RSS format. Simply browse to the forum you want to monitor
and add ;xml=rss to the end of the URL after you have downloaded an RSS reader.
For those new to RSS and Web logs: What is RSS?
Professional Sports Business
http://libguides.babson.edu/content.php?pid=10360
Prepared by Babson College Library, this guide points to many standard sources about the business of professional sports that may be available and of interest to researchers beyond the Babson campus.
Forbes - Lists
http://www.forbes.com/lists/
Includes lists for: baseball's valuable teams and top earning players; basketball team values and highest-paid players; football team values and highest-earning players; hockey team values and highest-paid players; world's most valuable soccer teams and highest-paid soccer players, and the world's highest paid tennis players, and NASCAR team value information and highest-paid drivers.
Highest paid athletes (2012)
http://www.therichest.org/sports/forbes-highest-paid-athletes/
Highest paid athletes (2012)
http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/
Most valuable brands in sports
http://www.forbes.com/.../forbes-fab-40-the-most-valuable-brands-in-sports/
Ten Richest Sporting Events In The World (2012)
http://www.forbes.com/.../the-ten-richest-sporting-events-in-the-world/
The Power 100: The most influential people in the world of sports (2007)
http://www.businessweek.com/table/07/0926_power100.htm
World's most valuable sports teams (2012)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/...most-valuable-sports-teams/
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Additional works on the sports business in the Library of Congress may be identified by searching the Online Catalog under appropriate Library of Congress subject headings. Choose the topics you wish to search from the following list of Library of Congress subject headings to link directly to the Catalog and automatically execute a search for the subject selected. Please be aware that during periods of heavy use you may encounter delays in accessing the catalog. Please see the individual sports business sections of this guide for catalog searches relating to them. For assistance in locating the many other subject headings which relate to the sports business, please consult a reference librarian.
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