ABSTRACT

Sport is big business in the USA. From collegiate sport through to the professional leagues, the sport industry generates huge revenues, employs thousands of people and engages millions of fans and consumers. This book offers an evidence-based snapshot of the contemporary sport industry in the USA.

 

Featuring new research from scholars working across every sector of sport business, the book covers key topics such as consumer behaviour, sport marketing, the development of women’s sport, sport broadcasting, internships, and leadership. It adds critical depth to our understanding of the sport industry in the world’s single biggest sport marketplace.

 

Sport Business in the United States offers fascinating new perspectives for researchers, students and industry professionals. It is important reading for anybody working in sport management or sport business, whether inside the US or around the world.

chapter 3|21 pages

Development of youth sport

A historical perspective

chapter 4|25 pages

Youth and high school sports in the United States

Structural and gender perspectives

chapter 7|22 pages

Generational market segmentation of millennial sport fans

Use of generational cohort approach

chapter 8|18 pages

Better understanding hockey fans

A review of sport fan consumption literature

chapter 10|15 pages

BIRFing and CORSing of sport fans

A case analysis