ABSTRACT

Sport law and sport facility management have a significant relationship, including some of the issues already discussed in this book:

■ laws of ownership structures and governance of sport facilities (Chapter 2); ■ laws governing financing sport facilities (Chapter 3); ■ laws related to allowable and appropriate capital investment appraisal

(Chapter 4); ■ legal issues related to design and construction of sport facilities (Chapter 5); ■ lawsuit potentials as related to organizational management (Chapter 6); ■ internal and external laws and regulations inherent to human resource manage-

ment (Chapter 7); ■ accounting, tax, and financial laws that are a part of financial management

(Chapter 8); ■ laws that have a direct effect on appropriate operation decision making

(Chapter 9); ■ legal aspects tied to risk management in operations (Chapter 10); ■ legal issues will also be embedded in the upcoming chapters (Chapters 12-15)

on marketing management, event planning, risk management, and security management.