Founded in 1992 15 members

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• Founded in 1992 15 members
• May, 2003 305 members
• Networking
• Professional development
• Best industry practices
• Opportunities to meet event owners

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• Ticket appeal spectator driven
• Participant driven value comes fromnumber of
  visitors, spending

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• Opportunities
• Advantages
• Legacy benefits
• Revenue opportunities
• Risks

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• Obtain as much information as possible
• Talk with recent host cities
• Look at results of similar events in your city

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• Spectator appeal
• Substantial media coverage
• Can use existing facilities

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• Local sports programming for children, adults
• Visitor spending jobs
• Facilities

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• Visitor spending
• Ticket potential
• Attractive to sponsors
• Revenue sharing with event owner

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• Research history
• Financial commitment
• Weather
• Another event at same time
• Quality of facilities
• Availability of staff, volunteers

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• Reasonable financial requirements
• Can use existing facilities
• Strong ticket sales
• Minimum need for local financial support
  sponsors
• A strong history
• Delivers visitors who spend money in host city

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