Books, Sports, Miscellaneous, Sports Facilities Management

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Al Santasiere
Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective
by Pocket (Hardcover)

It's been eighty-five years since Yankee Stadium opened. Soon the Yankees will leave the field, fans will file out and the lights will fade. But the lights will never go out on the Stadium that has proudly worn the moniker "The House That Ruth Built."Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective recounts the story of this extraordinary American landmark. It captures the creation of a home for the New York Yankees that began in 1923 and was driven by co-owner Jacob Ruppert, who envisioned a ballpark grander than any other conceived at the time. It takes the reader from the field to the dugout, from the press box to the clubhouse, from principal owner George Steinbrenner's office to Monument Park. Every corner of the stadium is revealed.But Yankee Stadium is more than a ballpark. The most iconic moments in history have taken place within its walls: Lou Gehrig's poignant farewell to his team and the fans who would never forget him; epic heavy-weight fights, from Louis versus Schmeling ...

Jay Weiner
Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles
by University of Minnesota Press (Hardcover)

Tom Griffiths
The Complete Swimming Pool Reference
by C.V. Mosby (Paperback)

Designed as a single, definitive reference on swimming pool safety and management, The Complete Swimming Pool Reference, 2nd edition, includes important chapters on first aid, lifeguarding, pool maintenance, hot tub and spa sections. This comprehensive book is a valuable resource for all those who own, operate or work at swimming pools. The second edition is bigger and better than ever and combines technical aspects of pool operations manuals with practical information of water safety texts. This popular book has been expanded to 30 chapters with the latest information available on a variety of topics.

Ralph L. Johnson
Ymca Pool Operations Manual
by Human Kinetics Publishers (Paperback)

Philip Sayers
Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities: A guide to competitive tendering
by Routledge (Hardcover)

Leisure is one of the fastest growing industries but with the implementation of the new CCT legislation in public leisure services there are also major changes taking place. Concise and thoroughly detailed Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities advices how best to meet this challenge. It is a clear operating guide to leisure management by contract, providing expert advice for both contractor and client. The author includes extracts from the relevant legislation and tender documents, and shows you how to submit a winning tender. He provides guidance on how to carry out customer surveys and also covers special items such as operating leisure facilities in hotels and sub-contracting catering services. For even more clarity key points at the end of each chapter provide an invaluable summary on each specific aspect of management. Carefully chosen case studies of leisure management operators who run both large and small facilities illustrate key facets of leisure management.

W. A. Adams, R. J. Gibbs
Natural Turf for Sport and Amenity: Science and Management (Cabi Publishing)
by CABI (Paperback)

This book describes our current knowledge of soils and turfgrass science as applied to the design, production and management of natural turf. The first five chapters cover general principles while further chapters apply these to specific contexts. These include golf courses and bowling greens, soccer, rugby and cricket fields as well as tennis courts, and horse racing tracks. There are also chapters on amenity grass and warm-season turfgrass. The book is aimed at students taking courses in turf science and sportsground management, amenity horticulture, and landscape and recreation provision and management. It will also be a standard reference work for practitioners working in sportsground management or related subjects such as landscape architecture.

Marcia L. Walker
Sports Facility Management
by Jones & Bartlett Publishers (Textbook Binding)

Edited by Drs. Marcia L. Walker and David K. Stotlar, Sport Facility Management marks the advent of a new breed of sport management textbook. Until now, each aspect of sport management was covered in separate texts. Walker and Stotlar are the first to address physical education, athletics, recreation, health and fitness, and aquatics in one text. The editors also take a comprehensive approach to the topics covered. Beginning with general management and administration considerations, the text systematically moves through organizational and operation concerns, personnel planning, financial management, program development and scheduling, risk management, and marketing. Sport Facility Management also covers the development of specific facility areas, including adventure and rock climbing areas, aquatic centers, and dance studios. Not only will this text be ideal for your academic courses in sport management and administration, but it will also prove to be a ...

Janice E. Tevanian
Citizens Paying for the Activities of Their Choice: Golf Fees (Special Data Issue; No. 13)
by Intl City County Management Assn (Paperback)

Janice E. Tevanian
Citizens Paying for the Activities of Their Choice: Swimming Fees (Special Data Issue, No 14)
by Intl City County Management Assn (Paperback)

Janice E. Tevanian
Citizens Paying for the Activities of Their Choice: Tennis Fees (Special Data Issue, No 15)
by Intl City County Management Assn (Paperback)

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