The colors, the excitement, the rush and intensity, all part of a great football game! The Memorial Stadium located in Champaign Illinois, right in corner of Pennsylvania and Fourth street, has a lot to offer to fans, tourists and many others other than excitement. It is a stadium built to remember and commemorate the men and women who died in World War One and World War Two. Students, alumni and other supporters for the construction and few renovations of the stadium contributed together about $ 2 million dollars for its construction. This Stadium was built November 3, 1923.
An interesting Story about this stadium is that the story says that a bulldozer got buried underneath the stadium because of severe weather, all this during construction. It was going to cost a lot of money to remove it but it was cheaper to leave it in there. As a result, the bulldozer still remains down there.
My recreation Career area that I'm focusing on is Sports management since stadiums are part of it. It can link up to commercial use as well for all the cost to have one fun day inside the stadium. The memorial Stadium has a lot jobs to help it run. The stadium needs workers like ushers, to assist fans and other people to help them find their seats and what sections they belong at. Other workers in a stadium would be vendors, who sell snacks, treats and food to costumers. Vendors mostly have ties with the agency with a union to make money.
Stadium managers in general have to know how many seats the stadium needs, the more seats, the more money to fit in fans. But more seats means more territory. Renovations are going to be a big part of this stadium, the renovation at had lastly was in 2001 with ASTROPLAY(the turf). A big one as well was when concrete was replaced. The current capacity the stadium holds is 62,872 people. At one point, there was a game that the number of people was a bit more than 72,000. This leads to another concern, security. Everyone knows rivalries will happen or even when there aren't any, there will be insults especially if they had a few drinks here and there between fans or even players themselves, with the occasional clown that gets into the field for attention. Security is going to need to be there to straighten everything out and even kick people out if it comes to that extend.
Current trends and issues would be security base issues. Security has to make sure situation does not get out of hand. Safety is an essential part so no law suits won't happen. Parking can be a concern in The Memorial Stadium. Not a lot of parking is available. Parking is about 15 dollars per automobile. Other type of transportation to park can vary in prices.
Leisure for this agency means having a good time. They want to make sure people can relax while enjoying a game. Whether it is time off of work to see a game, or just enjoy the half times, this agency promises time off of work to have fun.
Synopsis:
For a student, about an 11 dollar charge to enter the Stadium to watch a game. This Memorial Stadium has a big business. It deals with a lot of security, safety and enjoyment. Vendors with unions make good money for the agency. Stadium manager has to make good decisions to help out its future in its business. Just like the seating situation, they need to think about what is best. Jobs such as ticket ushers help run the agency, while parking ushers help keep the crowding to a minimum and everything being rightfully maintained. This is The Memorial Stadium, and it sure is memorable as soon as you consider all of what is going on inside of it.