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What tracking company was leveraged for the NHL Big City Greens Classic and did Katie used to run Global Baseball Strategy for from 2023-2024?
Hawk-Eye
Bill Belichick
What is dynamic ticket pricing?
Adjusting the price of a ticket based on the date, opponent, or start time.
Increased engagement and viewership, taxable revenue, sponsorship revenue from official betting partners.
7 time Olympic gold medalist in women's gymnastics
Simone Biles
Define a KPI and list what one or two might be for the business side of a front office.
Key Performance Indicator. Ticket sales, concession sales, merchandise purchases, labor.
What luxury company was the biggest sponsor of the Paris Olympics?
LVMH/Louis Vuitton
Captains both MLS team Inter Miami and the Argentina national team
Lionel Messi
In recent years, many stadiums have introduced ______ payment where you can walk into a store in the United Center, pick up a bottle of water walk out without needing to make the transaction with a cashier.
Contactless
Curt Flood
2021, 2022, 2023 AL MVP and 2024 NL MVP
Shohei Ohtani
Why did Netflix sign a $5 billion deal with the WWE for the next decade?
To draw in a new audience and litmus test its live sports infrastructure for future partnerships.
A balance sheet includes the following equation:
Assets = X + Owners’ equity
What is X?
Liabilities
Former GM of the Red Sox and Cubs. Won World Series with Boston in 2004, 2007 and Chicago in 2016.
Theo Epstein
What is the difference between local and national sports broadcasting rights among the leagues?
The NFL only sells national TV broadcast and video streaming rights for its regular and postseason games. The NBA, NHL, and MLB sell national TV and video streaming rights fees but the leagues also allow each team to sell local broadcasting rights for their market.