Human Kinetics

Gil Fried University of New Haven

ManaGinG sport

Facilities

second edition

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fried, Gil, 1965- Managing sport facilities / Gil Fried. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-8290-7 (hard cover) ISBN-10: 0-7360-8290-5 (hard cover) 1. Sports facilities–Management–Textbooks. I. Title.

GV401.F75 2010 725.8043–dc22 2009034955

ISBN-10: 0-7360-8290-5 (print) ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-8290-7 (print)

Copyright © 2010, 2005 by Gil Fried

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To all the men and women who keep our public assembly facilities running

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