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Operational issues due to stadium location

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A good source of operational issues and how to resolve them can be found at:

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A stadium environment is a complex one, with varied areas of security, multiple services provided in different areas of the arena, tiered accesses for VIPs, talent, staff, and others, and of course, the huge crowds that sports, concerts, and other events draw. Properly securing every area of a stadium, while also ensuring that appropriate access is efficiently granted to authorized persons, is a massive undertaking for stadium security, that can create big security risks. Below are some common challenges faced in a stadium or arena facility:
Different Areas of Access
Stadiums often have several areas within that require varied levels of security. Areas such as practice fields, locker rooms, and healthcare facilities that are accessible to athletes and staff shouldn't be made accessible to attendees, while stadium employees require their own set of accesses to concessions, ticketing, and other locations. On some occasions, such as concerts, ticketed attendees may require special permissions to access the field, while on other occasions visitors may be denied field entry. And most stadiums have VIP areas that are not only rendered inaccessible to non-VIPs, but also to certain members of staff-problems can occur if employees gain access to empty VIP areas and make use of those facilities to relax. Ensuring that all of these separate areas are easily accessible for authorized persons but secured against those without access-when keys and keycards for these areas may number in the thousands-is a major issue for stadiums.
Security Across a Large Venue
Installing access control that functions for a large facility such as a stadium is a massive undertaking. The varied areas of access each require their own security, with their own set of authorized users. Some users may be authorized for areas across the stadium from each other, but not for areas in the middle (such as VIPs with access to boxes, but not to concessions or maintenance areas). Often, taking out a key will require returning to a single location every time to access and return keys-which may be a long undertaking if returning from a practice facility or locker room in an entirely different part of the facility. Making sure that access control keys and keycards can be easily accessed, returned, and accounted for across such a vast facility requires a key control system that easily inventories keys and can be installed across the entire facility, with many places to remove and return keys.
Ensuring Proper Use of Vehicles
Many stadiums employ fleets of vehicles for various uses-delivering items from one part of the stadium to another, emergency vehicles in the case of injury or illness, and transport of staff or talent. The keys for these vehicles need proper security, to ensure that not only are they accounted for when the vehicles are in use, but that only those with proper authorization to drive the vehicles are allowed to remove the keys. In addition, vehicle keys will often need to be secured in locations far from where they were originally accessed. Key control systems installed throughout a stadium facility can ensure that keys are locked up when not in use, even if the vehicle in question has been driven to an entirely different part of the stadium.
Access Notification
Keys in a stadium are often in use 24/7, with a large variety of areas requiring access by a variety of different users. Key control systems that provide notification when keys are accessed-and notification when keys that have been removed are not properly replaced-help security officers to keep abreast of which keys are in use, which areas are being accessed, and when an accessed key has not been replaced when expected. Notifications in place on a key control system help to make more efficient the process of keeping track of which areas in a vast stadium are being used, by whom, and when they are properly locked up.
Temporary Access
Stadiums often require temporary access to specific areas-whether for contractors doing temporary work, a team using the venue for a one-time event like a concert or trade show, or VIPs requiring one-time access to normally secured areas. A key control system that easily provides this temporary access-preprogrammed or programmed at the key control cabinet-while also providing security with notifications that keys have been temporarily used and when those keys are removed to prevent fraud-can help ensure simple access for temporary users while maintaining high levels of security. In addition, many key control systems offer two- or three-factor authentication, giving another layer of security to temporary authorizations by requiring that a second or third person authorize the usage and verify the key replacement.

Stadiums and arenas present very specific access control challenges with both the vastness of their facilities, their multiplicities of use, and the varied users that may require access to any of the areas within the facility. A key control system can help you keep track of every key in this massive system, send notifications when keys are in use or replaced, and grant varying levels of access to users can help to ensure that everyone who needs access is granted it efficiently-while also ensuring that those without access are denied entry.

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A stadium environment is a complex one, with varied areas of security, multiple services provided in different areas of the arena, tiered accesses for VIPs, talent, staff, and others, and of course, the huge crowds that sports, concerts, and other events draw.

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Most of the big cities already have big stadiums. How are you going to make yours special?

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Here is a list of the Stadium's sources of revenue: Coffee!

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Risk Management at Annie's and Benny's Stadium

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Risk Management at Annie's and Benny's Stadium

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Stadiums have always presented unique safety concerns, many of which have been addressed only in the wake of accidents or other tragedies. Some have referred to this phenomenon of increasing safety regulations as "legislating by catastrophe" as a way to highlight the fact that many safety procedures and risk mitigation designs only come about in response to serious injuries or fatalities. Despite increased attention to safety at the nation's stadiums, however, risks remain. That makes it all the more important for stadium visitors to understand the dangers and know how to effectively mitigate the risk for themselves and their loved ones.

Stadium Accidents

Fans gather in stadiums across the country and around the world to watch their favorite sports teams, hear their favorite musicians, and participate in assorted other events. It almost goes without saying that such large gatherings of bodies are bound to come with an increased risk - and yet few spectators consider these things before they enter the venues. Consider these facts:

According to foulballz.com, about 28 foul balls end up being hit into the stands at every Major League Baseball game. Given that the league's schedule sees each of its 30 teams playing 162 games - a total of 2,430 games during the regular season - that adds up to tens of thousands of foul balls entering the spectator sections each season. It's no wonder Bloomberg reported in 2014 that roughly 1,750 fans are injured by foul balls every year.

Hockey-related injuries are another concern. In one study in 2000, The Puck Stops Here: Spectator Injuries, A real Risk Watching Hockey Games, the researcher found that of 127 hockey games reviewed, 122 fans were injured when they were struck by wayward pucks. Nearly 75% of them required stitches, and almost half required emergency vehicles to transport them to the hospital for treatment. Injuries to the face and head made up the bulk of these incidents.

American collegiate and professional football can be equally dangerous, but for different reasons. Reports of fans falling and suffering injuries have often been related to alcohol consumption. Some have been the result of defective handrails, wet stairs, and other structural concerns. By and large, however, most football stadium injuries have little to do with what happens on the field.

Falls have caused stadium owners to modify structures on many different occasions. For example, after a fan died from a 20-foot fall in Arlington's Globe Life Park in 2011, the Texas Rangers altered the railings to make them eight inches taller. 2011 saw another Arlington stadium accident - this time at Cowboys Stadium, where six people were hurt when ice and snow fell down on them from the stadium's dome roof.

Fan Violence and Crime

Accidents happen, of course, and most spectators understand that flying pucks, balls, and splintered bats are risks that they may face when they enter any stadium environment. Most people, however, do not enter such venues with the intent of being victimized by violence or other criminal activity. Sadly, though, it does happen - and far too frequently.

Fan violence has many causes. Intoxication, a lack of effective crowd control, traffic congestion, ticket scalping, and other factors can all help to create conditions in which stadium violence erupts. Of course, the main cause has to do with the strong passions sporting contests evoke among spectators, which helps to explain why spectator violence in stadiums has been a problem since the time of the ancient Greeks. And though some have tried to attribute the perceived increase in fan violence to some imagined sense that American society as a whole is now more violent, statistics from the FBI suggest that such blame is misplaced.

Who's Responsible for Your Safety?

Often times, fans injured at various stadium events automatically assume that there must be someone they can sue. After all, they reason, why wouldn't the team or stadium owner be responsible for injuries occurring in their venue? Sadly, that reasoning is not as sound as common sense might suggest. The fact is that, with few exceptions, most stadium spectators assume personal liability for their own well-being when they purchase their tickets.

The only way around this standard is for the plaintiff in any case to provide evidence that demonstrates that the stadium's owners somehow failed to meet established customs and standards related to providing a safe environment for fans. Many stadiums and teams also place liability disclaimers on tickets, notifying fans that they enter at their own risk.

Protecting Yourself and your Family

Since you are ultimately responsible for your own safety within a stadium, you need to know how to protect yourself and loved ones from harm.

Arrive early. This can help you to avoid any rushed crowds, and the potential for pushing, shoving, or other violence perpetrated by frustrated fans trying to get to their seats.

Learn the rules of the stadium, and follow them. That includes instructions regarding stairs, guardrails, glass containers, and alcohol.

Stay in groups. Of course, this is sound advice at all times, even outside of a stadium environment. Muggers, rapists, and other assailants are less likely to approach a group of people than they are to assault someone who is alone. Always walk with at least one other person.

Avoid the shadows. You are always safer walking in well-lit areas, where you can see everything around you and others can see you.

Be familiar with your environment. When you enter the stadium, look to see where the exits are. Know where security personnel are stationed, in case you need them later. In short, have an exit plan just in case something unexpected occurs.

Leave in an orderly fashion and have your keys at hand so that you can enter your vehicle quickly.
Stadiums can be among the most enjoyable venues on the planet, providing the ideal location for exciting sporting events, musical presentations, and many other forms of entertainment. The key to properly enjoying any stadium event is to remember to be mindful of safety at all times.

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Safety at a Stadium: Managing Risk and Preventing Accidents

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Stadiums have always presented unique safety concerns, many of which have been addressed only in the wake of accidents or other tragedies. Some have referred to this phenomenon of increasing safety regulations as "legislating by catastrophe" as a way to highlight the fact that many safety procedures and risk mitigation designs only come about in response to serious injuries or fatalities.

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Anny and Benny don't have managerial issues, because their stadium is perfect

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Annie and Benny's specific operational issues:

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Annie and Benny's specific operational issues:

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lack of parking, because the stadium is in a big city. This is what we are going to do about it.

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These are what Annie and Benny think their key systems are:

Climate control

Trash collection

PA system with cool music

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Padlet activity

·       Group students in teams of 2 – 3.

·       Assign each team a stadium, fitness center, park, sportsplex, and/or multiuse high school facility to design

·       Each team designs the facility according to the instructor’s requirements and rubric

·       Each team depicts the facility and design on Padlet

o   TCC Online will provide video instructions on how to use Padlet for students, and directions on how to embed Padlets to instructors, or will do it for them ☹

·       Padlets are embedded into Canvas

·       Classmates are required to make at least X comments or questions

·       Team members are given a common grade for their project