Facilities Summit - Portland Oregon


 
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Score BIG With Sports Events


Developed by industry leaders in sports facilities, events, and tourism, the Sports Facilities Summit provides education and networking to sports tourism professionals through expert presentations, facilitated discussions, case studies and networking. The Sports Facilities Summit is valuable content for facility developers, sports facilities personnel and vendors, destination professionals and sports event owners.     

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Convention Centers
  • Developers & Architects
  • Indoor/Outdoor Facilities
  • Non-Traditional Sports Venues
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Stadiums & Arenas
  • Sports Complexes
  • Sports Destinations
  • Sports Facility Vendors
  • Sports Parks

Sports & Venue Management: Culture, History & Success in Sports Venues

This one-day learning experience, targeting sport venue owners, operators, and sport tourism professionals, is styled in a college course format where participants will be offered many avenues to understand sport venues, their place in sports tourism and specific themes each year. 

In 2024, we are focusing on Culture, History and Success in Sport Venues.  The main presentation that starts off the day will come from staff of the Portland Expo Center.  Two Portland area off-site venue tours will be part of that learning experience via a workbook of intention questions centered around three areas: Sport Venue Rationale, At-Venue Considerations and Programming & Partnerships.

The workbook acts as a course guide while asking participants to seek answers throughout the day. These notes will be used to compare and contrast your destination’s venue(s) in group presentations.  Course objectives are to gain a greater understanding of your destination’s facilities through the lens of its culture, history, and success goals. 

Schedule

**All Facilities Summit functions will take place at the Hyatt Regency Portland, unless otherwise noted.

April 21, 2024
6:00 PM - Networking Mixer

April 22, 2024
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM - Breakfast Fireside Chat
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Session #1
10:00 AM - Depart for Mobile Venue Tour
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Venue #1
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM - Lunch & Presentation @ Venue #2
2:30 - 4:00 PM - Round Table Presentation & Discussion 
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Final Wrap-Up
6:00 PM - All Facilities Summit Attendees are invited to attend the Symposium Opening Party

Registration

Member Rate: $299

Non-Member Rate: $399 (Contact Member Service at Info@SportsETA.org to register)

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"As a new facility operator I have relied on best practices from similar facilities in order to plan our staffing and maintenance programs.  As we are entering the market, it seems there is a lack of networking and training opportunities for facilities like ours.  The Sports Facilities Summit fills a large need in the industry and I am excited to learn from experts around the country on how to better our product and/or operations."
Ben Huffman, STS, Director of Sports Enterprises, Warren County CVB

Questions?

Contact our Member Services team at Info@SportsETA.org.

Cancellation Policy

Registrations for the Facilities Summit are non-refundable. However, you may transfer your registration credit towards a future Sports ETA event (Symposium, Women's Summit, Facilities Summit, 4S Summit, Chief Executive Summit). Your full registration credit will remain on your Sports ETA account for 1 calendar year starting the day of your cancellation request.

Cancellation and credit transfer requests must be submitted via email to info@sportseta.org no later than April 19, 2024.