{"id":263,"date":"2008-03-14T14:37:20","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-10-30T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T18:26:27","slug":"book-review-2006-sports-market-place-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportjournal.org\/article\/book-review-2006-sports-market-place-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: 2006 Sports Market Place Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"submitted\">Submitted by: Glaucio Scremin<\/div>\n<p>The sports industry is a multifaceted, multibillion dollar industry. It encompasses a wide range of business segments, from sporting goods to stadium and arena construction. The <em>2006 Sports Market Place Directory<\/em> brings a multiplicity of sports industry sectors together into the most comprehensive index of sport business resources available. Divided into ten sections, it contains thousands of listings on single, multi, and college sports, sporting events, meetings and trade shows, the sports related media, sports sponsors, professional sports services, sports facilities, and sports manufactures and retailers.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the <em>2006 Sports Market Place Directory<\/em> contains a chapter with valuable statistical data on sports participation, sports consumer purchases, and attendance to collegiate sporting events. The sections are separately indexed for ease of use. The <em>2006 Sports Market Place Directory<\/em> is a valuable resource for the sports business professional, and should be considered indispensable in academic and public libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Book Review: 2006 Sports Market Place Directory<br \/>\nEdited by Richard Gottlieb.<br \/>\nPublished in 2006 by Grey House Publishing: Millerton, NY<br \/>\n(1,888 pages, ISBN 1-59237-139-6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"submitted\">Submitted by: Glaucio Scremin<\/div>\n<p>The sports industry is a multifaceted, multibillion dollar industry. It encompasses a wide range of business segments, from sporting goods to stadium and arena construction. The <em>2006 Sports Market Place Directory<\/em> brings a multiplicity of sports industry sectors together into the most comprehensive index of sport business resources available. Divided into ten sections, it contains thousands of listings on single, multi, and college sports, sporting events, meetings and trade shows, the sports related media, sports sponsors, professional sports services, sports facilities, and sports manufactures and retailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[290,291],"tags":[78,76,8,31],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4btio-4f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":337,"url":"https:\/\/thesportjournal.org\/article\/is-that-a-real-lebron-ball-rfid-and-sports-memorabilia\/","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":0},"title":"Is That a Real LeBron Ball? 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