Madison Square Garden’s parent company MSG, which hosts hundreds of sports and entertainment events, is creating over 3700 construction jobs in New York with the new upgrades of the arena. This massive, $800 million project is being privately funded and is called “shove-ready”. Aside from this, MSG is also trying to land basketball player, LeBron James whose contract is coming to an end on the 30th June 2010. He is the top player in the world at the moment and every time it is mentioned that he might be get a sports job playing for the New York Knicks next season, MSG stocks skyrocket.
The Madison Square Garden CEO revealed that their intent is to buy the best and biggest talent possible as part of its transformation. With so many possibilities for new sports facility jobs and more at the new Madison Square Garden arena, you should think about getting to New York. The makeover is expected to create new sky bridges and upscale sports suites among other things which will add to the number of employees that will be hired.
Usually the employees that work at a sports arena like Madison Square Garden are not involved in sports in any way, but have hospitality or sales experience. With these jobs however, you will find that any background in sports will be beneficial and can help you advance in your sports career.
You can work in the construction side of things if you have the relevant skills or experience, but you can also start looking at jobs that will be required once the stadium is complete, including those of ticket seller, ticket collector, usher, marketing manager or any other sports facility job. You can learn more about these kinds of jobs from the Sports Career Finder website and here you can also join as a member for a minimal fee.
This will allow you to gain access to the Job Board and find out about any new job openings that are currently available. You can also view the list of employers to find out more about them and what they can offer in terms of additional benefits. Many sports industry professionals and sports agents, or sports arenas will not have benefits to offer, but you should think about how far you can get in that particular job, what salary you can earn, and what advancements there are before you decide.
With the project at MSG having secured jobs for 3700 people in this time where the unemployment rate is high, you will soon see that there is a broad scope for sports jobs or careers where a sport is involved somewhere. Aside from construction jobs which make up many of the 3700 jobs, there will also be jobs including marketing, sports agent jobs, sports product rep jobs, and more that you can apply for.
Simply learn about the application process and the qualifications needed for each job, (if any) and you could be well on your way to landing that perfect sports job that you have always wanted.
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