sports industry

Over the last few years, the Sport Illustrated Sportsman of the Year was a simple choice, albeit uninspiring, but this year everyone is talking about the new 2010 Sportsman of the Year, Drew Brees. Not only a star quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, bringing them out of NFL obscurity by leading them to Super [...]

In the wake of the huge success following the Fifa 2010 World Cup, South Africa is ready to take on bigger and better things, and are talking about putting in a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games. Gideon Sam, the president of the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee confirmed that South Africa would [...]

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 [...]

With the 2010 Winter Olympics opening on Friday in Vancouver, it is a time for reflection over the last 8 years and a celebration of the new Games. Many sports jobs, retail jobs, constriction jobs, stadium jobs, and more have been created during this time and it is hoped that this will continue long after [...]