Wednesday, April 25, 2012

WEDNESDAY 04/25

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 11 discussion questions 12-17 were due.
-You took Quiz #12.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 11.  Our discussion focused on peer-group security, the advantages/disadvantages to outsourcing event security, & how crowd management has changed since 9/11.

HOMEWORK:
-Greg will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read the following April 16-22 SBJ articles & answer the Discussion Questions:
A) Page 22: "Fenway Gets Saved..."
1) What stadium sparked the stadium development boom in the 1990's?
2) In the early 1990's Boston-area leaders wanted a downtown sports & entertainment complex that would contain new homes for the Red Sox & what other team?
3) What is the current name of that downtown sports & entertainment complex?
4) Plans for a "new" Fenway Park had the ballpark opening in what year?
5) How much would the ballpark have cost?
6) How was the private land that the ballpark would have been built on going to be acquired?
7) What was the name of the group of preservationists that banded together to fight the replacement of Fenway Park?
B) Page 22: "Will Sellout Streak..."
1) At the time the article was written, the Fenway Park sellout streak was at how many games?
2) The streak is the 3rd-longest in US professional sports behind what 2 teams?
3) The club has consistently referred to the streak as who's record?
4) What team has the longest sellout streak in the NBA?
5) What team has the longest sellout streak in the NHL?
6) What team has the longest sellout streak in the NFL?
C) Page 25: "What's in store..."
1) What is the name of the 6,000-square-foot club within Fenway Park that will feature many rare pieces of club memorabilia?
2) Fenway Park tours draw more than how many visitors per year?
3) Earlier this year the Red Sox & MLB produced a 7-pound coffee table book called what?
4) What did the team install in Fenway Park following the 2010 season?
5) How much did the decade of renovations cost the Red Sox?

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We continued our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 5.  Our discussion focused on undercover marketing.

HOMEWORK:
-Kylie will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer TWIF Chapter 1 discussion questions that were posted on Monday.

MN371
TODAY:
-Chapter 13 discussion questions were due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 10 by discussing objectives & strategies for pricing new products.

HOMEWORK:
-Anthony will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new textbook discussion questions.
-Answer the BUAB Chapters 13 & 14 discussion questions that were posted on Monday.  

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