needs? For example, spectators, volun- teers, VIPs, offi cials, media, etc. may all have different needs. If moving a team sport, you may need to have a dedicated set of vehicles for them. Where do buses go while they are
waiting, work with locals to plan this. Roads may be closed, police directing, traffi c management plan is a really im- portant component. Figure out who you are handling,
where you are going to put them, access how many and patterns of ingress and re- gress, round trip times, types of vehicles, will you want to use motor coaches due to the number of people or are you driv- ing in fi elds where it won’t work and will need to use mini and smaller vehicles? How are you going to use volunteers?
Can you use them to help with transportation, i.e. managing a park and ride and maximize parking areas to
get as many people to and from the sites? O’Connor also
shared some common things that are often over- looked, for instance, park- ing passes - will they be sent beforehand or are people going to print and distribute onsite? It’s also important to make sure that the security team is working with transportation and involved in ticketing entrance to manage people, inbound and outbound crowds, bar- ricades and/or snow fencing, similar to what Disney does to keep order and manage the crowds. The sporting industry is a vast and
varied world, Hecquet sums it up best, “It takes a village to run a sporting event.”
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