Consumer Behavior Knowledge for Effective Sports and Event Marketing

"This book adds to our understanding of the complex world in which the sports consumer resides. The diversity of the topics explored, the up- to -date data and issues described, and the expertise of the editors and authors are key features of this volume."- Gregg Bennett, Sports Management, Texas A&M, USA

"The understanding of sport consumer behavior has become key to marketing sport and to examining what makes sport special to those who play and those who watch. This book provides detailed overviews and insightful syntheses. It is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how and why consumers build sport into their lives."- Laurence Chalip, Sport Management Program, University of Texas at Austin, USA

"Consumer Behavior Knowledge for Effective Sports and Event Marketing is a unique volume that provides both sports marketing academicians and practitioners with cutting edge ideas that they will find to be very beneficial. This volume will provide academicians with excellent reviews of current knowledge, and perhaps more importantly, food for thought in the development of new sports marketing research ideas and priorities. At the same time, practitioners will gather insights from this volume that they will be able to apply to the decisions they make on a day to day basis, as well as their critical longer term strategic decisions." - Scott Kelley, Director, University of Kentucky Center for Sports Marketing; and Professor of Marketing, Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky, USA

"In my 19 years as head basketball coach at UNLV, I witnessed the value of understanding consumer behavior to improve our sports program and brand. Building a sports brand via engaging events entails understanding emotion, psychology, and relationships. This book employs tested theories to give managers connection with the community." - Jerry Tarkanian, "Tark the Shark", NCAA Div. I National Basketball Champion Head Coach, 1990

"In this book, Kahle and Close bring together conceptual and theoretical insights, along with the results of empirical research to illuminate a myriad of dimensions of consumer, behavior in sport and events….As a whole, this book reflects the core ideas:..to influence consumer behavior in terms of time, money and emotional attachment to brands and products, one must first understand the behavior -whether within the arena of sports and sporting events (as here) ….or beyond it in the broader world of marketing." - from Foreword by Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School, USA