The Athletic Business Podcast

Justin Caron of the Aquatic Design Group speaks with us on the special considerations aquatics facilities must keep in mind as they prepare to reopen.

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This week, we're speaking to Rachel Gutter, president of the WELL Building Institute about the work her team is doing to help prepare sports facilities to reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's an optimistic episode!

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Adam Bastjan of architecture firm Kahler Slater breaks down considerations for reopening campus recreation centers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

For more, read Adam's piece titled "The Importance of Collegiate Recreation in Post-COVID Education" on athleticbusiness.com.

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While businesses throughout our industries are coping with COVID-19 in different ways, collegiate recreation centers are once again being called on to provide emergency facilities to help communities cope. 

One such facility is the University of New Hampshire's Hamel Recreation Center, where Stacey Hall is running an effort to convert the facility from student recreation to overflow hospital support. 

Listen in for how UNH is handling the situation, and how collegiate recreation can prepare for a public health crisis. 

In the weeks since our last episode, the coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside-down, and the athletics, fitness and recreation industries were not left untouched.

In this episode, Andy and Jason talk about how they and the AB team is dealing with the outbreak — and ask listeners and readers to share their strategies for how to do the same. 

Things are weird right now, but we'll get through this — together.

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March M(ab)ness

On this episode we're talking about ballpark design with Populous principal and lead architect Mike Sabatini. We discuss trends for both spectators and players, how design can influence facility operations, his firm's latest ballpark project and much more.

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We're working on fresh episodes of The Athletic Business Podcast, but this week on the show we're re-broadcasting our conversation with Forward Madison FC. 

In this episode of The Athletic Business Podcast, we talk to Kuba Krzyzostaniak and Jason Klein of Forward Madison FC — the USL League One soccer team — about their successes using social media to launch a new brand. Regardless of your industry, the conversation is illuminating for those wanted to build a brand on social media from the ground up. 

Our great thanks to Kuba and Jason for joining us on this episode.

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Students coming late, leaving early or not showing up at all. Adults content to watch games from the comfort of their own homes. College football has an attendance problem. With fan attrition vexing even the most successful programs in the country, what can administrators do now and in the future to bring more people through the turnstiles on game day?  Navigate Research founder and CEO AJ Maestas joins AB senior editor Paul Steinbach on this episode of The Athletic Business Podcast to share some ideas.

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On this episode of The Athletic Business Podcast, we talk to Thad Ide, senior vice president of research and development with Riddell. 

With the focus on safety in football more intense than ever, helmet manufacturers are focused on improving their products. In this discussion, Ide shares what Ridell’s been working on, from gathering data that can help craft a better helmet to developing a platform designed to generate an individual player’s impact profile. We also discuss changes in technique and practice that can help reduce the number of head impacts.

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