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After a long flight home to Melbourne from New York I’m back at my local cafe with a much needed coffee able to look back on a very successful #sportsgeektrip.
The primary goal of the trip was to watch, assess, study both sports fans as well as sports franchises and facilities. It was great to hear how fans feel about their teams efforts on the court & field and in the domain of Sports Geek the online world.
Thanks to all the great people I met in LA, Dallas & New York, 3 great sports cities.
Thanks to those who supported the trip via Twitter, Facebook & YouTube, it was very much appreciated.
So many ideas, so stay tuned…
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I’m in Dallas now but I recorded this yesterday morning just a recap of the LA leg of #sportsgeektrip. It’s been great checking out different sports and facilities but also how teams promote themselves and their sponsors at games.
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Why leave the world’s best sporting city, Melbourne, to study sports, you might ask?
The US sports market in the biggest in the world and they lead the way in the use of technology to connect with fans. The NBA has shown themselves to be a market leader in the use of social media in sports. The NFL is a world leader in producing a premium sports television product. The NHL is embracing Twitter to connect hockey fans and help build buzz around the NHL.
Find great tech products that work in sports market
Connect with passionate sports professionals and fans
Discover what sports promotions are hitting the mark
Investigate how franchises are adapting the changing media landscape
What can the Australian sports market learn from the US sports market (and vice versa)
Along the way I’ll be keeping the trip fun by setting some challenges to achieve during the trip.
Here’s the Sports Geek Bucket List, please feel free to suggest more via the comments or @ reply on Twitter (@seancallanan). If you can help me with these tasks please get in touch.
Twitpic with a championship trophy
Meet a commissioner – NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL
Get a twitter shoutout from @The_Real_Shaq
Tour of a new or unfinished stadium
Organize a #sportsgeektweetup
Have a beer with Bill Simmons AKA “The Sports Guy”
Tweet from a College Tailgate party
Appear in a YouTube clip with a champion (NBA, NFL, MLB, or NHL)
Be interviewed on a US sports radio station
Shake hands with Chevy Chase (see my twitter avatar for why)
Where am I going? I’m going study sports in 2 of the biggest sports markets in the world Los Angeles and New York. Keep an eye on this blog as you’ll know where I’ll be and who I see.
Operation Cuban
In between I am going to stop over in Dallas. I am a huge fan of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban as he is also an unabashed “Sports Geek”. If you don’t know Mark Cuban you should his Wikipedia gives an overview but his blog (Blog Maverick) tells you much more about him. My goal is to shoot some pre-game hoops with Mark and talk sports & tech. Stay tuned to see how I go.
Keep an eye out for the #sportsgeektrip hashtag on Twitter for updates.
[UPDATE - Sports Geek Travel Schedule]
Jan 5 2010 12:00pm – Leave Melbourne, Australia
Jan 5 2010 10:00am (Groundhog day) – Arrive in Los Angeles, California
Jan 12 2010 12:30pm – Leave Los Angeles
Jan 12 2010 5:40pm – Arrive Dallas, Texas
Jan 17 2010 1:00pm – Leave Dallas
Jan 17 2010 7:30pm – Arrive New York City, New York
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