Event and Venue Management Exam 2 latest 2023 guide
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ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
- Signed into law in 1990 by George HW Bush
- Specifies what employers, government agencies, and facility managers must do to
ensure people with disabilities are not unfairly excluded from social life.
Anderson vs. Little League Baseball (1992)
- Little League enacted a policy that prohibited wheelchair-bound coaches from
coaching in the coaching box
- ADA states individuals with disabilities must be provided equal access to recreation
unless they pose a "direct threat"
- Little League could not prove wheelchair posed a "direct threat"
Reasonable Accommodations
- Common sense adaptation that makes a situation or facility more user friendly to a
person with a disability.
- Include 1% ADA tickets in all categories, Comparable sight lines, dispersed seating,
Ramps, Rails, Listening devices, Path of travel
Undue Hardships
If the effort to provide an accommodation would lead to major structural renovations or a
significant loss in money, the facility can avoid the change if they continue to make all
other efforts to make reasonable accommodations.
Contracts
Agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable obligations
recognizable by law.
Offer
Promise to do or refrain from doing something in the future.
Must have 4 material terms:
- Parties
- Subject
- Time and Place
- Consideration
Acceptance
Occurs when the offeree accepts the offeror's proposal. Ex. Signing a contract or paying
cash. Once an offer is rejected, it no longer exists.
Consideration
Makes the contract binding. Involves the exchange of value; one party gives up
something of value in exchange for the other party doing the same.
Capacity
The ability or power to enter into an agreement or contract. Specifically the satisfaction
of legal qualifications. Ex. Age, Soundness of mind, Intent and Specificity, Bribery
Legality
A contract must be legal for it to be binding.
Breach
, Specific obligation if contract is not met, three acceptable ways to breach a contract:
impossibility of performance, frustration of purpose, contractual impracticability
Damages
Compensatory packages or liquidated damages, court orders, specific performances
Bilateral Contract
Each party promises to perform an act on the condition that the other party will also
perform the act.
Unilateral Contract
There is not an exchange of promises, only one party promises to perform an act while
the other is not bound to accept the offer, if they do accept then the first party is
obligated to perform the act
Breach of Contract
Occurs when either party fails to comply with the terms of the agreement
Defenses
- Impossibility of performance
- Frustration of purpose
- Contractual impracticability
Remedies
Monetary damages or equitable relief
Licensing
A means to protect ownership or propreitary rights to property
Bootleggers
Those who sell non licensed goods
Independent Contractor Agreement
Hiring outside company to perform a task, organization who hired still has obligations,
but is not liable for outside company's negligence
Facility Contract
Allows contracted person to use the facility for a certain amount of time, for a set fee, for
a designated purpose
Boiler plate contract
A standard contract that can be applied to many different events
Licensing agreement
Agreement that allows someone to engage in a certain activity or to use certain property
by someone else... includes property rights like trademarks, copyrights, patents
Premises Liability
The legal responsibility that a venue owns to its spectators or venue users
Definition of Negligence
Deals with avoidable accidents that should have been anticipated or prevented by
taking certain precautions, without duty, breach, cause, and damage... there is no
negligence
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Used to determine the profit a company recieves from a product. Cost of price to seller/
price it was sold for
COGS profit
The cost of the product to the concessionaire divided by the price for which the
concessionaire sold the product.
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ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
- Signed into law in 1990 by George HW Bush
- Specifies what employers, government agencies, and facility managers must do to
ensure people with disabilities are not unfairly excluded from social life.
Anderson vs. Little League Baseball (1992)
- Little League enacted a policy that prohibited wheelchair-bound coaches from
coaching in the coaching box
- ADA states individuals with disabilities must be provided equal access to recreation
unless they pose a "direct threat"
- Little League could not prove wheelchair posed a "direct threat"
Reasonable Accommodations
- Common sense adaptation that makes a situation or facility more user friendly to a
person with a disability.
- Include 1% ADA tickets in all categories, Comparable sight lines, dispersed seating,
Ramps, Rails, Listening devices, Path of travel
Undue Hardships
If the effort to provide an accommodation would lead to major structural renovations or a
significant loss in money, the facility can avoid the change if they continue to make all
other efforts to make reasonable accommodations.
Contracts
Agreement between two or more parties that creates enforceable obligations
recognizable by law.
Offer
Promise to do or refrain from doing something in the future.
Must have 4 material terms:
- Parties
- Subject
- Time and Place
- Consideration
Acceptance
Occurs when the offeree accepts the offeror's proposal. Ex. Signing a contract or paying
cash. Once an offer is rejected, it no longer exists.
Consideration
Makes the contract binding. Involves the exchange of value; one party gives up
something of value in exchange for the other party doing the same.
Capacity
The ability or power to enter into an agreement or contract. Specifically the satisfaction
of legal qualifications. Ex. Age, Soundness of mind, Intent and Specificity, Bribery
Legality
A contract must be legal for it to be binding.
Breach
, Specific obligation if contract is not met, three acceptable ways to breach a contract:
impossibility of performance, frustration of purpose, contractual impracticability
Damages
Compensatory packages or liquidated damages, court orders, specific performances
Bilateral Contract
Each party promises to perform an act on the condition that the other party will also
perform the act.
Unilateral Contract
There is not an exchange of promises, only one party promises to perform an act while
the other is not bound to accept the offer, if they do accept then the first party is
obligated to perform the act
Breach of Contract
Occurs when either party fails to comply with the terms of the agreement
Defenses
- Impossibility of performance
- Frustration of purpose
- Contractual impracticability
Remedies
Monetary damages or equitable relief
Licensing
A means to protect ownership or propreitary rights to property
Bootleggers
Those who sell non licensed goods
Independent Contractor Agreement
Hiring outside company to perform a task, organization who hired still has obligations,
but is not liable for outside company's negligence
Facility Contract
Allows contracted person to use the facility for a certain amount of time, for a set fee, for
a designated purpose
Boiler plate contract
A standard contract that can be applied to many different events
Licensing agreement
Agreement that allows someone to engage in a certain activity or to use certain property
by someone else... includes property rights like trademarks, copyrights, patents
Premises Liability
The legal responsibility that a venue owns to its spectators or venue users
Definition of Negligence
Deals with avoidable accidents that should have been anticipated or prevented by
taking certain precautions, without duty, breach, cause, and damage... there is no
negligence
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Used to determine the profit a company recieves from a product. Cost of price to seller/
price it was sold for
COGS profit
The cost of the product to the concessionaire divided by the price for which the
concessionaire sold the product.
