Relocated

= Relocated = Move or Create your Own Team!

Assignment:
Ever hear of the Harford Whalers, the Quebec Nordiques, the Los Angeles Rams, or the Montreal Expose? Probably not, but at one time each one of these cities supported one of the professional sports teams listed. **Your assignment will be to either relocate or start a new professional sports franchise in a location and sport of your choice. Bottom line, your job is to convince a board of league officials (your classmates) that this is a good idea.**

This project is multi faceted and you will have to bring in information from several different areas including: geography, economics, demographics, and advertising. You DO NOT need to know anything about sports to complete this assignment. You only need to exercise common sense and be able to figure out if your city is a viable candidate for a professional sports team. At the end of all presentations the class will vote to see which city/team would be the most viable candidate for a new/relocated team.

In groups or by yourself, you will present your final project in the form of a portfolio and an e-portfolio.

Rubric:

Tasks:
To complete this project you must retrieve the following information: >> What will your team have to compete with?
 * Choose a city located anywhere in the world to locate a sports team.
 * Is there a specific reason you chose that location?
 * Compare your city to other cities in that league and determine if you city has the population to support your team.
 * Create a chart to compare the population of each city of your league
 * Does your city have the economic base to support your team?
 * What is the average income?
 * What is the major industry of your city?
 * What are the closest teams in your league?
 * Is your city located in a market already dominated by another team?
 * Is there any other entertainment or things of that nature that will detract from your attendance (ie you’re located near a beach)

Product:
Your portfolio must contain all of the following:


 * A chart comparing the populations, median household income, season ticket price, and stadium size of your team and the other teams and your league.
 * This should demonstrate that your city could support your team.
 * A map showing the following information:
 * Closest teams
 * Which existing conference you would best fit into
 * The furthest distance your team will have to travel in the league
 * Advertising Campaign
 * This could be a team website
 * Team posters
 * How will you attract fan to follow your team?
 * Specials on season tickets?
 * How will you convince people to follow your team?
 * Team Uniforms
 * Choose a color scheme
 * Choose a mascot
 * Must make geographic/regional sense
 * Create your own uniforms

Resources:
Anything you need to create something for your portfolio can be found here: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Great tool to make an e-portfolio: http://www.livebinders.com/#

Good website for creating a jersey (there are others): http://www.jerseyrack.com/creative_studio/