American Sports As A Target of Terrorism: The Duty of Care After September 11th.

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American Sports As A Target of Terrorism: The Duty of Care After September 11th.

Article by: Ron Hurst, Paul Zoubek and Catherine Pratsinakis

I. Introduction

The American sports industry responded quickly and decisively in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As the nation mourned, sports leagues, teams and venue operators postponed games. Giants Stadium was turned into a staging ground for volunteers and supplies for rescue workers at Ground Zero. With President BushAEs call for the nation to get back to business, the American sports industry worked tirelessly to enhance security at events and venues throughout the country before resuming play. Working cooperatively with government officials, law enforcement, the military and security experts, leagues, teams and venue operators conducted threat and vulnerability assessments and took aggressive actions to "harden" or protect their "assets" - the athletes, the spectators and the venues. Extraordinary efforts were employed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympics to prevent further acts of terrorism, all with great success, all with enormous price tags. It is estimated by way of example, that security at the Winter Olympics in Utah cost $310 million. Steve Woodward, Street & SmithAEs Sports Business Journal, Security Effort is Always Olympic Event, Vol. 4, Issue 42, at 1, 23 (Feb. 4-10,...

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