Assume your home community is looking to attract sporting events.

1. What benefits would your community gain by hosting sporting events?
2. What does your community have to offer that would be attractive to event looking for a host location?
3. What information would you include in a bid document to illustrate that your location is competitive with other locations?

Go to a sporting commissions website and look at the events they are hosting.

1. What types of events does that community attract?
2. What resources does the sports commission or the community possess that makes its attractive to events?

Find and examine an event that is up for bid, and evaluate their bid procedures.

1. What are the key elements of a bid?
2. What do you think would be the key issues the organization would focus on in determining who would win the bid?