Rupp Arena

Growing up in Kentucky, a love for Kentucky basketball comes naturally. Will Davis has been a die-hard fan since he was just a baby. He loved Kentucky basketball more than anything, it was his life. Nothing made him happier than Kentucky winning, and nothing hurt him worse when they lost. He watched every game with his dad. When he was just a young boy, he vowed that he would one day wear those eight letters across his chest and play in front of the 23,000 rowdy Kentucky fanatics in Rupp Arena. Not many people work as hard as Will does, his work ethic is practically unmatched. Even as a kid playing little league basketball, he practiced every practice like it was his last and played every game like it was his last game. Day in and day out he left it all on the court. Will’s father, Steve instilled this work ethic in him since day one. Steve was a pretty good basketball player himself. He never played college, but he excelled at the high school level. Steve and Wil both shared the same dream, to play at the University of Kentucky. It didn’t work out for Steve, so he decided he’d do everything in his power to help his son reach that elite…

city’s urban community and its arena is correlated to their economic and political power (Schimmel, 2006, p.161,) of that city and its sports team(s). This article has practical importance because this article brings awareness to broad audiences that the addition or renovations of sports stadiums can be beneficial for a city; nevertheless, it is more beneficial for those within the affluent communities while it has dire and costly consequences for those living in the surrounding urban…

Shakespeare establishes an outsider in several of his plays, and whether certain groups are considered to be “in” or “out”. The displays this theme by Othello being a general of color living in Venice that has to balance out being a moor and a Venetian. Othello shows various times in the play signs of difficulties that he has while he tries to balance those two things out. He is put into situations that call out characteristics from both personas that affect the way he communicates with various…

The outcomes of being untrue are always the same. In “The Glass Tower” by Reinaldo Arenas, Alfredo, the main character, escapes his native country and currently lives in Miami. Tirelessly he goes to endless parties in his honor while being unable to write a story involving characters that beg him to write them down. Alfredo attends a big party where his characters, floating in his head, appear to come alive and do as they please. Alfredo’s identity is lacking and ungenuine due to his struggle…

Now Those Are Some Expensive Socks Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He also owns a plethora of businesses such as Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures. As a personality, he is likely best known for his role as an investor on the television show "Shark Tank." Cuban is also a multi-billionaire and can buy pretty much whatever he wants. Even so, $250,000 is a lot to spend on socks. To be fair, the investment was not for a single pair of high-end golden footies, but for a 20…

Reinaldo Arenas, author of Before Night Falls, portrays the political, social, and intellectual struggles he had to endure both in Cuba and in the United States. As a teenager in Holguín, Arenas experienced how the current political activity in Fidel Castro’s attempt to overthrow Fulgencio Batista affected their Christmas. Arenas declares although he loved to hear his grandfather mention the topic of Christmas, in 1957, he did not mention it. Arenas discusses that, “[i]t was only the ‘the Bloody…

On October 31st of this year, at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin, two teams will be competing against one another as a horde of at least seventeen thousand spectators rally from across the globe to support their respective teams. What could they be going to see you ask? Only what can be arguably seen as the largest e-sport event of the year, the League of Legends World Championship finals. E-sports have finally come to a point where they’re not something to be taken lightly or scoffed at the…

experience at the Quicken Loans Arena was amazing I was extremely honored to get the opportunity to work as an intern for this organization since I already work at this organization as a GSR Ticket Taker. It really was a great experience for me and I can say thank you to the Quicken Loans Arena for allowing me to have this incredible experience. Organization Overview The Quicken Loans Arena, originally known as "The Q", is a multi-purpose arena downtown in Cleveland, Ohio, The building is the…

basketball game with a group of teens and each of the players are wearing the Nike basketball shoes to continue the advertising. At the end of the day, they finish up their route at LeBron’s house and LeBron says, “Cool guys, tomorrow.” At the start of the second advertisement, LeBron James walks into the Quicken Loans Arena before the start of a Cavaliers game. The audience is screaming and cheering for LeBron while a quick shot of his Nike basketball shoes is shown. LeBron says to his team,“we…

inside techniques of executive managers in charge of planning special events. To determine these techniques, this report will answer the following three questions: 1. What different branding methods are used by real-world executives to advertise their special event, and to maximize the success of their event? 2. What different types of social media do executives use to broadcast their special event? 3. What are some different ways that executives communicate between each other to plan and…