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Department of Business Administration students participated in an overseas training program in the United States to learn full-fledged sports management atHachioji Campus

From February 24th (Tuesday) to March 9th (Monday), 2026, students from the Department of Faculty of Economics Administration, Department of Business Administration Economics, Teikyo University, visited the United States as part of the "Overseas Sports Management Training" program led by Professor Yuji Kawakami of the same department. This training program allows students to experience and feel the cutting edge of the sports business in the United States, the birthplace of the sports business, while also learning sports management from local staff and receiving language training.

The first half of the training program focused on the West Coast, including visits to San Diego State University and the University of California, Los Angeles. At San Diego State University, I participated in a Sports MBA class, learning about the American sports business model while interacting with local students. I also observed NBA (professional basketball league) and NHL (professional ice hockey league) games at Crypto.com Arena, learning about how the sports business unfolds, including game management and halftime show production. Furthermore, I visited the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, an Olympic and Paralympic training facility located in the suburbs of San Diego, where I observed state-of-the-art equipment and athlete support systems.
In the latter half of the training program, we traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, where many MLB (Major League Baseball) teams hold their spring training camps, and mainly visited the camps of the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, and San Diego Padres. We watched actual games and received lectures on the mechanisms of sports tourism, which attracts tourists from all over the United States, as well as on sports policy. In addition, we watched a college basketball game and experienced a different university sports culture from Japan, such as players who played with pride for their alma mater amidst sound and production comparable to professional games, and spectators enjoying the game while wearing college merchandise.

Through a nearly two-week training program in the United States, the world's largest sporting nation, participating students were able to gain direct experience with the specific operations of the sports business, deepening their understanding of American-style sports management models and marketing methods. This proved to be an invaluable training experience for students who aspire to work in sports management in the future, something they could not obtain solely within Japan.

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