2024年1月31日

照片中: 前排左起:瑞安·苏迈博士. 蒂芙尼Demiris, Hayden Watt, Thomas Gaughan. Back row: Connor Raine, Charles Hilmey, Aliyah Giudice, Ella Smith. Students missing from the photo are Aidan Swayze (shown on cell phone) and Matteo D'Andrea.

在全球网赌十大网站’s Sport Management Club last spring, as students were tossing out lofty ideas and setting their agenda for the academic year, 有人建议他们去看超级碗.

“它几乎是以一种开玩笑的方式被提起的，”他说. 蒂芙尼Demiris, an assistant professor of sport management in the School of Business, 俱乐部顾问. “And it was a little funny to me at the time because everyone had all these ideas about what it would be like, yet I was the only person in the room who had actually worked a Super Bowl.”
 
But never underestimate the power of student enthusiasm, 的决心, 努力工作, 尤其是当你遇到一些意外的惊喜时.

几个月后, 当时德米里斯正在参加会议, a colleague from another university mentioned he was taking students to the Super Bowl to work at the Toyota-sponsored Super Bowl Experience, four days of fan-fun activities leading up to the game, 他给了德米里斯一个活动的联系人.

“他们不接受新的大学，”她说. “然而, since our program is in a business school and I had actually worked a Super Bowl and knew the level of commitment it would entail, 他们最终给了我一个位置.”

所以在2月10日星期六. 3, Demiris and nine SBU students will fly out of Buffalo for a 10-day stay in Las Vegas, 他们将在哪里工作超级碗LVII. The students were selected based on their level of involvement in the club and their academic record.

Turning the Super Bowl dream into reality was no small task, 最大的挑战是筹集20美元,为这次旅行筹措经费. It was important to Demiris that money not be an obstacle to students wanting to participate. “成长, I was the poor kid who couldn’t always afford to do things, 我不想让任何人陷入那样的境地,”她说。.

来圣之前. 博纳旺蒂尔, Demiris had 15 years of experience in food service management, 包括担任特拉华北方公司的经理, which runs concessions at the Buffalo Bills’ Highmark Stadium. 她还为特拉华州北部工作过超级碗XLVII. The connection opened the door for 博纳旺蒂尔 students to earn money as concession stand workers at Buffalo Bills games this past season.

Students worked as many games as they could to offset the cost of the Super Bowl trip. One earned enough to defray their cost entirely, and the most any student will pay is $750. “I’m very proud of the fact that I can take nine students to Las Vegas for 10 days and no one is paying more than $750,德米里斯说.

The SBU contingent’s week will begin with training sessions followed by assignments to various guest services roles. “我们将做很多事情. We get to work the Media Day event and then the Toyota fan experience,德米里斯说, noting their exact roles won’t be known until they get there. They’ll even work through the first half of the game itself. 

Participating students include sophomores Aliyah Giudice from Ontario, 纽约, 布法罗的查尔斯·希尔米, 纽约, 还有来自布罗克波特的海登·瓦特, 纽约; juniors Matteo D’Andrea from Manalapan, 新泽西, 来自鲍德温维尔的托马斯·高恩, 纽约, 希尔斯伯勒的艾拉·史密斯, 俄勒冈州, 还有斯宾塞的艾登·斯威兹, 纽约; and seniors Ryan Surmay from Cranford, 新泽西, 还有格兰德岛的康纳·雷恩, 纽约.

Raine said the group is looking forward to the upcoming journey and experience. 

“The opportunity to take a trip to the first-ever Super Bowl in Las Vegas and to work behind the scenes as an on-campus staff member for various events such as opening night, 超级碗体验, and the game day itself is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,他说. “除了, we will be furthering our knowledge of the sport industry by attending a Las Vegas Golden Nights Game, known for being one of the best fan entertainment venues in the NHL.”

Demiris can’t think of a better, more exciting learning opportunity for the students.

“This is an immersive experience at the number one domestic sporting event of the year,”她说。. “It will allow students to see the logistics of putting on the Super Bowl while working in a fan support role to help attendees have the best experience possible. We will be working multiple different types of events with varying hours and lengths of shift. This is exactly what it will be like to work within the industry and it offers valuable insight into the students’ futures as sport managers. The students get paid for their work and get to put this on their resumes.”

There is also a networking event at which students will meet with other sport management students from across the country and with industry representatives.

Demiris said she is grateful for the support students received from the campus community. Rob DeFazio, associate dean for Student Life and director of the Center for 活动, 娱乐 & 领导, 帮助预订机票和酒店房间, and the Jandoli School of Communication provided logistical help. The school has helped send students with campus radio station WSBU 88.3 FM The Buzz to the Super Bowl’s Radio Row for a number of years.

“This is a great opportunity for our students to get hands-on experience in the largest spectacle that takes place each year in the U.S.德法齐奥说. “Tiffany has done a tremendous job bringing our students this opportunity. 我很高兴听到他们的经历.”

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