Title
Promoting Professional Hockey to College Students
Document Type
Student Presentation
Presentation Date
April 2016
Faculty Sponsor
Laurel Traynowicz
Abstract
College students are one of the higher-targeted demographics within the world of sports (Marovits & Smith, 2007; Williams & Erickson, 2015). However, college students are often underrepresented at professional sport games (Traynowicz & Harrison, 2015). The current study assessed college students’ awareness of local professional hockey games, and sought to understand attendance/desire to attend games as well as what would motivate college students to go to these games. Survey research was undertaken of university students in a city with a professional hockey team in order to measure awareness, attendance and motivation to attend. Findings found a relationship between college students’ awareness of the semi-professional hockey team’s existence, knowledge of sponsors’ promotions, and motivating factors to attend hockey games. Implications were drawn regarding how to involve the local team franchise in efforts to encourage greater college student attendance at professional hockey games.
Recommended Citation
Fox, Franklin; Frans, Dani; Gregory, Taylor; and Armstrong, John, "Promoting Professional Hockey to College Students" (2016). 2016 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Conference. Paper 6.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/as_16/6