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Copa America 2007
 With only three years separating CONMEBOL’s official award of the from the first ball being kicked, Football Business explores a remarkable construction and infrastructure project, and examines the commercial impact the tournament will have on a country where a vast number of people still live in poverty. By RICHARD EWING, in Caracus
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The new NOKIA E-SERIES devices  We all know there’s more to life than business. You need your phone to provide the very best office features – but you also want it to give you something more. Recognizing this need, Nokia has combined three top of the range enterprise devices with a little something extra, for life in the office and out. After all, business doesn’t have to be boring
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TERRAPLAS: proven protection A case study on Terraflor, at the Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
In pursuit of eliminating the stress and anxiety that might be felt by sports venue managers and event organisers (not to mention groundsmen), the premise has been on companies at the cutting edge of pitch protection to develop comprehensive, efficient, yet highly-versatile systems that ensure that pitch-level events don’t translate into ground-level damage.
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SHOW me the money  The advent of the premiership brought with it a new dawn of business and sports commercialism in the UK. With its impact on the game spreading unrelentingly across Europe and the rest of the world, James Evans talks to arguably the UK’s laeding sponsorship lawyer, Andy Korman.
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Own GOALS? Football Business speaks to Keith Harris, Executive Chairman of Seymor Pierce, a former Head of the Football League , on the board at Wembley National Stadium Ltd, and widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on ownership and its potential implications on the game of football.
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More than a PITCH When Arsenal locked the gates on their Highbury Stadium for the last time on May 7th 2006, they left behind a landmark to English and European football. James Evans meets the Emirates Stadium Head of Hospitality Steve Brice and hears how the gunners are exploiting the commercial potential of their new home.
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feature - VIZRT UNLOCKING YOUR CLUB’S HERITAGE:
New paths to profit
 Martin Burkhalter is Managing Director
of ‘Vizrt Sports’, the world’s leading provider of real -time 2D and 3D broadcast graphics and media asset management systems. Here, Martin writes exclusively for Football Business magazine about the technological advances that can enable our clubs to convert sporting history into modern-day profitability
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Football Business Summer Edition This issue includes: English Football Association CEO Brian Barwick tells us why there is so much to be optimistic about across football and business. Insight into this season's key issues of ownership and broadcast, courtesy of Keith Harris and Dan Jones, while UEFA’s William Gaillard presents his vision for Europe's governing body. Sponsorship expert Andy Korman gets to the heart of football’s fiery climb through commercial and promotional awareness…
PLAIN SAILING: solving accommodation shortages  With accommodation always limited at major sports events, floating hotels are seen as the smart alternative.
Floating Hotel AB is leading the way as Andreas Larsson and Richard Aldhous discover
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From humble BEGINNINGS
Speaking to Riedel Communications’ Rental Director, Marc Schneider, it is not difficult to see how a company that formed 20 years ago with a stock base that comprised just four radios, has grown to become one of the world’s leading providers of digital intercom systems at sports events as varied as the football World Cup and the Asian Games
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What's In A Name?  Why should clubs stop at shirt sponsors and stadium deals, as business begins to consider how long it might be before other clubs choose to grasp the obvious commercial and promotional angles that partnering themselves with big business can present? Chris Green reports
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