Future of Sports Pt. 1
Warriors Plus Minus: A show about the Golden State Warriors
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4.6 • 703 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In episode one of the Future of Sports series, The Athletic's Mike Smeltz looks at how the fan experience may change: how going to games, watching games at home and how memorabilia is shifting from physical to digital.
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| 1:16.3 | Welcome to our two-part series here on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 1:21.8 | I am Mike Smelts, and throughout this series, we will dive deep into the cutting edge of sports. |
| 1:26.0 | How technology is changing the way the games are being played and watched. |
| 1:28.1 | In this episode, we'll focus on the fan experience. The ticket buying process has changed from a static experience to something |
| 1:33.0 | more akin to signing up for a membership at a country club. Fans today only have two options. |
| 1:38.8 | They can buy season tickets or they can brave the Wild Wild West, which is trying to navigate resold tickets |
| 1:46.0 | from brokers and scalpers. And I think what we provide is a very unique alternative. |
| 1:51.2 | For fans at home, leagues are increasingly investing in alternative broadcasts to tailor |
| 1:56.7 | presentations for all types of fans. The tech element is huge. You know, you don't need satellite trucks |
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