Services Overview

SFA provides services to new and existing sport and recreation center operators. Our services fall into 4 main categories (Plan, Open, Manage, Optimize) which encompass business plans, feasibility studies, economic impact studies, funding support, staff recruitment and development, marketing, management systems, and asset management services for sport and recreation centers. Below you’ll find an overview of the services offered during each phase. For more detailed descriptions of SFA’s offerings, select your stage of development: new or existing.

Planning services for new centers

During the planning and design stage, SFA provides strategic planning, design consultation, market research, feasibility studies, economic impact studies, financial forecasts, start-up cost estimates, funding support, program recommendations, and management expertise.

Manage and operate your new or existing facility with proven systems

Facility management begins with clear program and financial goals. SFA’s sport facility management and recreation center management services include budgeting, operations manuals, financial performance oversight, marketing, senior management recruitment and training, revenue enhancement programs, and a suite of long-term sports asset management programs.

Optimize or turn around your existing sports facility or recreation center

For existing facility owners and recreation center operators, SFA offers a suite of services to address your most important strategic opportunities and your biggest challenges. Our optimization programs and turn-around services include facility performance audits, re-forecasting, employee and senior leader appraisals and training, revenue growth, and

program expansion.

To learn more, select your stage of operation:

• We want to plan and open a new facility.
• We want management and optimization services for an existing operation.