How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending Sept. 17, 2010.

Lindsay Meredith

• Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was in a Province story on the economic impact of the Vancouver Canucks NHL franchise. “You get city hotel business up, you get better sales in restaurants, pay parking—(and) all of that stuff is spinoffs the city can get their hands on through property tax.”
  As well: “You can understand Rogers dropping millions of dollars to get their name plastered on the arena – this will be a big payoff downstream. Sporting events are increasingly being watched on mobile technology, so the more guys that start watching those games on Rogers phones or [wireless] networks, the better off Rogers will be.” Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/LUDWV

Also in the News

• The Globe and Mail featured developer Ryan Beedie, SFU Business grad: “For me much of the motivation to make money is to give it away. Dad has a foundation but I think it should be much larger and we should do way more.” (The foundation supported the new home field of the Clan women’s softball team.)  Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/OOuwNr