Richard Luker, president of the Leisure Intelligence Group, a sports consulting firm in East Lansing, Mich., called the failure to attract young new fans a "demographic crisis for the sports business."

Gridiron Enterprises is a sports consulting company based in Chicago, Illinois.

"Collectively, between the Paramount theater and the arena, the Garden has roughly 700 event days," said Mark Ganis, president of Sportscorp Ltd., a sports consulting firm.

His success at choosing winners catches the eye of Walter Abrams (Pacino), the slick head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the United States.

On 6 December 2012, a report published by a Brazilian sports consulting firm placed the team as the 18th most valuable national team in the world.

Thoroughbred race tracks in North America tallied 60.6 million admissions in 1990, about 9 percent more than a decade earlier, according to Christiansen/Cummings, a sports consulting firm.

"New York would be a phenomenal city for the games, but it does have some serious issues to work out," said Marc Ganis, the president of Sportscorp, a sports consulting firm.

Based in Chicago, IL, Salvi Sports Enterprises is a multi-faceted sports consulting group that provides strategic planning and consulting within the minor league sports world.

"It's the most active arena on the planet," said Mark Ganis, president of Sportscorp, a sports consulting company in Chicago.

"The TV play is where the upside is," said Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorp Ltd., a sports consulting firm in Chicago.