711219 — Other Spectator Sports

Description

This U.S. industry comprises (1) independent athletes, such as professional or semiprofessional golfers, boxers, and race car drivers, primarily engaged in participating in live sporting or racing events before a paying audience; (2) owners of racing participants, such as cars, dogs, and horses, primarily engaged in entering them in racing events or other spectator events; and (3) establishments, such as sports trainers, primarily engaged in providing specialized services required to support participants in sports events or competitions.

Exclusions & Cross-References

• Establishments primarily engaged in operating racetracks without casinos are classified in U.S. Industry
• 711212, Racetracks;
• Establishments primarily engaged in representing or managing the careers of sports figures are classified in
• Industry 711410, Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures;
• Independent athletes engaged in providing sports instruction without participating in sporting events before
• a paying audience are classified in Industry 611620, Sports and Recreation Instruction;
• Independent athletes exclusively engaged in endorsing products or making speeches are classified in
• Industry 711510, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers;
• Establishments primarily engaged in operating off-track betting parlors or online sports betting sites are
• classified in Industry 713290, Other Gambling Industries; and
• Establishments primarily engaged in raising horses, mules, donkeys, and other equines are classified in
• Industry 112920, Horses and Other Equine Production.

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