Earthquake, Windstorm & Fire (& Flood):These are the top risks for sports stadiums and arenas, accordingto Ronnie Gibson, vice president, staff engineering manager andchief engineer at FM Global.

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Sports stadiums and arenas are incredible structures that can behome to one sports team or teams from two completely differentsports (i.e. Madison Square Garden in New York is home to both ahockey and basketball team — and Billy Joel). They also hostconcerts, trade shows, and conferences. With so much going oninside, many teams work with risk managers and engineers to makesure these structures are built with their specific risks inmind.

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NU-PC360 speaks with Gibson about the risks sportsstadiums face, and how his team of engineers works with riskmanagers to mitigate these threats — even before the structures arebuilt.

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