Business class: Real Madrid strikes €360mn events deal for revamped stadium

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Specification:

• Quantitative skills, Capacity utilisation, Joint Ventures, Country assessment, Global sporting events

Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:

Real Madrid strikes €360mn events deal for revamped stadium

• Calculate the percentage change in prize money for the winner of the Champions League final compared to the club that comes second

• Assess the impact on Real Madrid of increasing its capacity utilisation by using its stadium to host concerts and events in addition to football matches

• Assess the impact of Real Madrid and Sixth Street forming a joint venture to create a new business

• Assess the impact of Legends choosing Spain as a country in which it plans to start a new business

James Laird, St Andrews Catholic School