Paul Swaney from Stadium Journey talked to the club on Feb. 13, 2014.
Paul Swaney Talks to Club on February 17th, 2014.
Phil Z introduced our speaker Paul Swaney by telling us that he is an Alma college grad and spent 13 years living and working for a non-profit agency in Chicago. He and his wife Jennifer are currently living in Ann Arbor with their 6 year old son. Paul has a passion for sports and travel. By putting his two passions together he was able to create a business printing a magazine reviewing stadiums and all the things that go along with attending sporting events at them. In October of 2011 The Stadium Journal came to life.
The articles in the magazine are written in a narrative style and review the attributes of the stadium, parking, ease of access, food at the venue and in the surrounding area so that the reader can get the best value for his sports dollar. He currently has about 100 writers from all over the world contributing to his magazine. His latest articles had just come in from South Africa and Australia. The magazine also is a great way for the various teams to promote their team in a positive way. His latest venture is to include College basketball stadiums in his reviews and expand the reviews beyond the traditional sports and into even more stadiums. Some of his articles have been about the old stadiums that have gone the way of the wrecking ball such as the old Tiger stadium, Candlestick park to name a few.
His articles and reviews lead him to create a very unique cook book featuring recipes from all of the NFL teams. This cookbook has allowed Paul to indulge two more of his favorite past times which are creating and cooking new recipes and photography. For each NFL team Paul created new drinks, appetizers, and entrees. All of the photography for the cookbook was done by Paul as he was learning how to take pictures of his wonderful creations. Paul is in the process of creating another cookbook featuring recipes from College Football teams. As a parting gift, Paul presented the club with an autographed NFL cookbook to be used as a silent auction item.
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