(Department of Logistics Management,South China Normal University,uangzhou 510631,China) Abstract: Revenue management is a real time pricing strategy, in which an appropriately product is sold to an ap-propriate customer at an appropriate price at an appropriately time, thus revenue maximization is realized. Aiming at such existing conditions as low venue utilization rate and improper venue operation, the author, from the perspective of revenue management optimization theories, considered that the characteristics of revenue management applicable to venues include non-storable, capacity relatively fixed, reservation available and big demand fluctuation, expati-ated on that strategies for specific application of revenue management in venue operation include customer classifi-cation, demand prediction, above quota reservation, pricing and optimization control, and lastly put forward that for the application of revenue management in venue operation attention should be paid to such issues as system restric-tion, ideological obstruction, applicable venue management information systems, historical data accumulation, and above quota sale. Key words: sports sociology;sports venue;revenue management |