Stadium & Events Operations Intern - Fall 2026

Job Description

The Sporting Kansas City’s Stadium and Event Operations Intern holds a temporary position within the company, emphasizing educational training and practical experience in professional sports operations.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with the Operations Team at Sporting Park to understand and execute all hosted events, gaining comprehensive knowledge of operations.
• Learn and participate in the operational logistics and execution of special events, including corporate meetings, weddings, holiday parties, and various sporting events.
• Assist with game day preparations, such as coordinating sponsorship activations, setting up premium spaces, and transitioning them at appropriate times.
• Attend department meetings to learn about organizing events and assist with game day operations like coordinating giveaways, ball kids, and Flag Kids.
• Take lead on special projects, such as inventorying game day staff equipment and managing sponsor's activation items.
• Perform rotation of office tasks, including creating plaza maps and diagrams and updating spreadsheets.
• Represent Sporting Kansas City and its related affiliates professionally at all times.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.

Personal Attributes

• Strong organizational, communications, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to organize work effectively, conceptualize and prioritize objectives, and exercise independent judgment based on organizational policies.
• Passionate about professional sports (preferably soccer), and stadium and event operations.
• Positive attitude.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong work ethic.
• Excellent leadership skills.

Skills and Experience

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree or graduate degree required.
• Completion of freshman year at a four-year, accredited college institution or enrollment in an accredited graduate program, with the ability to provide proof of internship credit toward degree completion.
• Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA based on a 4.0 scale.
• Interest and experience in competitive sports preferred.
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Calendar.

Physical Abilities

• Required to sit, stand, and walk frequently.
• Frequent stooping, bending, pulling, and pushing.
• Use hands to finger, hand, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Talk and hear consistently.
• Specific vision abilities required include distinguishing the nature of objects by using the eye.
• Will be working near moving mechanical parts.
• Normal office hours, as well as non-traditional hours for events and game days, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary.