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Legacies and Mega Events

Author : Ian Brittain,Jason Bocarro,Terri Byers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Special events
ISBN : 0367667630

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Legacies and Mega Events by Ian Brittain,Jason Bocarro,Terri Byers Pdf

The use of sporting and other mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of the raison d'être for hosting such events, especially given the immense costs involved and the current economic climate. The tax-paying public increasingly has to be persuaded of the benefits, beyond the event itself, to spend the nation's resources in this way. This edited book, written by international experts, critically explores these multiple facets of the Mega Event legacy looking at the various economic, environmental and social impacts and benefits in multiple continents. It considers topics such as volunteering, participation, economics, sponsorship, ethics and technology in relation to legacy. This timely book provides a further understanding of the legacy discourse, as well as the potential pitfalls connected to legacy in relation to mega events. Filling a gap in the literature on legacy research, Legacies and Mega Events will be of interest to events, sports, tourism, urban development students, researchers and academics.

Leveraging Mega-Event Legacies

Author : Jonathan Grix
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781315439822

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Leveraging Mega-Event Legacies by Jonathan Grix Pdf

This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. The volume is not specifically about mega-events or their management, but rather how such events act as a lens through which a number of important and critical questions about the decisions to host, the host nation, its society and the politics of culture, sport and leisure more broadly can be dealt with. In doing so this book seeks to build on, and out from initial work on (sports) mega events by acknowledging the major shift towards ‘emerging’ states awarded such events since 2006 and incorporating the latest advances in research that have taken place in recent years. For example, debates about what constitutes a ‘mega-event’, what is meant by a ‘legacy’, what is ‘soft power’ and so on are dealt with from a team of leading academics from a variety of academic disciplines. This book was previously published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.

Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events

Author : Dr Valerie Viehoff,Professor Gavin Poynter
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472440174

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Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events by Dr Valerie Viehoff,Professor Gavin Poynter Pdf

This book focuses upon the legacies sought by cities that host major sports events. It analyses how governments, the IOC and others define and measure ‘legacy’. It also focuses upon the challenges and opportunities facing future host cities of mega-events and questions what the global shift in geographical location of mega-events means for sports development and the business of sport and what are the attractions for cities seeking to harness the hosting of a mega-event, and whether there may be longer term consequences for the bidding and hosting major sporting events.

Leveraging Legacies from Sports Mega-Events

Author : J. Grix
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137371188

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Leveraging Legacies from Sports Mega-Events by J. Grix Pdf

This volume offers a panoramic and interdisciplinary view of the growing field of Sports Mega-Event studies. Contributions explore leveraging strategies and the legacies from previous sports megas (London, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver) and recent and future 'emerging' states and their hosting strategies (India, China, Qatar, Russia, Brazil).

Legacies and Mega Events

Author : Ian Brittain,Jason Bocarro,Terri Byers,Kamilla Swart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781317193326

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Legacies and Mega Events by Ian Brittain,Jason Bocarro,Terri Byers,Kamilla Swart Pdf

The use of sporting and other mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of the raison d'être for hosting such events, especially given the immense costs involved and the current economic climate. The tax-paying public increasingly has to be persuaded of the benefits, beyond the event itself, to spend the nation’s resources in this way. This edited book, written by international experts, critically explores these multiple facets of the Mega Event legacy looking at the various economic, environmental and social impacts and benefits in multiple continents. It considers topics such as volunteering, participation, economics, sponsorship, ethics and technology in relation to legacy. This timely book provides a further understanding of the legacy discourse, as well as the potential pitfalls connected to legacy in relation to mega events. Filling a gap in the literature on legacy research, Legacies and Mega Events will be of interest to events, sports, tourism, urban development students, researchers and academics.

Impacts and Legacies of Sports Events

Author : Richard Shipway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 1781903506

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Impacts and Legacies of Sports Events by Richard Shipway Pdf

This ebook examines a selection of key impacts and legacies associated with sports events. In doing so, it also investigates some prominent issues, trends and opportunities in the relationship between sport, tourism and events and how, irrespective of whether mega, leisure or community-based sports, event organisers and destination managers can tap the potential to be derived from sports events.

Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy

Author : Richard Holt,Dino Ruta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136477584

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Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy by Richard Holt,Dino Ruta Pdf

What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played? How can the vast expense of mounting such events be justified? What if there is nothing left behind or what if the legacy is negative, a costly infrastructure which is unused or a debt-ridden host city? The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy addresses perhaps the most important issue in the hosting of major contemporary sporting events: the problem of ‘legacy’. It offers a rigorous, innovative and comparative insight into this contested concept from interdisciplinary and practical perspectives. Major events must now have a conscious, credible and defined policy for legacy to meet public expectations. The book provides a comprehensive survey of the various kinds of legacy that can be delivered, as well as a close examination of the potential benefits and practical challenges involved in each. From ‘hard’ legacies, such as stadia and infrastructure, to ‘soft’ legacies including skill development, attitude change and capacity building, the book offers both a historical case study and an innovative strategic management approach, and establishes the limits of what can realistically be achieved in terms of economic, social, cultural, physical and sporting development. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy includes contributions from world leading scholars and practitioners and features detailed case studies of major sports events from around the world, including the FIFA World Cup and ten Olympics Games from London in 1908 to London 2012. It is invaluable reading for students and researchers working in sport studies, events management, human geography, economics or planning, and an essential reference for any professional engaged in delivering legacy through sport.

Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events

Author : Valerie Viehoff,Gavin Poynter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317097969

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Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events by Valerie Viehoff,Gavin Poynter Pdf

Mega-events represent an important moment in the life of a city, providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural, social, political and economic development. In the wake of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) concerns about ’gigantism’ and wider public concerns about rising costs, it was imperative in the C21st to demonstrate the long term benefits that arose for the city and nations from hosting premier sporting events. ’London 2012’ was the first to integrate the concept of legacy from the moment a bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games was being considered. London proposed an ambitious programme of urban renewal for East London. Subsequent host city bids have adopted the ’legacy narrative’ and, as this book demonstrates, aligned this to major schemes of urban development and renewal. Bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy makers, this book focuses upon the legacies sought by cities that host major sports events. It analyses how governments, the IOC and others define and measure ’legacy’. It also focuses upon the challenges and opportunities facing future host cities of mega-events, looking at their aspirations and the intended impact upon their domestic and international development. It questions what the global shift in geographical location of mega-events means for sports development and the business of sport, what the attractions are for cities seeking to harness the hosting of a mega-event, and whether there may be longer term consequences for the bidding and hosting major sporting events in the wake of the widespread social unrest that accompanied the preparations in Brazil for hosting the FIFA World Cup (2014) and the summer Olympics (2016) and in Turkey, where there was significant opposition to bid for the 2020 summer Olympiad.

Mega-Event Mobilities

Author : Noel B. Salazar,Christiane Timmerman,Johan Wets,Luana Gama Gato,Sarah Van den Broucke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315440101

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Mega-Event Mobilities by Noel B. Salazar,Christiane Timmerman,Johan Wets,Luana Gama Gato,Sarah Van den Broucke Pdf

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders. This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective. It analyses the ‘mobile construction’ of global sports mega-events and the role this plays in managing labour, imaginaries, policies and legacies. In particular, the book focuses on the tension between the various mobilities and immobilities that are implied in the process of constructing a mega-event. It seeks to uncover the ways in which an event is a series of fluid interactions that occur sequentially and simultaneously at multiple scales in diverse spheres of interaction. Contributions explore the dynamics through which mega-events occur, revealing the textures and nuance of the complex systems that sustain them, and the ways that events ramify throughout the international system.

Legacy, Sustainability and CSR at Mega Sport Events

Author : Pierre Lienhard,Holger Preuss
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658064709

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Legacy, Sustainability and CSR at Mega Sport Events by Pierre Lienhard,Holger Preuss Pdf

The UEFA European Football Championship 2008TM (EURO 2008) was the largest sports event ever organized in Switzerland. The host nations Austria and Switzerland emphasized the sustainability of the event. Through their analysis the authors argue that well-known principles of sustainability and policy were not uniformly implemented for the EURO 2008. Nonetheless, this book shows how, in Switzerland, a legacy was created through the implementation of corporate governance and social responsibility policies by UEFA, the Swiss Government and the Swiss Football Association. This book offers an unprecedented resource for sports practitioners and researchers. It provides a wealth of data based on the study of existing scholarly literature, key strategic and conceptual documents as well as exclusive interviews with high-level executives involved in the organization of EURO 2008.

Managing Sport Mega-Events

Author : Stephen Frawley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317633792

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Managing Sport Mega-Events by Stephen Frawley Pdf

Managing Sport Mega-Events explores global developments in the management of sport mega-events. Sport mega-events such as the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup have been examined from a number of academic perspectives including history, sociology, politics, urban planning and economics. What is lacking, however, is a book which identifies and evaluates the current issues and complexities faced by those charged with the responsibility of managing these sport mega-events. This book fills the gap. The book addresses three broad but interconnected themes. First, strategic matters are explored focusing on the rise of sport mega-events, the management of stakeholders and governance issues. Second, how organisers can best ensure the sustainable management of sport mega-events is considered. Third, operational matters and related issues are examined including media management, broadcast management, venue management, risk management, marketing and sponsorship management. The book draws on leading international sport management scholars, each of whom has expertise in the organisation of sport mega-events. It makes a valuable contribution to the existing literature.

International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events

Author : Wolfgang Maennig,Andrew S. Zimbalist
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780857930279

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International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events by Wolfgang Maennig,Andrew S. Zimbalist Pdf

From the Olympics to the World Cup, mega sporting events are a source of enjoyment for tens of thousands, but can also be a source of intense debate and controversy. This insightful new Handbook addresses a number of central questions, including: How are host cities selected and under what economic conditions? How are these events organized, and how is local resistance overcome? Based on historical and empirical experience, what are the pitfalls for the organizers of these events? What are the potential economic benefits, including any international image effects? How can the costs be minimized and the benefits maximized for host cities and countries? How do these mega events impact the challenges of globalization and what is their environmental legacy? Compiled and edited by two internationally renowned sports economists, the expert contributions elaborate on the specific mechanisms of the bid processes, analyse the determining factors of winning bids, and illustrate how to construct future bid campaigns. Underpinned by case studies from four continents and by theoretical considerations, the reasons for seemingly systemic cost overruns are explored and analysed, as are the effects on national and regional employment and income, property values, non-traditional economic variables (such as psychological and marketing benefits) and urban branding and transformation. The Handbook also reflects on important elements of design of the games in order to better plan, prepare and allocate resources – including, for example, sustainability issues and the use of campaigns to secure positive perceptions. This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the financing and economic impact of mega sporting events, as well as a full discussion of how host cities can maximize the benefits from their experience. As such, it will prove a fascinating read for academics, students, researchers and policymakers with an interest in economics and public sector economics generally, and more specifically, in the economics of sport.

The London Olympics and Urban Development

Author : Gavin Poynter,Valerie Viehoff,Yang Li
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317637455

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The London Olympics and Urban Development by Gavin Poynter,Valerie Viehoff,Yang Li Pdf

As London sought to use the Olympics to achieve an ambitious programme of urban renewal in the relatively socially deprived East London it attracted global attention and sparked debate. This book provides an in-depth study of the transformation of East London as a result of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Government and event organisers use legacies of urban renewal to justify hosting the world’s leading sports mega-event, this book examines and evaluates those legacies. The London Olympics and Urban Development: the mega-event city is composed of new research, conducted by academics and policy makers. It combines case study analysis with conceptual insight into the role of a sports mega-events in transforming the city. It critically assesses the narrative of legacy as a framework for legitimizing urban changes and examines the use of this framework as a means of evaluating the outcomes achieved. This book is about that process of renewal, with a focus on the period following the 2012 Games and the diverse social, political and cultural implications of London’s use of the narrative of legacy.

Mega-Events and Globalization

Author : Richard Gruneau,John Horne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317617365

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Mega-Events and Globalization by Richard Gruneau,John Horne Pdf

Since the turn of the twenty first century, there has been a trend for urban "mega events" to be awarded to cities and nations in the East and Global South. Such events have been viewed as economic stimulant as well as opportunities to promote national identity, gain greater international recognition and exercise a form of 'soft power.' However, there has also been on-going controversy about the value, impact and legacy of global mega events in these cities and nations. This book provides a critical examination of the ambition for spectacle that has emerged across the East and Global South. The chapters explore the theoretical and conceptual issues associated with mega-events and new forms of globalization, from the critical political economy of mega-events in a changing world order to the contested social and economic legacies of mega-events and the widespread opposition that increasingly accompanies these events. The book also explores questions of urban development and governance, the role of new communications technologies in global economic expansion, the high security State, and the growing global influence of international non-governmental organizations. This book offers a rich collection of original theoretical contributions and global case studies from leading international scholars from the social sciences and humanities. It offers a fresh and unique interdisciplinary perspective that synthesizes cutting edge research on mega-events and urban spectacles while simultaneously contributing to a broader understanding of the dynamics of global capitalism and international political power in the early twenty first century.

Megaevents and Modernity

Author : Maurice Roche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134729159

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Megaevents and Modernity by Maurice Roche Pdf

This analysis explores the social history and politics of mega-events from the late 19th century to the present. Through case studies of events such as the 1851 Crystal Palace Expo, the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Maurice Roche investigates the impact Expos and Olympics have had on national identities, on the marking of public time and space, and on visions of national citizenship and international society in modern times. Historical chapters deal with the production of Expos by power elites, their impacts on mass culture, and the political uses and abuses of international sport and Olympic events. Chapters also deal with the impact of Olympics on cities, the growth of Olympics as media events and the current crisis of the Olympic movement in world politics and culture.