Disorganised host community touristic-event spaces: revealing Rio’s fault lines at the 2016 Olympic Games

Duignan, Mike; McGillivray, David

doi:10.1080/02614367.2019.1633679

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“…Ancillary, or visitor-focused, spaces at mega-events are carefully planned in order to be reported or disseminated easily with the focus on 'securing dramatic moments that capture action shots of noisy, waving audiences' (Boorstin 1961, 260). Moreover, these new temporary spaces often have a commercial focus -to animate urban public spaces and deliver marketing value for event hosts and sponsors (Duignan and McGillivray 2019). This line of argument aligns with those writing about the commercialisation and privatisation of public space, processes that are accelerated by the hosting of mega sport events (Smith 2016).…”

Section: Mega-events and Public Spacementioning

confidence: 76%

The long-term implications of mega-event projects for urban public spaces

Smith

McGillivray

2020

Sport in Society

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An emerging theme within the mega-events literature is the ways they affect the provision, regulation and design of urban public spaces. Parks, streets and squares host competition venues, and are also used for supplementary occasions and facilities associated with hosting megaevents. Using examples from the London 2012 Olympic Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, this paper examines the longterm significance of mega-events for urban public spaces. The paper contends that these events can be used as 'Trojan Horses' , allowing new systems to be introduced under the cover of an event. It also emphasizes how temporary mega-events transform public spaces into venues for subsequent commercial events. Finally, the paper acknowledges more positive legacies, showing how mega-events can change how public space is imagined by users and by those responsible for managing it. Both cases highlight how events influence the ways spaces are used, designed and managed.

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Section: Mega-events and Public Spacementioning

confidence: 76%

The long-term implications of mega-event projects for urban public spaces

Smith

McGillivray

2020

Sport in Society

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“…The expenditure for these events and ancillary infrastructure now regularly exceeds USD 10 billion (Flyvbjerg, Budzier, and Lunn 2020). Streets, neighbourhoods, sometimes entire cities are transformed in the run-up to such an event (Duignan and McGillivray 2019;Gaffney 2010;Gold and Gold 2011;Hiller 2006;Poynter, Viehoff, and Li 2015). Cities and countries are in 'Olympic mode' or 'World Cup mode', for several years before the event, renovating airports and stadiums, building athlete housing and new metro lines, running preparatory events and rehearsing for those few weeks when the eyes of the world turn to them in anticipation.…”

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The mega-events database: systematising the evidence on mega-event outcomes

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Although events such as the Olympic Games and World's Fairs are among the largest of mega-projects, there is little systematic data to evaluate their outcomes over a longer period of time and across multiple sites. This research note describes the first longitudinal database on mega-event outcomes. It lays out the rationale and major goals of the database, its methodological approach and content, and its challenges and limitations. The database allows analysing larger patterns of mega-event contexts and outcomes, and helps evaluating mega-events as public policies.

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“…Before proceeding, it is worth clarifying that in extant literature, fan zones are occasionally referred to as ‘fan fests’, ‘live sites’ or ‘fan parks’ (Duignan and McGillivray, 2019; Kolyperas and Sparks, 2018). For the sake of consistency, this paper uses the term ‘fan zone’.…”

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Between security and festivity: The case of fan zones

Ludvigsen

2019

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This article investigates the multiple operational and socio-cultural roles of ‘fan zones’ at contemporary sport mega-events (SMEs) from stakeholder perspectives. Fan zones, with their giant screens, are locations for public viewing events for fans without stadium tickets. They are also popular pre- and post-match destinations for football (soccer) fans with stadium tickets. Since the mid-2000s they have become central to the hosting of mega-events. Based on qualitative pre-event documentary data and stakeholder interviews in the context of Euro 2020, this paper argues that fan zones generate both solutions and new distinct challenges related to crowd control and security, while providing spectators with social experiences and an ‘event within the event’. With its empirical findings, the article bridges an important gap in literature as limited research investigates how mega-event stakeholders perceive or experience fan zones. However, the findings also have broader implications and are particularly significant in a time wherein fan zones’ organizational and security requirements have increased in accordance with their popularity and the emergence of wider security threats.

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Disorganised host community touristic-event spaces: revealing Rio’s fault lines at the 2016 Olympic Games

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

The long-term implications of mega-event projects for urban public spaces

The long-term implications of mega-event projects for urban public spaces

The mega-events database: systematising the evidence on mega-event outcomes

Between security and festivity: The case of fan zones

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