Hosting global sporting events

Question 1

What can hosting a global sporting event have a positive or negative impact on?

There are four

Answer 1

1. Sport
2. Social
3. Economic
4. Political

Question 2

What are the positive effects of hosting a global sporting event on sport?

Answer 2

• Increased participation - e.g. wheel chair rugby
• Increased funding
• Better facilities - e.g. london velodrome
• Increased profile - more opportunities for media and sponsership

Question 3

What are the negative effects of hosting a global sporting event on sport?

Answer 3

• Potentially negative media profile
• Increased reliance on funding - withdrawal of funding after
• Increase preasure on athletes
• Facilities get limited use after event
• Only a short term increase in participation

Question 4

What are the positive effects of hosting a global sporting event on society?

Answer 4

• Improved infrastructure
  ~ Transport - roads, buses, rail
  ~ Housing - e.g. olympic village
• More facilities
• Increased funding - regeneration
• Nation building - pride in community

Question 5

What are the negative effects of hosting a global sporting event on society?

Answer 5

• Increased disruption
  ~ Overcrowding
  ~ Increased pollution
  ~ Increased demand on facillities
• Focus only on host city
• Destruction of historic areas
• Displacement of local communities

Question 6

What are the positive effects of hosting a global sporting event on the economy?

Answer 6

• Increased tourism
  ~ Large short term effect
  ~ Long term tourism publicity
• Increased employment
  ~ Lead up to games - building infrastructure
• Increased foriegn investment
  ~ Shop window effect

Question 7

What are the negative effects of hosting a global sporting event on the economy?

Answer 7

• Expensive bidding process - e.g. 2018 world cup £21 million
• Expensive event costs - billions
• Benefits are only short term

Question 8

What are the positive effects of hosting a global sporting event politically?

Answer 8

• Increased political popularity
  ~ Reflected glory
• Shop window effects
  ~ Increased status in the eyes of the world
• Nation building
  ~ Social sense of wellbeing

Question 9

What are the negative effects of hosting a global sporting event politically?

Answer 9

• Anger at spending costs
• Olympic scandals
  ~ Sporting
• Reflected failure
• Terrorism
• Enviromental costs
• Political protests
• Failed legacy