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An International Approach
Guy Masterman
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First published 2004
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Typeset by Charon Tec Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bounded in Great Britain Contents
List of figures and tables ix List of Event management boxes xi List of Case studies xiii Glossary of terms xv Acknowledgements xix An introduction 1 1 The sports events industry 7 Introduction 8 Historical perspective 8 Importance of sports events 11 Scale of the industry 13 Structures 17 Participants 21 The discipline of event management 23 Event managers 24 The future 24 Summary 25 Questions 26 References 26 2 Event organizations 28 Introduction 29 International sport 29 Event owners and organizers 39 Summary 42 Questions 43 References 43 3 The sports event planning process 45 Introduction 46 A new approach to the event planning process 47 Staged process 48 Summary 63 Questions 64 References 64
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4 Impacts and legacies 67 Introduction 68 Land regeneration 69 Facilities and services 70 Social regeneration 73 Political development 74 Cultural development 76 Sports development 77 Environmental development 78 Economic development 79 Tourism 80 Summary 84 Questions 85 References 85
5 Financial planning and control 89 Introduction 90 Event feasibility 90 Financial planning 90 Budgeting 92 Financial control 96 Financial risk management 98 Summary 99 Questions 99 Recommended reading 100
6 Event revenue maximization 101 Introduction 102 Revenue planning 102 Summary 115 Questions 116 References 116
7 The bidding process 118 Introduction 119 The bid process 119 The Olympic Games bidding process 121 Key bid components and criteria 125 Losing bids/winning strategies 130 Summary 132 Questions 132 References 133
8 Event implementation 135 Introduction 136 Event implementation 136 Long-term planning 144 Summary 146 Questions 146 References 146