Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) Introduction Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) GSI REPORT 2018 Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form PUBLISHED MAY 2018 or by any means, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature, without prior written BY SPORTCAL GLOBAL permission, except for permitted fair dealing under the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988. COMMUNICATIONS LTD Application for permission for use of copyright material including permission to Publisher/Editor reproduce extracts in other published works shall be made to Sportcal Global Mike Laflin Communications Ltd. Full acknowledgement of Sportcal Global Communications Ltd must be given. 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All Rights Reserved 3 Introduction Introduction Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) GLOBAL SPORTS IMPACT REPORT 2018 (EVENT HOSTING & BIDDING) Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 06 5 EVENT ANALYSIS 100 2 THE GLOBAL SPORTS IMPACT PROJECT 10 Overview 102 What is the GSI Project? 12 A-Z by sport (80 events) 104 The history of GSI 14 - Multisport games (6 events) The GSI methodology 18 - World championships (72 events) GSI Event Studies Programme 2017-2020 20 - Continental championships (2 events) GSI Partnership Programme 2018-2020 24 GSI Event Index 2017 184 3 EVENT HOSTING AND BIDDING 26 6 CONCLUSIONS 190 Trends in hosting rights for sports events in 2017 28 7 CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 194 Event hosting in 2017 32 8 SPORTS & EVENTS 198 Event bidding in 2017 42 9 TABLES & CHARTS 204 4 GSI NATIONS AND CITIES INDEX 58 GSI Nations and Cities Index Overview 60 GSI Nations Index 2018 61 GSI Cities Index 2018 70 4 © and database right 2018 Sportcal Global Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved © and database right 2018 Sportcal Global Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved 5 Introduction Introduction Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) Introduction Welcome to the Event Hosting & Bidding volume of the It also helps event owners and organisers understand more Global Sports Impact Report 2018, also known as Global about the holistic impact of their events and compare how Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) their events are performing against others, and how they might improve their performance in the future. Now in its fourth year, the GSI Report 2018 comes in several smaller volumes, providing a greater level of detail and In this volume of the GSI Report 2018, 12 events that feature, analysis in order to better explain the specific impacts of sport. had a GSI Event Study commissioned by the event owner, the event organiser or the host city, with the goal of better Future volumes will align to the key themes and pillars used in evaluating the wide-ranging impacts of their respective events. the GSI Project to analyse the impact of sport. Last year also witnessed several landmarks in the bidding The Event Hosting & Bidding volume is the first to be process for sporting events. For the first time ever, two produced in 2018. It focuses on: the hosts of 2017 events; Olympic Games were awarded at the same IOC session when the winners of event bidding processes in 2017; and the 2018 Paris and Los Angeles were awarded the 2024 and 2028 edition of the GSI Nations & Cities Index, which exclusively summer Olympics, respectively. appears here. In total, there were 73 events within the GSI scope that were Written analysis in this volume sheds light on present day awarded to 39 nations in 2017, with 80 cities confirmed as problems faced by event owners and host cities in the lead-up hosts as of March 2018. to events, as well as snapshots of some of the most high- profile bidding processes to conclude during the year. France and Paris were found to be the leading nation and city respectively in GSI’s Bidding Index 2017, marking the first time A total of 80 events are featured in the GSI Report 2018, 10 in the history of the GSI Report that a nation and its capital more than were analysed in the GSI Report 2017. topped the GSI Bidding Nations Index and the GSI Bidding Cities Index in the same year. The 80 events took place across 123 different cities in 39 nations. The GSI Report 2018 also sees the latest edition of the GSI Nations and Cities Indices published in full exclusively in There are 72 world championships showcased, as well as six this report. multisport games and two continental championships. Announced in April 2018, the Indices feature 587 cities from It was found that USA was the leading host nation of 2017, 88 nations, with 683 events across 155 categories in 81 sports staging seven events individually, and co-hosting one more, analysed, including summer and winter Olympic sports and just ahead of Germany and France. The French capital Paris Olympic ‘recognised’ sports. was crowned the leading hosting city of 2017. USA was once again named the number one Global Sports All of these events are individually analysed in a standardised Nation, while Tokyo, Japan usurped London, UK to become format within the Event Analysis chapter, based on an the number one Global Sports City. increased spectrum of indicators than in the previous three editions of the GSI Report. Each event analysis contains data indicators covering the four core modules of the GSI Project – 1) Economic & Tourism; 2) Media & Sponsorship; 3) Social & Sustainability; 4) Sporting – as well as key event details and hosting patterns. These pages allow a like-for-like comparison between events, and between multiple editions of the same event. This information is invaluable to potential host cities and nations looking to attract major sporting events. 8 © and database right 2018 Sportcal Global Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved © and database right 2018 Sportcal Global Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved 9 The GSI Project The GSI Project Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) Global Sports Impact Report 2018 (Event Hosting & Bidding) GSI: A quick guide The Global Sports Impact Project Working with a wide variety of stakeholders and experts worldwide, A methodology to measure the holistic impact of events, and a standard to GSI PROJECT through its Global Sports Impact (GSI) Project, Sportcal has developed capture the narrative. a methodology to measure the holistic impact of events and a The principles and structure by which the GSI Project assesses the holistic GSI METHODOLOGY impact of events. standard to capture the narrative coming from these events to produce The core elements that are used to analyse the impact of sports events. The comprehensive and informative analysis and insight for the sports industry. GSI PILLARS impact across each pillar is based on drivers, which in turn are formed from quantitative and qualitative data known as indicators. The GSI Project aims to advance our understanding of the wide- The project also aims to understand more about the general The GSI Project’s annual publication, which analyses and benchmarks major GSI REPORT ranging impacts that sport has on our global society. It aims to impacts of sport and how sport is used to drive social change events and their impacts. promote a more holistic understanding of the benefits of sports and education, as well as how events incorporate sustainability events and to create standard ways in which these impacts can in their strategy and operations. In addition, the project strives A points score attributed to a single event, calculated using the GSI Meth- be identified, measured and analysed. to create a unique forum to promote discussion around the GSI EVENT RATING odology, drawing inputs from the event’s raw data across key impact pillars. positive and negative impacts of sport. This will enable cities and nations to make better decisions GSI EVENTS INDEX Ranked list of events in any given year or cycle by their GSI Event Rating. about which events to bid for; sports federations and rights A range of services have also been developed through the GSI owners to better promote their events to potential bidders, Project, including a knowledge-sharing portal aimed at helping Ranked list of nations across a given period, by the cumulative score of the institutional backers and commercial partners; and provide a stakeholders capture information about their events, analyse the GSI NATIONS INDEX events that nation has hosted. benchmark against which stakeholders will be able to assess the data, and benchmark against other events, nations and cities. impacts of their events in terms of preparation, staging and legacy. Ranked list of cities across a given period, by the cumulative score of the GSI CITIES INDEX events that city has hosted.