Despite the increasing use of sport events in portfolios as a tourism place-making tool,
academic research on this phenomenon is sparse within sport management. In response …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine if sport event volunteers were inspired by
their event experience to volunteer in the future. Design/methodology/approach A postevent …

Research question It is generally agreed upon that deliberate planning is needed to achieve
pre-determined positive outcomes from sport events (ie event leveraging). There is less …

The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between intentions to try a sport after
watching an elite sport event and post-event participation, and explore the role exposure to …

The popularity of staging Olympic Games has dropped in democratic countries as a series of
failed referenda and withdrawn bids as well as protests against mega sport events have …

ABSTRACT Focusing on the London 2012 Olympics, we investigate the impact of mega-
sport events' spatial transformations on visitor mobility, local leisure consumption and …

Strategic planning of sport events should promote the maximisation of local communities'
benefits. Among other dimensions of interest to the host destination's stakeholders, given the …

Can sport mega events (SMEs) incite entrepreneurial rent-making in nations that host them?
The manuscript investigates this question using frameworks in sport event leverage and …

ABSTRACT Rationale/Purpose: This study examined long-term sport participation outcomes
of an event leveraging strategy. Design/methodology/approach: After watching elite track …

The legacy, or the lasting impacts that remain after the hosting of major events, has become
a central focus of event planning and management (Misener et al., 2013; Thomson et al …