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Hosting Global Sporting Events Advantages And Disadvantages (Sporting…
Hosting Global Sporting Events Advantages And Disadvantages
Sporting Impacts positive
The event
raises the profile
of the sport and may lead to more people participating and watching that particular sport.
New or upgraded sporting venues
are often built for the event, which leaves a positive legacy of sports facilitates.
An event can focus
attention on minority sports
, which may inspire more people to take up sport or to try a new sport.
There may be an
increase in funding
for the sports that are involved in the event.
An event would bring in an
increase in sponsorship and commercial income
for individual participants as well as as to governing bodies for each sport involved.
Sporting impacts negative
Promotes sport in short bursts only
, the current trend is a gradual decline in the number of people playing sport regularly.
Facilities used for the event can end up not being used after the event.
Future use is not always planned properly
Lesser known non-global sports can suffer.
With money and resources going towards big global events, often in one sport, other less well-known sports becoming under funded.
Sports
deviance is more likely to be highlighted
via media at global events.
Social impacts positive
More money brought into city or country
, which can be used for the local population and to support public services.
A global event can
give pride to the host nation
or city within the population. this can increase a sense of well-being and can help with 'nation building'.
There may be
improved use of sports facilitates
by local communities.
Hosting a global event can often result in
improved transport systems
.
Accommodation
and other facilities built for the event can be
used by the community
.
Social impacts negative
Only the host city gets the benefit of the new facilities
that have been built.
Only the host city gets the benefits
from the improvements in
infrastructure and transport systems
.
Local inhabitants
may have to
vacate land
being used for sports venues.
Economic impacts positive
An
increase in income
to the country involved leads to a positive economic impact.
More
jobs are created
through the building of facilities, transport infrastructure and support jobs for the event.
There is an
increase in tourism
and related economic benefits during and after the event.
There are
commercial benefits
related to goods sold in the area of the event.
Economic impacts negative
Bidding to host
is very
expensive
E.G. the failed bid for England to host the 2018 World Cup cost £21 million.
The event can
cost more
for the hosts
than it raises
, making an overall economic loss. Often costs go way over budget.
Many
jobs
that are created are
just temporary
causing the jobs to usually be exaggerated.
Political impacts positive
Individuals,
political parties
and their leaders can
gain credit
and therefore more votes if a country succeeds in their bid to host a global sport event.
Staging a global sporting event can
bring unity
to a country and a sense of purpose.
The country or city an use the vent as a
shop window
for their culture and commerce and therefore raise the country's status in the eyes of the world.
Political impacts negative
If the cost of the event is too high or goes
over budget
, then this a political disadvantage.
If
anything goes wrong
E.G. terrorism then this can be politically disadvantageous leading the blame with the politicians.