International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship: Volume 22 Issue 1

Sports and urban development: an introduction

Geoff Dickson, James Jianhui Zhang

Although both sports and cities have transformed over the last century, research on the intersection of sports and urban development remains scarce. This special issue was…

Utilization of Olympic Stadiums: a conceptual stadium legacy framework

Holger Preuss, Anke Plambeck

Olympic Stadiums are expensive and large constructions. The media often report on cost overruns based on the extravagant appearance of an Olympic Stadium and the lack of its…

The Rio's transport legacy: pre- and post-Games resident perceptions

Tiago Ribeiro, Victor Almeida

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games required a significant investment in the public transport systems, connecting four city's areas and providing different types of impacts and legacies…

Sport events and community development: resident considerations and community goals

Kyriaki (Kiki) Kaplanidou

The purpose of this paper was to provide a discussion on using sport events for community development through the lenses of community development theories and perceived event…

Image congruence between sports event and host city and its impact on attitude and behavior intention

Yinghui Zhang, Euisoo Kim, Zunming Xing

Image congruence is one central metrics that significantly influences image transfer. Nevertheless, studies on impact of image congruence on consumers' attitudinal and behavioral…

Does the legacy governance of major sporting events affect urban development? The stakeholder's perspectives on the Taipei 2017 Universiade

Huei-Fu Lu, Huei-Wen Lin

Major sporting events (MSEs) have always contributed to sustainable change. Many owners and organizers of MSEs have gradually institutionalized the governance of sporting events…

Beyond “who pays?”: stadium development and urban governance

Michael T. Friedman, Adam S. Beissel

The purpose of this paper is to reframe analyses of stadium and arena subsidization policies from perspectives centered upon economic and financial issues toward a perspective…

Climate vulnerability as a catalyst for early stadium replacement

Timothy Kellison, Madeleine Orr

Severe hazards associated with climate change are threatening human settlements, thereby requiring global cities to implement comprehensive climate adaptation strategies. For…

Examination of sustainable features of stadiums as an integral part of sustainable urban development: the case of Turkey

Arif Yüce, Hakan Katırcı, Sevda Gökce Yüce

The purpose of this study is to examine the stadiums in Turkey within the scope of sustainability and evaluate their impact on sustainable urban development.

Malmö – the skateboarding city: a multi-level approach for developing and marketing a city through user-driven partnerships

Karin Book, Gustav Svanborg Edén

The purpose of this paper is to examine how skateboarding as a community, sport and cultural phenomenon can become integrated into and drive the development, branding and…

How is table tennis used to boost the development of Shanghai? Interviewing the executive director of Shanghai Table Tennis Association

Yi Zhang, Hao Dong Gu

Scholars have examined the relationship between sports and urban development and proposed to use sport programs and events as a catalyst to revitalize communities, upgrade urban…