Since the late 1970s, and the widely publicized debts of the Montreal Olympics in 1976, a
major feature of analysis of sports mega-events has been the gap between optimistic …

The economic benefits of hosting mega‐sporting events are often exaggerated. Ex‐ante
impact studies typically overestimate the gains and underestimate the costs involved. It is …

Supporters of mega-sporting events such as the World Cup and Olympics claim that these
events attract hoards of wealthy visitors and lead to lasting economic benefits for the host …

This paper provides an overview of the economics of sports mega-events as well as a
review of the existing literature in the field. The paper describes why boosters' ex ante …

This paper examines the hidden financial benefits that non-elite events are capable of
delivering for host cities. The paper provides examples of how mass participation (and other …

The United States is in the last throes of a sports facility construction boom. Since 1990 more
than 100 of the 122 premier level professional baseball, football, basketball and ice hockey …

As pointed out by Soonhwan Lee (2001) in a recent issue of The Sports Journal, there exists
a great deal of debate about the validity of economic impact studies on sporting events …

Grenoble taxpayers were not very happy to pay local taxes until 1992 in order to cover the
financial deficit from the 1968 Winter Games! The 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal …

Cities who host the Olympic Games must commit to significant investments in sports venues
and other infrastructure. It is commonly assumed that the scale of such and event and the …

The study of hallmark events or mega-events became an important part of tourism literature
in the 1980s. Since then, the economics of sport tourism at major sports events has become …