The entrepreneurial city is no longer (only) a growth machine: recession and austerity, new
forms of financialization, and diverse experiments in urban policy have diluted local elites' …

Setting the scene Mobile mega-events such as the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup
help to put the organising cities on a global stage and to compete with other so-called global …

At a cost of often more than US $10 billion, mega-events such as the Olympic Games and
the FIFA Men's World Cup are the single most transformative urban project in many host …

Urban scholarship has begun to trouble the neat alignment of smart city governance with
urban entrepreneurialism. Starting from the proposition that states remain central in smart …

The Olympic Games and the Football World Cups are among the most expensive projects in
the world. While available theoretical explanations suggest that the revenues of mega …

In the neoliberal era, competing to host global sporting events has become a prominent
urban promotion strategy, and with a few exceptions, the scholarly focus has been on the …

Mega-events have long been used by cities as a strategy to secure global recognition and
attract future economic investment. However, while cultural mega-events like the European …

However it may be defined, urban 'development'typically implies the production of durable
legacies. Yet these legacies are often planned through contingent, temporary projects. The …

Despite mega-events being long perceived as great opportunities by urban policy makers,
several cities have recently withdrawn bids for the Olympic games. The disconnect between …

Micro and small business (MSB) interests legitimize mega-sport event (MSE) candidature
bids. Yet, MSB interests can be sidelined in the event lead up, live staging, and legacy …