Mega-Events: The effect of the world’s biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies

By Victor A. Matheson. 2006

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• The Mega-Event Syndrome: Why So Much Goes Wrong in Mega-Event Planning and What to Do About It (2015, background): “…the 2015 Olympic Games, promised that hosting the event would create 315,000 new jobs, a forecast more than four times the estimate for the Olympics in Atlanta (GA) in 1996 and dismissed as crazy by sports economist Victor Matheson (quoted in Pletz, 2009; see also Eisinger, 2000; Matheson, 2008).”
• A Theoretical Comparison of the Economic Impact of Large and Small Events (2015, unknown): “While smaller events may generate limited economic activity, their outcomes and net benefits for the local community might actually be more positive (Matheson, 2006b; Seaman, 2004).”