Mega-Events, Urban Boosterism and Growth Strategies: An Analysis of the Objectives and Legitimations of the Cape Town 2004 Olympic Bid

By Harry H. Hiller. 2000

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Olympic Cities: Lessons Learned from Mega-Event Politics (2001, background): “In general, citizen participation in the process of bidding for and organizing the Olympics is minimal (but, see Hiller, 2000).”
Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications (2008, background): “Embracing principals and putting them in operation are two different things—constantly endangered by finances, time constraints and politics” (Hiller 2000:454).”
Punctuated Generosity (2013, background): “with each other within the urban field’’ (Glynn, 2008: 1118), and this coordination begins well before the event takes place (Hiller, 2000).”
The Mega-Event Syndrome: Why So Much Goes Wrong in Mega-Event Planning and What to Do About It (2015, background): “Planning for mega-events then turns into a technocratic process of delivery and democratic demands become risks that threaten to delay the planning and construction process of the event (Raco, 2014; see also Andranovich et al., 2001; Hiller, 2000).”
A Theoretical Comparison of the Economic Impact of Large and Small Events (2015, unknown): “The proposed framework also does not account for other event goals beyond economic impact that a city may pursue, for example, city branding (e.g., Jago et al., 2003) or urban regeneration (e.g., Hiller, 2000; Taks, 2013).”
The Use of an Event Portfolio in Regional Community and Tourism Development: Creating Synergy between Sport and Cultural Events (2011, background): “…one-off large-scale events have been incorporated in urban regeneration strategies (Carlsen & Taylor, 2003; Garcia, 2004; Gratton & Henry, 2001; Hiller, 2000; Roche, 2000), which sometimes also aim to influence social renewal in terms of fostering social networks and alleviating social…”
Quality of Life, Event Impacts, and Mega-Event Support among South African Residents before and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup (2013, background): “These events are also viewed as political and social mechanisms through which reconciliation, cohesion, and national pride are alleged to manifest (Hiller 2000; Waitt 2003; Zhou and Ap 2009).”
City Repositioning and Competitiveness Building in Regional Development: New Development Strategies in Guangzhou, China (2005, background): “Cities have adopted pro-growth strategies through “place marketing or promotion” (Kotler et al., 1990), “civic boosterism” (Ashworth and Voogd, 1990), prestige projects (Loftman and Nevin, 1996), or mega events (Hiller, 2000).”