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Assignment on London 2012 Summer Olympics

   

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Running head: LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS Critically Analyzing the Impact of Socio-Cultural Legacies on Major Sports Events[London 2012 Olympics]Name of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1LONDON 2012 OLYMPICSTable of ContentsIntroduction:................................................................................................................................................2An overview of key terms and concepts:.....................................................................................................2Any pertinent contextual or historical information (i.e., key developments in the application andmeasurement of legacy initiatives, introduction of ISO20121, etc.):...........................................................3An overview of key issues associated with your chosen topic, with specific examples of how the issuesrelated to major sports events:.....................................................................................................................3Identification of key stakeholders:...............................................................................................................4A discussion of relevant potential positive / negative, intended / unintended, tangible / intangible legaciesand how they are significant in the planning, delivery and post-event periods:...........................................5Discussion on how the issues raised impact on the sustainability of major sports events:...........................6Recommendations on how (problematic) issues could be best handled to produce the best outcomes forstakeholders:................................................................................................................................................6Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................................7References:..................................................................................................................................................8
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2LONDON 2012 OLYMPICSIntroduction: The legacy in context to major sports event is its impact on the socio-cultural and the economicstate of the hosting countries. Legacy can be understood as to be in direct proportion with the sportsparticipation rates. If the rate of participation has increased, it means that legacy is attained or else.Legacy happens to explain the impact of the major sports event on the various factors that also include itsimpact on the common people. Legacy happens specifically in the hosting nations; however, it alsoinfluences the socio-cultural and economic state of the guest nations or other countries in the world.People living in different parts of world do not only watch such events but, few of them actually try to bein the similar positions the participants were in the events. Legacy happens when people feel like takinginterest in the events. Some of them just watch the events just for the sake of entertainment; however,many of them actually view this as a good resource to learn their choice of sports. It happens to those whoare getting trained in different kinds of sporting clubs in both the hosting and other nations. It alsoincludes the common people as few of them are motivated from such events and feel like being part of itby participating in it (Bason, Cook & Anagnostopoulos, 2015). Olympic Games is one of those majorsporting events which are believed to be as impacting the socio-cultural, economic and other factors ofthe hosting nation (Reis et al., 2017). In this study, London 2012 Olympic Games is being considered as asporting event to further the study. Moreover, the real theme of this study is to present a critical analysisof the London Olympic Games 2012 in context to its socio-cultural impacts. The study thus identifieswho the key stakeholders are and also the issues that are hampering the outcomes for stakeholders. An overview of key terms and concepts: Olympic Games- Olympic Games are considered as a catalyst to regeneration of urban. Hosting OlympicGames mean a significant change to the physical appearance that a city has. Additionally, it also meansenhancing the city’s landscape through refurbishing the existing and constructing various new structureslike sporting facilities, Olympic Village, parks, new housing, transport links and recreational areas. All ofthe identified areas can become the legacies of the host community (Grix, Brannagan & Houlihan, 2015). Stakeholders- Stakeholders are those who actually prepare the stage and support the facilitation ofOlympic Games. They are associated with an Olympic Event to utilize their expertise and enhance theirchance of being benefitted in regards to both economic and social aspect (Ramchandani et al., 2015). Sporting legacy- This can be defined as a post-event impact on the host country’s different factors likethe socio-cultural and the local economy. In other words, if a sporting event is able to influence thesociety, the culture and the economy of a local country, it would be rated as to have maintained the
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