21146310 Critically discuss the negative and the positive impacts of the London Olympic Games from the perspective of all stakeholders‚ including the local community‚ the sponsors‚ the guests‚ the organisers‚ the volunteers and paid workers? Author: Arsalan Khan Module code: TH40009E Tutor: Peter HAIGH Module name: Event Industry Critically discuss the negative and the positive impacts of the London Olympic Games from the perspective of all stakeholders‚ including the local community‚ the
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London Olympics 2012 London Olympics 2012 There are many advantages and disadvantages to London for hosting the Olympic Games. Advantages: Urban regeneration the East-end of London will be the main focus of the Olympic Zone‚ Stratford being host to a brand new 80‚000-seater Olympic Stadium. Housing One of the long-term benefits of the games is the provision of 5‚000 homes following the conversion of the Olympic Village after the games. However the cost of housing may increase as a result
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running in the Olympics. Later‚ he embarks upon joining the air force and subsequently gets captured by the Japanese and is sent to POW camps. Throughout Louie’s entire journey in the war‚ one goal stays in his head‚ which is participating in the Olympics. Louie’s survival‚ through endless days of beatings‚ lacking adequate portions of food‚ and continuous exertion‚ was reliant on his remarkable health both physically and psychologically which he achieved solely because of his Olympic dream. Some say
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The Olympics‚ occurring every four years‚ is a sporting event in which countries who have qualified are able to compete against each other in a range of events. This paper concerns the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics‚ a theatrical and musical show to celebrate the initiation of the competition. The purpose of this essay is to explore the global significance of this event using ‘media events’ theory. In order to do this it is first necessary to define the nature of a ‘media event’ and
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BEIJING 2008: A DIGITAL OLYMPICS 1. The Beijing Olympic organizers had classified the business requirements into categories. For information collection and monitoring‚ tools like photo-finish cameras‚ computers and GPS in boats are used to identify winners accurately. People were able to watch the Olympics through online videos‚ read news and commentaries on the Internet and etc.‚ so disseminating information to the world made possible. EC also helped in managing tickets and souvenirs; tickets
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The Development of Events and their meaning in society Introduction This essay has been constructed with the aim of looking at the development of events whilst dealing with the nature and importance of events‚ in addition this essay will be touching on some of the historical areas which helped to make events an industry today‚ and the emergence of the events industry in the United Kingdom. The intention of this essay is to examine the impacts of events in society whilst briefly touching and including
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What is a sport?: Defending Dodgeball Defining something as a "sport" is not always as easy as you might think. This is because there really aren’t any official guidelines as to what makes a sport a sport. Personally‚ I believe that a true sport should consist of team effort toward a goal‚ physical fitness and activity‚ and some form of formal scoring system. Dodgeball is considered a recreational activity by most people’s standards‚ and I know that dodgeball is usually just associated
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than the players on the team‚ he became to be one of the greatest basketball players ever. Then there are those that are naturally gifted‚ Usain Bolt who broke the 100 metre and 200 metre sprint world records at the Beijing Olympics in 2008‚ and won the 2012 Olympics. Bolt was always fast. There was never a time when he was slow. I think both nature and nurture are equally contributing factors to a great athlete‚ nature can provide you with muscle fibres to improve ability at a certain sport
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b) Refer to the Olympic Code at Olympic.org Do you think the Olympic Code embodies fair play? * To encourage and support the promotion of ethics in sport as well as education of youth through sport and to dedicate its efforts to ensuring that‚ in sport‚ the spirit of fair play prevails and violence is banned; * To encourage and support the organisation‚ development and coordination of sport and sports competitions; * To ensure the regular celebration of the Olympic Games; * To cooperate
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event like the Olympics can cost significant sums‚ which have to be paid for by the taxpayer. Costs of Olympics have a tendency to rise over time and be much greater than expected. Short-Term use. Many facilities built for the Olympics can never be fully used again. e.g. an 80‚000 athletic stadium will rarely be full outside of the Olympics. This can be mitigated by careful planning. e.g. the London Olympic stadium will be used by West Ham‚ other Olympic facilities‚ like the Olympic village will
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