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From Fan Parks to Live Sites: Mega events and the territorialisation of urban space

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  • David McGillivray

    (University of the West of Scotland, UK)

  • Matt Frew

    (Bournemouth University, UK)

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This article draws on the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari to consider the phenomenon of Live Sites and Fan Parks which are now enshrined within the viewing experience of mega sports events. Empirically, the article draws upon primary research on Live Sites generated during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Live Sites are represented as new spaces within which to critically locate and conceptually explore the shifting dynamics of urban space, subjectivity and its performative politic. The authors argue that the first, or primary, spaces of mega sporting events (the official venues) and their secondary counterparts (Live Sites) simply extend brandscaping tendencies but that corporate striation is always incomplete, opening up possibilities for disruption and dislocation.

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  • David McGillivray & Matt Frew, 2015. "From Fan Parks to Live Sites: Mega events and the territorialisation of urban space," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 52(14), pages 2649-2663, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:52:y:2015:i:14:p:2649-2663
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098014550456
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    1. Pappalepore, Ilaria & Duignan, Michael B., 2016. "The London 2012 cultural programme: A consideration of Olympic impacts and legacies for small creative organisations in east London," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 344-355.

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