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Towards redefining the concept of legacy in relation to sport mega-events: Insights from the 2010 FIFA World Cup

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  • Scarlett Cornelissen
  • Urmilla Bob
  • Kamilla Swart

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Increasingly, governments from both the developed and developing world look to hosting sport mega-events as a way to stimulate development. There is much debate over what the legacies of sport mega-events are, how to stimulate positive legacies and how they should be studied. Drawing on a growing body of scholarship on legacy best and worst practice, this article discusses the economic, physical, infrastructural, social, political and environmental consequences of sport mega-events, using insights from South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It examines pertinent debates, highlights prominent approaches to assessing legacy impacts, notes the lack of consensus on the meaning of ‘legacy’, and suggests steps towards a clear definition of the concept. These include the need to consider event impacts in relation to the context in which they occur, and to integrate triple bottom-line principles systematically into mega-event planning, design and evaluation.

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  • Scarlett Cornelissen & Urmilla Bob & Kamilla Swart, 2011. "Towards redefining the concept of legacy in relation to sport mega-events: Insights from the 2010 FIFA World Cup," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(3), pages 307-318, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:28:y:2011:i:3:p:307-318
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2011.595990
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