Local resident support for hosting a major sport event: the role of perceived personal and community impacts

Johnston, Mel; Naylor, Michael; Dickson, Geoff

doi:10.1080/16184742.2021.1937263

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“…This suggests that, while 184 respondents did not support using public funding to host the Games initially when provided with alternative options, it is possible they felt hosting the Olympics was as good an alternative option as the others offered. This finding supports and magnifies much of the tension residents indicate around hosting publicly funded major sport events: while both positive and negative perspectives exist (Bakhsh et al, 2018 ; Johnston et al, 2021a ), residents are often left uncertain of what option to support (Johnston et al, 2021b ).…”

Section: Quantitative Results and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 52%

“…While residents revealed positive event perspectives, like previous research on residents' referendum perceptions (Scheu and Preusß, 2018 ; i.e., Johnston et al, 2021b , c ), interviewees voiced negative event legacy perspectives and concerns around using public funding to host the major sport event. Consequently, these findings not only revealed the complex entanglement of positive and negative perspectives scholars know host city residents hold (e.g., Karadakis and Kaplanidou, 2012 ; Johnston et al, 2021a ) but revealed that positively perceived events may still lack a positive social value for such residents.…”

Section: Qualitative Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 85%

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Examining Monetary Valuation Methods to Analyze Residents' Social Value From Hosting a Publicly-Funded Major Sport Event

Bakhsh

Taks

Parent

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Measuring residents' social value from hosting major sport events has become a popular practitioner and researcher focus. However, researchers have used a plethora of monetary valuation methods to measure social value on an equally diverse set of events. Rather than being applied to major sport events, the use of these methods in sport research has been limited to smaller events, programs, or facilities. Consequently, investigating monetary valuation methods for major sport events is necessary to inform practitioners and researchers of these types of events as to which tool(s) to use. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate various monetary valuation methods to determine which method(s) is(are) best to examine residents' social value in a post-event context and test the selected method(s) for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. After reviewing monetary valuation methods found in the sport management literature, two methods were deemed suitable avenues to pursue: the reverse contingent valuation method and the opportunity cost approach. This study employed an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to derive a conceptual and empirical analysis. Interviews were conducted with 14 Vancouver residents and supplemented with document analysis; as well, 525 Vancouver residents completed a self-administered online survey. Findings highlighted the importance of using both the reverse contingent valuation method and opportunity cost approach given their complementary nature. The reverse contingent valuation method allowed residents to select how much they valued their experience. This individual or micro-economic perspective is a necessary prerequisite for residents to adequately determine their value of hosting in relation to other options (e.g., building hospitals, having professional sport teams) when applying the opportunity cost approach, which asks residents to reflect at societal or macro-economic level. This synergistic approach demonstrates the importance of addressing both perspectives: the micro (i.e., individual exchange) and the macro (i.e., event exchange) aspect. In doing so, this approach offers researchers and practitioners avenues forward to examine the social value of publicly-funded major sport events exclusively through a direct, an indirect, and a synergistic method to advance the examination of major sport events' social value.

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Section: Quantitative Results and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 52%

Section: Qualitative Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 85%

Examining Monetary Valuation Methods to Analyze Residents' Social Value From Hosting a Publicly-Funded Major Sport Event

Bakhsh

Taks

Parent

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…The Social Exchange Theory (SET) has often been used in tourism and events management studies to explain the relationship between residents' perceptions of the impacts of mega sports events such as AFCON 2022 and the propensity of community support for the event (Johnston et al, 2021). The SET is used to explain the transactional exchange of resources between individuals and groups (Ap, 1992).…”

Section: Social Exchange Theory and Perceived Economic Impacts Of Meg...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, the SET provides a basis for understanding a relationship in which the reaction of an individual or group of people is precipitated by the actions of another (Inoue and Harvard, 2014). This theory is premised on the underlying assumption that the perceived benefits and costs of a transaction determine the extent to which it is considered positive or not (Johnston et al, 2021). West and Turner (2017) underscore the basic fact that humans are rational beings who appreciate rewards and shun negative reactions.…”

Section: Social Exchange Theory and Perceived Economic Impacts Of Meg...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The questions focused on collecting demographic information such as gender, age group, household income, employment, education, and so on, while questions 11 to 44 collected data on how the respondents perceived hosting the AFCON 2022 tournament would impact their lives and welfare. Questions in section "B" resulted from an in-depth literature review on the impacts of sports events on residents and the host city (Gursoy and Kendall, 2006;Jago et al, 2013;Wang and Jin, 2019;Johnston et al, 2021). The triple bottom line of sustainability provided the underpinning lens or framework, where various impacts were seen as being beneficial or detrimental to the economic, environmental, or social welfare of the respondents (Johnston et al, 2021).…”

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Residents Perceptions of the Economic Impacts of Hosting Mega Sports Events: A Cross-Sectional Study of Host Cities of AFCON 2022 in Cameroon

Acha-Anyi¹

2022

Journal of Social Sciences

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Economic incentives often constitute the thrust of galvanizing local community support for mega sports events. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of residents of the AFCON 2022 host cities on the economic impacts of the mega sports event on their lives and the city. The cross-sectional study employed a quantitative research paradigm through the use of a questionnaire in collecting 1683 duly completed responses from residents of the five AFCON 2022 host cities. Participants were randomly selected among residents who expressed willingness to take part in the study and descriptive and exploratory data analysis was performed on the data. The analysis revealed that the respondents place great importance on the security situation in the country and perceive economic benefits to be related to the security situation. It is therefore concluded that to derive maximum economic benefits from AFCON 2022, the government needed to have found a speedy way to resolve the ongoing armed conflict. Practical and policy implications are discussed, particularly the development of inclusive policies that would bring more women into the economic mainstream and the combating of poverty with systematic policy instruments, rather than with a once-off event such as the AFCON mega event.

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A longitudinal study of the impact of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Japanese residents' support: The mediating role of social well-being

Sato,

Kinoshita,

Funahashi

et al. 2024

Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

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Local resident support for hosting a major sport event: the role of perceived personal and community impacts

Cited by 29 publications

References 44 publications

Examining Monetary Valuation Methods to Analyze Residents' Social Value From Hosting a Publicly-Funded Major Sport Event

Examining Monetary Valuation Methods to Analyze Residents' Social Value From Hosting a Publicly-Funded Major Sport Event

Residents Perceptions of the Economic Impacts of Hosting Mega Sports Events: A Cross-Sectional Study of Host Cities of AFCON 2022 in Cameroon

A longitudinal study of the impact of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Japanese residents' support: The mediating role of social well-being

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