Holger Preuß

In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the organizing committees to operate the event, and the investment of taxpayers' money for Olympic venues (non‐OCOG budget). The study is based on data collected worldwide and is currently the most advanced study on cost and revenue changes of Olympic Games. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the organizing committees to operate the event, and the investment of taxpayers' money for Olympic venues (non‐OCOG budget). The study is based on data collected worldwide and is currently the most advanced study on cost and revenue changes of Olympic Games. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games-time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the organizing committees to operate the event, and the investment of taxpayers’ money for Olympic venues (non-OCOG budget). The study is based on data collected worldwide and is currently the most advanced study on cost and revenue changes of Olympic Games.

The UEFA European Football Championship 2008TM (EURO 2008) was the largest sports event ever organized in Switzerland. The host nations Austria and Switzerland emphasized the sustainability of the event. Through their analysis the authors argue that well-known principles of sustainability and policy were not uniformly implemented for the EURO 2008. Nonetheless, this book shows how, in Switzerland, a legacy was created through the implementation of corporate governance and social responsibility policies by UEFA, the Swiss Government and the Swiss Football Association. This book offers an unprecedented resource for sports practitioners and researchers. It provides a wealth of data based on the study of existing scholarly literature, key strategic and conceptual documents as well as exclusive interviews with high-level executives involved in the organization of EURO 2008.

? Zur Ermittlung der Bedeutung des Sports als Wirtschaftsbranche war es notwendig, den Konsum der privaten Haushalte für die aktive Ausübung des Sports aber auch die Ausgaben für das Sportinteresse ohne den Sport selber zu betreiben zu ermitteln. Mit einer repräsentativen Befragung von über 18.000 Personen ermitteln die Autoren ein Gesamtkonsum zwischen 111 und 138 Mrd. Euro für das Jahr. Die in zwei Modellen berechneten Gesamtausgaben beinhalten auch Sportreisen und die Fahrten zum und vom Sport.

Holger Preuß untersucht, inwiefern sich die Kosten durch wirtschaftlichen Nutzen in Form von Einkommen, Arbeitsplätzen und Steuereinnahmen aufrechnen und gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die komplexen wirtschaftlichen Wirkungen der Winterspiele und Paralympics für Deutschland.

Auf der Grundlage einer Erhebung mit über 8.000 Besuchern der UEFA EURO 2008TM berechnen die Autoren den fiskalischen Impakt, touristische Wirkungen, die Zufriedenheit mit der EURO und das Image von Österreich.

Mithilfe einer umfangreichen Großerhebung leiten die Autoren erstmals eine Reihe von bedeutsamen Handlungshinweisen für den strategischen Einsatz und die konzeptionelle Implementierung von Großveranstaltungen ab.

The Olympic Games is a unique event centering global interest on its host city. The financing of the Games has changed dramatically since Munich (1972) and economic interests and effects are increasingly paramount. It is therefore an anomaly that accurate economic analysis and comparison is not readily available. This is the most detailed study on the economic implications of recent and future Olympic Games over four decades. Holger Preuss analyses the most important issues surrounding the hosting of the Olympics, and its wider economic effects, including:financial gigantism of the Olympic Gamescommercialisation and its controlproblems associated with achieving the Olympic requirements and standardsthe economic legacy of Olympic Gamesthe feasibility of developing countries staging future Olympic Gamesdetailed post Olympic analysis of financial figuresconclusions on the economic related achievements of respective Organising Committees. Academics and researchers of sports economics, international economics, international business and competition will all find this fascinating book of great value. The rigorous and authoritative analysis ensures valuable information will be available for future bid cities, and in a wider context, any city planning to bid for a major sporting event. It will also appeal to those interested in the broader context of the Olympic Games and concerned by their commercialisation and gigantism.

The Olympic Games is a unique event centering global interest on its host city. The financing of the Games has changed dramatically since Munich (1972) and economic interests and effects are increasingly paramount. It is therefore an anomaly that accurate economic analysis and comparison is not readily available. This is the most detailed study on the economic implications of recent and future Olympic Games over four decades. Holger Preuss analyses the most important issues surrounding the hosting of the Olympics, and its wider economic effects, including:financial gigantism of the Olympic Gamescommercialisation and its controlproblems associated with achieving the Olympic requirements and standardsthe economic legacy of Olympic Gamesthe feasibility of developing countries staging future Olympic Gamesdetailed post Olympic analysis of financial figuresconclusions on the economic related achievements of respective Organising Committees. Academics and researchers of sports economics, international economics, international business and competition will all find this fascinating book of great value. The rigorous and authoritative analysis ensures valuable information will be available for future bid cities, and in a wider context, any city planning to bid for a major sporting event. It will also appeal to those interested in the broader context of the Olympic Games and concerned by their commercialisation and gigantism.