Sporting venues Books
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd The Oval: Souvenir Guidebook
Book SynopsisThe Oval is one of the world's great cricket grounds. It was here in south London in 1882 that the legend of the Ashes was born, and many of the game's most memorable events have taken place here, including Don Bradman's duck in his final innings and Kevin Pietersen's coruscating 158 that sealed England's 2005 Ashes win. Home to Surrey County Cricket Club since it opened in 1845, the Oval also staged England's first international football match and the first FA Cup Final, and has hosted everything from American football to rock concerts. This official guidebook provides a fascinating introduction to the Oval, covering its history, architecture and the people who have made it what it is today, from ground staff to sporting heroes. It is illustrated throughout, with images ranging from archival photography of the ground's earliest days to the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final.
£9.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events
Book SynopsisPresenting a comprehensive and pragmatic view on challenges around sporting events, this timely Research Handbook examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Looking beyond the host destination, it provides a wealth of conceptual analysis on the organisation and administration of such events, including the bidding process, planning, management, sponsorship issues, and marketing.Multidisciplinary in nature, this Research Handbook features contributions from eminent academics, offering insights into some of the largest international sporting events, and analysing their expected and actual outcomes. Adopting both short-run and long-run perspectives, contributors explore the diverse monetary and non-monetary impacts of major sporting events and how these can be shaped by a wide range of factors, including the cultures in which stakeholders live and operate.Outlining a nuanced range of international perspectives on major sporting events, this Research Handbook presents state-of-the-art research and will appeal to students and researchers across sports, economic sociology, social policy, and economics and finance. It will also serve as a valuable tool for sports managers, stakeholders, and practitioners interested in event hostship.Trade Review‘The Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events provides a current and broad international perspective on major sporting events. This informative Research Handbook includes contributions from researchers in a variety of disciplines from over 20 countries. In this ever-changing environment, it is a practical resource of new and relevant ideas for sport management scholars and students, sport industry practitioners, and sport enthusiasts.’ -- Karen Danylchuk, The University of Western Ontario, Canada‘This Research Handbook presents a compelling compilation of disciplinary perspectives from leading academics on major sporting events’ issues, debates and controversies. The diverse cohort of contributors from around the globe provide thought provoking evidence based research while at the same time challenging the reader to reflect and critique traditional ways of thinking about the impact major sporting events have on a wide array of stakeholders and communities.’ -- Tracy Taylor, RMIT University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events 1 PART I THE BIDDING AND AWARDING PROCESS 1 Are major sporting events relocated from developed to emerging economies? 18 Wladimir Andreff 2 (Successful) bidding for mega-events: the case of the Olympics 34 Elias B. Leppert and Wolfgang Maennig 3 The urban future of the Winter Olympics 45 Jean-Loup Chappelet 4 The geopolitical economy of major sporting events – where business and management meets politics and geography 60 Nicholas Burton, Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop and Alex Bond 5 Examining outcomes of sport mega-event bidding for national sports development – the case of Turkey’s bidding for the UEFA EURO 2024 74 Cem Tinaz and Tim Ströbel 6 How big is home advantage at the Olympic Games? 88 Carl Singleton, J. James Reade, Johan Rewilak and Dominik Schreyer 7 Support for major sport event bidding in New Zealand 104 Mel Johnston and Geoff Dickson 8 Auckland’s Auld Mug: the leveraging of major sports event tourism legacies 114 Richard Keith Wright and Chris Barron PART II PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (CHALLENGES) STAKEHOLDERS 9 Stakeholders in major sport events 135 Ryutaro Yamakita, Jordan T. Bakhsh and Milena M. Parent 10 Viewing a local organizing committee of a mega sporting event through the lens of an organization: analyzing performance in the context of organizational structure, design, and leadership 150 Rauf Mammadov 11 The diversity of international sports ecosystems and strategic and economic event models of international sports federations 166 Emmanuel Bayle and Josephine Clausen 12 Entrepreneurs and commercial ownership of sport events – the business development of Formula One 179 Harald Dolles and Karthik Raghunathan 13 Infront: a co-stakeowner of major sport events? 195 Therese Dille and Elsa Kristiansen 14 Sport sponsorship in the logic of value co-creation 207 Jan Schönberner, Stefan Walzel and Herbert Woratschek 15 Mega-event sports sponsorship in the United States 228 Kelly Evans and Stephen L. Shapiro 16 Understanding TV audiences for sports events 243 Daam Van Reeth 17 Mega sports event TV demand: synthesis and outlook 258 Payam Ansari and Dominik Schreyer 18 African continental sporting events and television: a difficult relationship to build 271 Gerard A. Akindes and Wadih Ishac 19 King of the flying hill: TV broadcasts of ski jumping events in Planica, Slovenia 285 Simon Ličen and Mateja Mir 20 Commonwealth Games – legacies and futures 300 Michael Linley VOLUNTEERS 21 Volunteers at mega and major events – a review 317 Berit Skirstad and Elsa Kristiansen 22 The role of volunteers at major events – creating a sustainable legacy of engagement and future opportunity 332 Joe Milner and Nicola McCullough FINANCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES 23 Packing and unpacking management control in major sport events 347 Per Ståle Knardal 24 Sporting infrastructure and urban environmental planning 362 Timothy Kellison 25 Environmental impacts of major sport events 373 Pamela Wicker and Tim F. Thormann 26 Sport at the climate crossroads: champions for climate or green-sportwashing? 386 Ricardo Simmonds and Roger Pielke Jr. 27 Mega-events and triple-baseline (un)sustainability 399 Sven Daniel Wolfe, David Gogishvili and Martin Müller 28 Event hosting at Vikersund Ski Jumping Center: stakeholder management and social sustainability 415 Elsa Kristiansen, Lasse Sonne and Therese Dille 29 Co-hosting major sporting events – an emerging trend 426 Stefan Walzel and Becca Leopkey MARKETING AND PROMOTION STRATEGIES 30 Major sport events and nation branding 440 Brendon Knott 31 An overview and analysis of sports mega-events as part of state soft power strategies 449 Jonathan Grix, Tom Bason, Louis Grix and Joonoh Brian Jeong 32 The international perception of major sport events: image, power and prestige? 461 Jan Haut 33 Sport nationalism in China: the origin, development trajectory, and trends after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games 472 Jiaxuan Peng, Yi Zhang and Shintaro Sato 34 National pride effects of major sporting events 485 Michael Mutz and Markus Gerke 35 Why Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup matters 498 Youcef Bouandel and Mahfoud Amara 36 The FIFA 2022 Men’s World Cup: Transformations in Qatar 508 Umer Hussain and George B. Cunningham 37 Legal issues for mega sport events in the Middle East 521 Zachary R. Calo 38 Understanding tennis spectators’ behavior and the role of social media – cases from Qatar 529 Dalia A. Farrag, Othman Althawadi and Yara Zeyad Ali 39 Promoting major sport events in the Western Cape, South Africa 541 Kamilla Swart and Lyndon Bouah 40 Strategic impacts of non-mega-events on destination brands: a case study of the Cape Town Cycle Tour in Cape Town, South Africa 550 Janice Hemmonsbey RISK MANAGEMENT AND IRREGULARITIES 41 Large sporting events and public health and safety 563 J. James Reade 42 New era, new normal, new challenges: managing crises and disasters at major and mega sports events 579 Richard Shipway 43 Corruption in connection to major sport events 591 Joerg Koenigstorfer 44 Crime related to major sporting events 607 Ryan Bagwell, Wanda E. Leal and Alex R. Piquero 45 Doping and mega-events: the paradox of doping as a problem and a solution 618 Jan Ove Tangen, Bjørn Barland and Bieke Gils 46 Doping in elite sports: the athletes’ perspective 635 Kjetil Haugen and Harry Arne Solberg PART III IMPACT AND MEASUREMENTS 47 Economic impact analysis versus social cost-benefit analysis: the case of a large city running event 648 Michiel de Nooij and Peter Horsselenberg 48 The economics of the World Cup 663 Victor A. Matheson 49 Communities affected by the 2014 football World Cup in Porto Alegre, Brazil: local consequences of global events 678 Billy Graeff 50 The Olympic economy on the edge: can the Olympic Games survive its current financial model? 693 Andrew Zimbalist, Harry Arne Solberg and Rasmus K. Storm 51 Economic impacts of sub-mega sports events: a case study of the Ryder Cup 709 Girish Ramchandani, Richard Coleman and Chris Gratton 52 Participation legacy and international sport events hosted in Australia 724 Stephen Frawley and David Bond 53 A socioecological framework for leveraging sport events for youth sport 740 Georgia Teare and Marijke Taks 54 Mass participation effects of major sporting events: establishing a research frontier 758 Rasmus K. Storm and Jon Martin Denstadli 55 Legacy of sliding sports facilities 1924–2026 776 Hannah Campbell-Pegg, Holger Preuss and Maike Weitzmann 56 The importance of measuring the perceptions of local residents – two major international sporting events in Hungary 801 Tünde Máté, Attila Kajos and Zsolt Havran Index 816
£280.25
Headline Publishing Group The World's Greatest Golf Courses From Above: 34
Book SynopsisGolfers forever dream about playing in the most iconic locations, such as the beautiful Augusta National, the testing Valderrama or the legendary St Andrews, and The World's Greatest Golf Courses From Above provides them with a unique perspective of these great golf challenges.Each of the world's most celebrated courses is illustrated using Google Earth's incredible satellite imagery and then described in expert detail as the author explains course history and design, signature holes and tactics for playing them.Featuring 34 iconic courses and 250 stunning photographs, golfers will get a feel for taking on some of the greatest holes in world golf. As well as featuring essential information such as yardage and course cut, the book gives the reader a unique insight into the challenges and personality of each hole.The World's Greatest Golf Courses From Above brings the most celebrated courses vividly to life and is the next best thing to actually playing them.Table of ContentsSt Andrews, Pebble Beach, Augusta National etc.
£27.00
Headline Publishing Group The Official History of the Tour de France:
Book SynopsisThe Official History of the Tour de France – fully revised and updated for 2023 – is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cycling.Through more than 300 photographs, rarely seen documents and items of memorabilia, this book covers more than a century of fascinating stories about the Tour and its iconic yellow jersey.This revised and updated edition includes an authoritative narrative account of each major era, up to and including the thrilling 2022 Tour. There are features on superstar cyclists and memorable moments from each period of the event's rich history, plus a foreword from legendary Tour de France champion Bernard Hinault. This is the definitive illustrated book on the Tour.Table of ContentsForeword by Bernard Hinault • Part 1: Early History • Part 2: Golden Era • Part 3: Modern Times • Part 4: Winners and Champions • Part 5: Customs and Traditions • Records and Statistics.
£19.00
arima publishing The Grounds of Manchester City
£12.84
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd Sports Park Design
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£27.75
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Links
Book SynopsisStudents of golf course architecture are well aware of Robert Hunter — and it’s all because of The Links. This scholarly work was different from other architecture books of the day because Hunter was not a designer attempting to attract commissions through his writing. His goal — through the use of detailed drawings, contemporary photographs and thoughtful text — was not only to explain what made the classic holes so great but why they would stand the test of time. This exact reprint of The Linksbelongs in the libraries of all aficionados of golf course architecture.Table of ContentsPreface. Ante Scriptum: To Links-Land. Shots—Old and New. Things of First Importance. Laying Out the Course. The Climax of Golf—The Well-Placed and Well-Moulded Green. The Purpose of Hazards—Their Inspiration to Good Play. Placing the Hazards. Constructing the Hazards. Other Things of Importance.
£62.96
Vision Sports Publishing Ltd Oval Reflections: Memories from the World Famous
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£21.25
Liverpool University Press Played in Tyne and Wear: Charting the Heritage of
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£16.49
Vision Sports Publishing Ltd Centre Court: The Jewel in Wimbledon's Crown
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£21.25
Transworld Publishers Ltd Hillsborough - The Truth
Book SynopsisThis is the definitive, unique account of the disaster in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. It details the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath, the inhumanity of the identification process and the vilification of fans in the national and international media.In 2012, Phil Scraton was primary author of the ground-breaking report published by the Hillsborough Independent Panel following its new research into thousands of documents disclosed by all agencies involved. Against a backdrop of almost three decades of persistent struggle by bereaved families and survivors, in this new edition he reflects on the Panel’s in-depth work, its revelatory findings and their unprecedented impact – an unreserved apology from the Prime Minister; new criminal investigations; the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s largest-ever inquiry; the quashing of 96 inquest verdicts; a review of all health and pathology policies. Paving the way for truth recovery and institutional accountability in other controversial cases, he details the process and considers the impact of the longest ever inquests, from the preliminary hearings to their comprehensive, devastating verdicts.Powerful, disturbing and harrowing, Hillsborough: The Truth exposes the institutional complacency that led to the unlawful killing of the 96, revealing how the interests of ordinary people are marginalised when those in authority sacrifice truth and accountability to protect their reputations.Trade ReviewThis book is dynamite. A brilliant achievement, a real page-turner. -- Jimmy McGovernThe full truth about Hillsborough would never have been known were it not for Phil Scraton’s meticulous efforts over many years – he has done a huge service not just to the Hillsborough families but to this country. -- Andy Burnham, MP
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Remarkable Racecourses
Book SynopsisRemarkable Racecourses is a beautifully presented collection of amazing racecourses from five continents captured by some of the world's greatest racing photographers. Remarkable Racecourses is a beautifully presented collection of the world’s most striking racecourses. Lavish photographs and informative text show why each racecourse is unique, whether it’s the oldest, longest, shortest, most southerly, most northerly, most beautiful or most extraordinary. Among the 70-plus racecourses included are Laytown in Ireland (the only race run on a beach under Turf Club rules), St. Moritz in Switzerland (which takes place on a frozen lake), Pukekohe Park in New Zealand (which is located in the centre of a motor racing circuit), Cartmel in Cumbria (where spectators enjoy the action from the centre of the circuit) and Epsom Downs in Surrey (which is a left-handed, open-ended, horseshoe-shaped course). The book travels across continents, from rural England to Outer Mongolia, to bring you the most astonishing racecourses on the planet. Remarkable Racecourses features more than 70 racecourses including Aintree, Ascot, Baghdad Equestrian Club, Beirut Hippodrome, Birdsville, Cartmel, Champ de Mars, Capannelle, Chantilly, Cheltenham, Chepstow, Chester, Ellerslie, Epsom Downs, Flemington, Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Happy Valley, Hialeah Park, Iffezheim, Kernic Bay, Laytown, Longchamp, Mahalaxmi, Maisons-Laffitte, Meydan, Moonee Valley, Newmarket, Pontefract, Pukekohe Park, Santa Anita, St. Moritz, Tokyo, Turffontein, Woodbine.
£22.50
Twocan SoL 20 - Twenty Years at the Stadium of Light
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£16.00
HarperCollins Publishers Remarkable Village Cricket Grounds
Book SynopsisFollowing the success of Remarkable Cricket Grounds, author Brian Levison focuses his attention on the amazing variety of grassroots cricket venues throughout the British Isles. In the original book he covered some of the largest stadia where cricket is played throughout the world. In Remarkable Village Cricket Grounds he concentrates on the smallest. The inventory of beautiful and atmospheric grounds includes those played by the seaside, at the edge of moorland, in front of grand country houses or on wind-blasted hillsides. Village cricket is played next to windmills, thatched cottages, trout streams, in the heart of Cotswold stone hamlets, and on many of the country's verdant village greens. There are some classic cricketing pubs included along with lavish teas, ancient pitch rollers, equally ancient club secretaries and a variety of warning signs for those wishing to park their car within slogging distance. Almost all of the venues are located in the kind of set-piece British landscape that will have the tourist boards begging for copies. It is a treasury of British life featuring clubs from: Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey, Essex, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, Northumberland, Leicestershire, Wales and Scotland.Trade Review'[T]his beautiful book showing some of the finest grounds in the country.' * This England *
£22.50
HarperCollins Publishers Remarkable Ballparks
Book SynopsisWhat started as America’s National Pastime is now a global phenomenon with multi-million dollar baseball leagues around the world and enough countries playing the game to warrant its inclusion in the 2020/1 Olympics. What started as America’s National Pastime is now a global phenomenon with multi-million dollar baseball leagues around the world and enough countries playing the game to warrant its inclusion in the 2020/1 Olympics. Remarkable Ballparks looks at the range of amazing places that host baseball games starting with the historic Wrigley Field rooftop grandstands, together with the home of the Green Monster, Fenway Park. In 1960, John Updike writing in the New Yorker described Fenway Park as: “a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark". Then there are the mega-structures of the modern ballparks with retractable roofs to protect against weather: Toronto’s Roger’s Centre and Seattle’s T-Mobile Park for rain, and Miami’s LoanDepot Park for heat. Baseball is an American family tradition, extolled by the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and its accompanying pitches, along with the movie site from Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, which has fulfilled the prophecy: ‘If you build it, they will come’. Now MLB has come and played a match there. Modern ballparks have introduced some remarkable features centerfield, including the mini arboretum at Coors Field and the Devil Rays tank at Tropicana Field. The Arizona Diamondbacks might have a swimming pool at Chase Field, but the MLB stadium can’t match the waterpark ride at Frisco’s Dr. Pepper Stadium. The Modern Woodmen Ballpark in Davenport Iowa doesn’t let a small matter like the Mississippi flooding stop play. After building perimeter flood barriers and walkways to the stadium, the ballpark has become an accessible island. Perhaps there is no more touching a story than the Gail S. Halvorsen Ballpark opened in Berlin in 2019. Lieutenant Halversen took part in the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949 and became known as the ‘Candy Bomber’ after dropping candy attached to parachutes for children gathered to watch the planes land. At age 98 he was invited back to the city for the naming of a baseball park in his name. A remarkable man and his ballpark.
£21.25
Reach plc Our Home: From Maine Road to the Etihad - 100
Book SynopsisWhen a crowd of 58,159 fans packed into Maine Road to watch Manchester City beat Sheffield United 2-1 on August 25, 1923, it was the first step on a momentous journey. Nicknamed the Wembley of the North, the famous old stadium still holds the record for the highest provincial attendance in England – when an incredible 84,569 fans shoehorned into the ground to watch City beat Stoke City 1-0 in an FA Cup tie. Down the years it also was the venue for many FA Cup semi-finals and also later staged numerous concerts by some of music’s biggest-ever artists including Queen and the Rolling Stones. But it’s as the vibrant and fondly remembered home of City for 80 years that it is best recalled. The club said an emotional goodbye to Maine Road in 2003 and moved to its new City of Manchester Stadium headquarters – known famously as the Etihad – where it will celebrate 20 success-filled years in August. ‘Our Home – from Maine Road to the Etihad’ celebrates both anniversaries on what has been a remarkable 100-year-journey. Including rare archive material and featuring exclusive club photography, this beautifully produced official hardback book will capture relive some magical memories and will be an anniversary souvenir that any City fan, young or old, will savour.
£18.00
Park Books Corner kick: Mapei Football Center Sassuolo
Book SynopsisMilan-based architecture firm Onsitestudio have designed a new training campus for Italian Serie A soccer club U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Located in the town of Sassuolo, in the Emilia-Romagna region, and inaugurated in 2019, it is a functional-modernist yet highly atmospheric structure that provides the professionals of U.S. Sassuolo Calcio with state-of-the-art training facilities and offices. As part of a pioneering social engagement of the club, its playing fields and other amenities are also available to local amateur teams and for recreational sports. This book features the Mapei Football centre through newly taken colour and black-and-white photographs by Stefano Graziani and Filippo Romano, as well as floorplans, sections, and construction detail drawings. Complementary essays are contributed by Onsitestudio’s founding partners Giancarlo Floridi and Angelo Lunati, British historian and football expert John Foot; and Italian architect and intellectual Pier Paolo Tamburelli.
£20.00
