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Exploration of a negative situation of a sports venue

On the 15th of April 1989, the world worst stadium disaster occurred. Where over 24,000 Liverpool fans travelled to Sheffield to watch their team play in an FA cup semi-final game. But who would have thought 96 of them wouldn’t be returning home after a football match?

So, what happened was after Liverpool supporters were told to go through 7 ticket gates, which in facts 24,000 fans had to go through 7 ticket gates to get into the stadia (BBC news, 2016). Who would have thought overcrowding would become an issue (Watson L,2016). Super intended Roger Marshall police officer outside the group was worried. When he saw the crowd outside and was trying to manage it and later said “he fears something fatal would occur”. Officer in charge of the crowd inside Peter Duckenfield (Watson L,2016). Discussed with another police officer over dealing the game. To give more time for people to enter the field but choose not to and stick to the original kick off (Bbc news, 2016).

The fuller it become the harder it was for fans to go across the penalty areas. The Central pens were to full and plenty still entered those pens 3-4 which is highly dangerous. Just as kick off occurred a barrier in pen 3 breaks and people fall forward (Bbc news, 2016). The police ordered the players off the pitch at 3:06pm. People had to escape from climbing the fence onto the pitch or climbing onto the stand above them but for some it was too late (Bbc news, 2016). A human crush occurred. At 3:16pm the first ambulance had arrived but unfortunately that was too late for 96 fans.

After what had happened at Hillsborough sports Stadia changed all over the world (Griffith R, 2014). Most stadiums removing standing areas at stadia’s, increasing entrances into the grounds, changing the capacity for most stadiums after legislation was put in for sports stadiums (Griffith R, 2014).

The finding of the disaster from the court case are as below (Watson L,2016):

- Both the police and the ambulance services caused or contributed to the loss of lives in the disaster by an error or omission after the terrace crush

- Policing of the match caused a dangerous situation; Which police should have delayed the game.

- Commanding officers caused/contributed to the crush on the terrace(pens), as did those senior officers in the police control box when the order was given to open the exit gates at Leppings Lane

- Features of the design, construction and layout of the stadium considered to be dangerous contributed to the disaster

Sheffield Wednesday's then consultant engineers, Eastwood & Partners, should have done more to detect and advise on any unsafe or unsatisfactory features of the stadium.

Reference List:

Griffith R, 2014,’The Hillsborough disaster how it changed UK healthcare law’, British journal of nursing, vol 23, no.10, pp 536

Watson L,2016,'Hillsborough verdicts: Police to blame for disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed, jury concludes’, The telegraph,26 April, viewed 25 March 2019, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/Hillsborough-disaster-verdict-96-victims-unlawfully-killed-jury-concludes/

What happened at Hillsborough? 2016, online video, 26 April, created by BBC news, viewed 25 March 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNS26Oj9B4o

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Olympic Games legacy

The Olympic games is a mega event for sports fans across the world. It’s an event that only comes around every 4 years. Either the summer Olympic games or the winter Olympic games. But what some people don’t understand is that it can cost your country a lot of money to host the Olympics (Francesc, P et al,2017). Forcing some countries like Greece when they had the 2004 Olympic games into debt. Where there still feeling the effects of hosting the Olympic games.

But what host cities and the IOC (international Olympic committee) are looking for from host cities is to have an Olympic game that will leave a legacy on the country (Francesc, P et al,2017). But what actually does legacy means? Well in 2008 IOC President Jacques Rogge referred to legacy as “the lasting outcomes of our efforts” (International Olympic Committee ,2017). While the Olympic Games Guide on Olympic Legacy of September 2015 defined legacy as after-effects, often long-term, rather than just actual impacts, emphasising the benefits, both tangible and intangible, that the Olympic Games can provide to a host city (International Olympic Committee ,2017.

So how do you create that legacy that IOC wants cities to leave when they finish hosting the Olympics. Just like London did in 2012 when they hosted the games and created new infrastructure for the city (Burrows T, 2017). But also turned all the athlete accommodation into apartments for people to buy after the games (Burrows T, 2017). Generated this new suburb in London that is booming due to having hosted the Olympic games there. With the stadium now being used by EPL team West Ham United (Burrows T, 2017).

But different perspectives have been proposed regarding event legacy content and its measurement. Legacy is a long term and measurement will take 15-20 years to identify the true legacy of the Olympic games (Schwarz, E et al, 2017). Another example of that was studied over lasting a legacy that was both positive and negative was the Montreal summer Olympics, where there is general agreement about legacy it left over it’s financial mismanagement, unfulfilled expectations, costing residents a 30-year tax bill (Schwarz, E et al, 2017). But found some positive legacy in the social investment in making the province of Quebec.

Other negative and positive legacies that were left was from the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich Germany (Schwarz, E et al, 2017). Where their positive legacy was that a subway system was built then and still works to this day for the infrastructure of their city (Schwarz, E et al, 2017). A negative was terrorism at the Olympics when 11 Israeli team members were kidnapped and killed by the Palestinian group black September (Schwarz, E et al, 2017).

Reference list

Burrows T, 2017,'Legacy, what legacy? Five years on the London Olympic park battle still rages', The Guardian, 27 July, viewed 23 May 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jul/27/london-olympic-park-success-five-years-depends

Francesc P, Andreu C, Jean-Loup E, Iain L, Enric A,2017, ‘The Barcelona Olympic Games: Looking Back 25 Years On (and 4): From Barcelona 92 to the Future of Sports Events Donato’, Apunts Educació Física i Esports, vol 1, issue 130, pp 107-126

International Olympic Committee ,2017,'Legacy Strategic Approach', viewed 23 May 2019, https://www.olympic.org/~/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Documents/Olympic-Legacy/IOC_Legacy_Strategy_Full_version.pdf?la=en

Schwarz E, Westerbeek H, Liu D, Emery P, Turner P, 2017, Managing Sport facilities and major events, 2 edn, Routledge, Abington, UK

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Sport event bid analysis for a global sport.

Bidding of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, analyzing Australia’s bid to host the world cup in our own backyard

What Qatar did to win a World Cup Bid to host and how they won in their campaign to gain FIFA support

What it means to win a bid to host the 2022 World Cup, what Qatar did was realise how big the event is and leverage from it and think about the benefits of what a world cup does to your country (Sarath G, 2016). In which it helps the country bring new infrastructure, create more employment, build more roads maybe even new airports to help people get to the country (Sarath G, 2016). Everyone works together to bid for a mega event like the FIFA world cup. Something Australia has to learn from after losing there bid to Qatar and what they were able to do.

Influencing the influential and getting attention support of bid stars and bid slogans in getting that advantage of other countries. To lure FIFA to pick your country to host the 2022 FIFA World cup over other countries. The problem that faced Australia was when other countries like Qatar used soccer star Zinedine Zidane as a key ambassador, representing his Arabic origins and explaining what Qatar means to him and what the country has done for him (Schwarz, E et al, 2017). Then Russia had President Vladimir Putin who explained the unified bid encompassing the whole nation as a continent rather then a country. Those two countries one the bid for the 2022 and 2018 host countries for the FIFA World Cup (Schwarz, E et al, 2017).

What that meant was high profile soccer stars and high-profile government and powerful people would suit much more. But Australia decided to use Hugh jackman and Nicole Kidman as part of the final presentation. Which made it feel like we are having fun with the bid. when you decide to use actors in a global sporting event bid (Schwarz, E et al, 2017).

With Australia’s bid they used the slogan ‘come play’ (Schwarz, E et al, 2017). With it colourful imagery and two kangaroos playing football was considered very novel and reflective of the national culture. But made the message feel as if Australia was a nation that does not take itself too seriously. Which made the other countries feel like no worries mate indicating that Australia would be nice, safe, laid-back place to come and experience a major event. While the message supported a stereotype of Australia that we would be offering a friendly environment for people from many different cultures, come play (Schwarz, E et al, 2017).

Why Australia Lost their bid?

Sepp Blatter ‘Australia had no chance, not a chance. Ever’ these words sting to Australia’s soccer fans around the nation but is it true? (Cannane S, 2018) Australia put $46 million into our bid from taxpayers and only to get one vote that is really bad (Cannane S, 2018). The reason Australia was never going to win. "You never had a chance because you were never going to be competitive for the broadcasters," according to Mr Blatter (Cannane S, 2018). It is obvious they have to make enough money at the World Cup for the next four years and Australia wouldn't be able to do it (Cannane S, 2018). The other reason is broadcasting from Australia if we play football at 2pm. The rest of Europe would be watching the game close to 2am in the morning. three consultants hired by the FFA cost the Australian taxpayer around $15 million including disbursements.

Reference list:

Cannane S, 2018,'Australia's $46 million 2022 World Cup bid 'never had a chance', says former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter', ABC news, 25 January, viewed 21 May 2019, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-25/australia-world-cup-bid-never-had-a-chance2c-says-sepp-blatter/9360472

Sarath G, 2016, ‘Leveraging the World Cup: Mega Sporting Events, Human Rights Risk, and Worker Welfare Reform in Qatar’, Journal on Migration and Human Security, Vol 4, no 4, pp 221-259

Schwarz E, Westerbeek H, Liu D, Emery P, Turner P, 2017, Managing Sport facilities and major events, 2 edn, Routledge, Abington, UK

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Design innovation of a sports venue

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Innovation is driven by early adopters, who prioritize an innovation's relative advantage and compatibility over its complexity, lack of trialability, and lack of observability (Parker K, 2017). New stadiums in the 21st century is becoming pro-environmental and are being used by organisations to demonstrate both environmental stewardship and their cultures of innovation. (Parker K, 2017)

Tottenham is an English Premier league giant who is one of the big teams in London and with their fan base around the world only going. Tottenham decided to upgrade their stadium at the end of 2016 season (Levy J ,2019). To create this new innovation stadium that has some amazing features for soccer and sporting fans and has changed the stadia atmosphere in the ground. Holding up a capacity of up to 62,062 compared to the old white heart lane where that only held 36,854.

Their vision is to create what they believe will be the finest stadium anywhere in the world for spectators, visitors and the wider community, delivering a major new landmark for Tottenham and London. They have created a single 17,500 tier home southern stand. Which will generate a wall of sound with the seating bowl arranged to place fans closer to the pitch than at any other size stadium in the United Kingdom (Tottenham Hotspur ,2019). ‘SKY WALK’ A unique visitor attraction for fans and the public alike, allowing people to climb the exterior of the building up to 40 metres high (Levy J ,2019). The playing surface can turn into a retractable NFL pitch as well as a soccer pitch (Tottenham Hotspur ,2019). So, the stadium can play the two sports.

It took Tottenham 679 days for them to return to their home ground (Levy J ,2019). After it was pushed back after the couldn’t get the stadium ready since 18 September 2018 which was the date the new $1 billion stadium was supposed to open. But since then the stadium has been everywhere with some of the innovation ideas they’ve managed to create including (Levy J ,2019) :

· 62,062 - Capacity, the biggest club ground in London and second in PL

· 17,500 - Seats in the South Stand, the UK's largest single-tier structure

· 65 - Food and drink outlets in the concourses

· 25 - minutes to switch to artificial NFL surface

· 1 - Microbrewery inside the stadium, the first of its kind

· 0 - Plastic straws as the club phase out single-use plastic

However, in considering the evolution of such structures, one feature which is coming to define the modern sporting arena is the use of technology. The main priority for sports venues is how they get fans off their sofas and getting them into these world class stadia (Hong S & Kellison T,2014). To do this they need to be placed at the centre of the action, having experiences that keep them coming back. New technology is doing just that. Venues are using data, apps, beacons and digital innovation to improve operations, player performance and fan experiences especially the new Tottenham stadium (Hong S & Kellison T,2014).

Reference list:

Hong S & Kellison T,2014, 'The adoption and diffusion of pro-environmental stadium design',European Sport Management Quarterly, 22 August, vol 15, is 2, pp 249-269

Levy J ,2019, 'Tottenham's new stadium: All you need to know about Spurs' new £1billion ground',Sky Sports, 25 March, viewed 23 May 2019, https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/11657806/tottenhams-new-stadium-all-you-need-to-know-about-spurs-new-1billion-ground

Parker K, 2017,'Stadium technology: enhancing the spectator experience', Engineering and technology, 15 March, viewed 23 May 2019, https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2017/03/stadium-technology-enhancing-the-spectator-experience/

Tottenham Hotspur ,2019, ‘explore Tottenham hotspur new stadium’, Tottenham Website, viewed 23 May 2019,http://new-stadium.tottenhamhotspur.com/explore/

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