The city of Johannesburg is both the largest and richest city in the nation of South Africa. It is also one of the nine cities selected to host the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup, although among those cities it has the unique distinction of being home to two stadiums, including Soccer City, the venue for the final. The chance to shine on the international stage has led to massive renovations of the stadiums and tourist-focused areas of the city. These renovations create numerous jobs, which are frequently taken by migrant workers from other regions. Huge improvements must also be made in Johannesburg’s infrastructure to cope with the thousands of fans that will flock to the city. With regular funding diverted to soccer projects and construction jobs being taken by foreigners, money is taken from the poorer areas of the city, those neighborhoods once closely linked to the segregated areas seen in the apartheid era. This system may be outlawed, but similar discrimination does continue through today. It is a combination of these issues that allows a large separation between the rich and poor in the city, even as the city comes into the international spotlight of the FIFA tournament.
To prepare for the World Cup, South Africa is constructing five brand new stadiums and renovating five more as game fields in addition to many more practice fields across the country. The construction of fields is a hugely expensive undertaking, but will also provide countless construction jobs, though the money is slow to trickle down to the lowest levels of society. This is especially true in Johannesburg, home of two stadiums: Ellis Park Stadium and more importantly Soccer City, the venue for the Final. Soccer City will be nearly destroyed and rebuilt ...
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From 2001 2002 there was a 23% increase in the construction of sports stadiums and arenas with costs of those facilities upwards of $7.8 billion. The growing global sport industry requires that sport facility and event management keep current of new and proven management techniques. Sport Facility Management: Organizing Events and Mitigating Risks by Ammon, Jr., Southall, and Blair, provides readers with a basic introduction to elements of facility management for the full range of sporting and entertainment events. There is a high demand for individuals who are educated and trained in facility management, event organization, and risk management and since the September 11 attacks there has been a great emphasis placed on facility and risk management. Each chapter provides theoretical foundations and practical applications for each critical phase of facility management. The authors provided photographs, case studies, and industry examples to assist the reader in gaining an overall basic, picture of the sporting event and entertainment industry today. The book provides in-depth discussions about positive advances that have made the entire experience easier and more comfortable for fans; and about the negative economic and cultural consequences for sport events after September 11 2001.
With over two hundred countries participating, the Olympic Games is easily considered as one of the largest multisport event known to history. The Olympics are held at a different country, and even more rarely at the same city. For a country to be chosen to host the Olympics, the country’s National Olympic Committee (the country’s representatives for the Olympics) nominates a city (from the country they represent) that they think has potential in hosting the Olympics nine years prior to when they wish to host the Olympics. It is a two year process that consists of: Application Phase, Candidate Phase and the Election of the Host City. The country that wins the election is given seven years to prepare for the Olympics. (International Olympic Committee, n.d., p. xx-xx) The hosting country expends billions of dollars, usually money they don’t have, preparing for the Olympics. Then the question is raised 'why would a country go through so much trouble and spend an outrageous amount of money to host this event?' Throughout this discussion paper it will address all the pros and cons for a country to host the Olympics. It will also see if a smaller sports event can produce the same benefits the Olympic offers with less cost and risk.
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The scope of this paper will identify and help readers to visualize the three National standards listed under the heading topic "Places and Regions." By explaining the past and the present of Botswana, including how the people, culture, economy, beliefs, and government have changed, the reader will understand National Standard number four which says: "Knows and understands the physical and human characteristics of places." I am hoping that this paper will open some of our ethnocentric minds to understand the growing world around us. It will also help define National Standard number five which states: "Knows and understands that people define regions and use them to interpret the world’s changing complexity." Botswana is a third world country, however, it is becoming more known because of its developing economy and stable government.
Global events benefit regional, tourism and community development. Take for instance the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. They both are events held globally that increase visitor’s expenditure and length of stay while improving destination awareness and increasing civic pride. Janecko, Mules and Ritchie (2002) explain events in small regional destinations are obviously beneficial and often play an important role in tourism development and thereby in regional development however, differ due to size and scale of the event. Global events create employment and increase labour supply, expenditures and even the standard of living. ‘As local economics have adapted to changing to global dynamics, the hosting of international events has become more commonplace and can play a significant role in local development, acting as a catalysts for jo...