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Measuring the impacts of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 the impact - stakeholder approach
  1. Martin Schnitzer,
  2. Martin Kopp
  1. Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
  1. Correspondence to Martin Schnitzer, Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Fürstenweg 185, Innsbruck 6020, Austria; martin.schnitzer{at}uibk.ac.at

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-091700

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    Research on mega and other large-scale events started becoming popular more than 30 years ago, especially in the field of tourism and leisure. Scholars mainly discuss the economic impact of these events1 whereas studies commissioned by event organisers often attempt to justify the use of taxpayers’ money in staging these events.2 Literature reviews show that events may also create other impacts or, what is frequently defined as legacies, in the social, environmental, infrastructural, touristic or sporting fields. Legacy …

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.