Reviving the Flame

List of Concepts
Coalition of
beneficiaries
Collusion
: term used to designate all people in favour of the Games, and that can have a
personal interest in hosting them.
: when people or enterprises find an arrangement to their own benefit but not the
others’ (i.e. two leader enterprises may increase their prices to gain more from the
Games, even though it is unethical).
Deficiency discourse : a speech on a topic that lacks information and credibility, i.e. in this context few
Swiss politicians pretend there is no more snow in Valais, which is not correct.
Displacement
Event led
Event themed
Fast tracked
Legacy
: when a minority is moved from its neighbourhood to another one.
: projects that concentrate on optimising the event impacts through associated
initiatives.
: leveraging projects that attempts to address key concerns of the destination by
using the event as a leitmotiv.
: used for projects that are accelerated through political abuse, i.e. oppositions are
cancelled, laws are superseded, etc.
: “is all planned and unplanned, positive and negative, tangible and intangible
structures created for and by a sport event that remain longer than the event itself.”
(Preuss, 2007, p. 211).
Leverage : event implementations that can optimise desired event outcomes (Chalip, 2004).
Immediate Leverage : focuses on instant economic impact by fostering event visitors spending through
four strategies (encouraging shopping activities, lengthening visitor stays, retaining
event expenditures, creating and enhancing business relationships).
Long-term Leverage : focuses on destination’s image improvement over time; can be done by enhancing
event advertising and reporting.
Placebo legacy
Psychic income
: a heritage that does not belong to the said event. I.e. if a stadium is already planned
in the city development plan, having the OG will only accelerate its building, but it
will not be an OG’s legacy per se.
: intangible revenues like pride, national cohesion, feeling of belonging, etc.
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