The Bitter-sweet Awakening: The Legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

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Walla Walla Press, 2006 - Business & Economics - 310 pages
This book is the first of its kind. No previous work has examined the legacy of an Olympic Games in one city and country. "The bitter-sweet awakening" demonstrates that legacy is not a one-off occurrence but is dynamic and evolving, and argues that there is a need to capture and document continuing impacts in an Olympic city. Legacy, as considered here, encompasses a large range of factors: public perceptions, and memories; media, identity and culture; business and economic outcomes; the future of Sydney's Olympic sites; impacts on sport itself; and impacts on the environment and the future of the "green Games". It also contains a detailed evaluation of the Paralympic Games and insights into the future Games.

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The Memory of the Games
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Business and Economic Outcomes
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