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Managing Olympic Venues

In: Managing the Olympics

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  • Simon Darcy
  • Tracy Taylor

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Olympic sport venues are the stage upon which Olympic athletes perform and are a critical component for both athletes and spectators at Olympic Games. Venues built or modified specifically to host the Olympic Games have become a focus of international media attention in the years leading up to these events for a combination of their design, aesthetic impact, construction time frames, operational logistics, cost and questions regarding longer-term use and sustainability. Venues are sport specific, multi-sport and also include support venues such as the athlete village. The venues that have been able to reflect the local historic cultural context and aspirations of the host nation in their design, such as Barcelona’s swimming pool (Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc) with its panoramic views over Barcelona, or Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium, have achieved iconic status and represent a strong architectural and cultural signature.

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  • Simon Darcy & Tracy Taylor, 2013. "Managing Olympic Venues," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Stephen Frawley & Daryl Adair (ed.), Managing the Olympics, chapter 7, pages 99-126, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-38958-8_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230389588_7
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