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Football Stadiums as Alternative Tourists’ Entertainment Points of Interest: The Perceptions of Managers and Local Authorities in the City of Patras

In: Recent Advancements in Tourism Business, Technology and Social Sciences

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  • Alkiviadis Panagopoulos

    (University of Patras)

  • Vasiliki Matika

    (University of Patras)

  • Ioannis A. Nikas

    (University of Patras)

Abstract

Football stadiums, especially those located in urban areas, host games of local and international tournaments, attracting fans to attend and express their loyalty to the team. Nowadays, these venues are acting beyond the usual, providing an effective way of attracting visitors and travelers, as they offer a greater variety of services and products. Thus, a successful development of football stadiums depends, among others, significantly on the type of ownership and management policies. The objective of this paper aims to provide an in-depth insight of football stadiums’ contribution to the local and urban tourism development, in areas with low tourism intensity and potentials, revealing the aspects that can upgrade them to points of higher tourist interest. This work focuses, mostly, on studying the effects of ownership on the development processes of a modern stadium, which is profiled as a venue providing various services and products, and especially, on the national football stadium located in the city of Patras in the Western Greece. The results of the research showed that the ownership of these stadiums affect their development as tourism products and destinations, as well as their financial management and organizational structure and policy.

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  • Alkiviadis Panagopoulos & Vasiliki Matika & Ioannis A. Nikas, 2024. "Football Stadiums as Alternative Tourists’ Entertainment Points of Interest: The Perceptions of Managers and Local Authorities in the City of Patras," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Vicky Katsoni & George Cassar (ed.), Recent Advancements in Tourism Business, Technology and Social Sciences, pages 595-608, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-031-54342-5_37
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54342-5_37
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    Keywords

    Football stadiums’ services; Tourism intensity; Tourism development; Stadiums’ ownership; Management policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • Z21 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Industry Studies
    • Z32 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Tourism and Development
    • Z38 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Policy

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