This paper discusses reasons why politicians still favor hosting mega events despite the discouraging evidence regarding their financial benefits: (1) early political enthusiasm, (2) tying side-projects to the bid to raise political support, (3) biased reading of history, (4) the winners curse,...

The ambition to host mega sports events is (or can be) perfectly justifiable with various arguments. The most persistently used argument is the supposed financial or direct economic gain for the host economy, of which the compelling body of evidence is discouraging. This implies that the...

The purpose of this study was to investigate participants’ consumer behaviors of 2010 Turkish Summer University Games. Total 307 male, 118 female participants (N: 426) was joined to study voluntarily. A questionnaire which includes 15 question (demographic and consumer information) applied to...