The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us to live in social isolation and has brought an important element of social life, the events industry, to a complete standstill. In resurrecting the events industry, the most urgent focus is on managing the risk of any crowd-control measures with a view to...

List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Setting the scene -- The dynamic nexus between sport, mega-events and security: a socio-historical sketch -- The meanings and (Re)productions of security -- Between retrospective and futuristic processes of security: extending the 'Troika of Security' --...