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Open Access Direct and Indirect Trickle-Down Effects on Sport Participation Legacy Through Non-Mega-Sport Events

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Authors: Yoshida, Masayuki 1 ; Inoue, Yuhei 2 ; Pizzo, Anthony D. 3 ; Nagazumi, Jin 4 ; Aizawa, Kurumi 5 ; 

Source: Event Management, Volume 28, Number 5, 2024, pp. 763-780(18)

Publisher: Cognizant Communication Corporation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17077053867601

This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND licence.

Mega-sport events are frequently criticized for excessive commercialization and sustainability concerns. By contrast, non-mega sport events (NMSEs) offer more cost-effective, locally suitable, and socially sustainable benefits. To understand the lasting influence of NMSEs on local sport participation, we constructed a research model based on systems theory and integrated with youth and grassroots sport development legacies into a trickle-down effect model to examine their mediating roles. In the context of the National Sports Festival, an annual Japanese sport competition, we surveyed sport and government officials (N = 158) on the legacies of youth and grassroots sport development, sport infrastructure, sport inspiration, and sport participation. The findings indicate both sport infrastructure and sport inspiration legacies have positive indirect effects on sport participation legacy through grassroots sport development legacy. This study adds new insights on the importance of NMSEs, identifying grassroots sport development legacy as a mediating mechanism that facilitates sport participation.

Keywords: SPORT DEVELOPMENT; SPORT LEGACY; SPORT PARTICIPATION; SYSTEMS THEORY

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Sports and Health Studies, Hosei University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan 2: Department of People and Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK 3: Department of Management & Leadership, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 4: College of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan 5: Independent Schola

Publication date: June 22, 2024

This article was made available online on February 14, 2024 as a Fast Track article with title: "Direct and Indirect Trickle-down effects on sport participation legacy through non-mega sports events".

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  • Event Management, an International Journal, intends to meet the research and analytic needs of a rapidly growing profession focused on events. This field has developed in size and impact globally to become a major business with numerous dedicated facilities, and a large-scale generator of tourism. The field encompasses meetings, conventions, festivals, expositions, sport and other special events. Event management is also of considerable importance to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations in a pursuit of a variety of goals, including fund-raising, the fostering of causes, and community development.

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