Titlebook: Sport Mega-Events in Emerging Economies; The South American G Gonzalo A. Bravo,David J. Shonk,Silvana González-M Book 2018 The Editor(s) (i

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Introduction,economy. The chapter provides an introduction to the South American Games, describes the organization of the project, and explains the methodological approach used in this case study. Although the vast majority of scholarly work on SMEs has focused on large and global scale events, this case focused

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Conceptualizing Sport Mega-Events,impacts and legacies of SMEs are explored, thus referring to the short-term consequences and more long-lasting factors such as economic growth and well-being of the population. Structural dimensions, size, and categories such as first-, second-, and third-order SMEs are also examined. We argue that

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The Context of the South American Games,ic changes. Due to an increased awareness within the public sector of the role of sport, the last decade has witnessed the passage of sport legislation and the establishment of public agencies in many South American countries. Both have contributed to justify public investment in sport. While the fu

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Bidding, Planning, and Organizing,) ability to manage the organizational complexities of staging such a venture. It also provides a historical account of the Chilean government’s failed attempts to bid and host SMEs and offers plausible explanations as to why recent government officials have changed their approach to bidding on thes

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,Santiago 2014: Stakeholders’ Appraisement, public, and the self-evaluation by those who were directly involved with the organization. Overall, media coverage of the games had a positive connotation with a focus on the achievements of Chilean athletes, the presence of high caliber international athletes, the quality of the sport infrastructu

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Lessons and Challenges Facing Sport Mega-Events in Emerging Economies: The Case of Santiago 2014,-order events will be replicated in smaller-scale events. This chapter discusses the major findings of this case, suggesting that a number of outcomes and legacies reported in first-order SMEs also occurred in the South American Games. The three most salient outcomes identified in the Games included

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Bidding, Planning, and Organizing,e events. Arguably, the South American Games have served as the ignitor for bringing more and larger events to Chile. Recent success of the Santiago bid over the 2023 Pan American Games shows how the South American Games have played an important role in the current arms race for bringing larger and more challenging SMEs to Chile.