The four 'knowns' of sports mega-events

Leisure Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-96

  Horne, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foot ball World Cup; Impacts; Legacies; Olympic Games; Sports mega events

Indexed keywords

OLYMPIC GAMES; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 33751284213     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360500504628     Document Type: Article

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