Stadium Siting in European Cities: Interaction, Integration and Placemaking

In contemporary city building, large sports venues are seen as a means to prompt urban development. Despite a plethora of studies suggesting sport events and stadium construction have little appreciable effect on income, employment and economic development at a municipal scale, governments continue to promote them, often in partnership with higher levels of government and private investors. It is thus essential to identify conditions associated with stadiums’ positive impacts on the surrounding built and socio-economic environment; among the relevant factors, stadium location and links to transit are of likely key importance. This project looks to analyze and understand how, in selected European cities, stadium siting lends itself to placemaking, positive interactions, and beneficial integration with the surrounding environment. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Lisa Bornstein

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Partner:

Universität Hamburg

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

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