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It takes a village : an inventory and analysis of athletes' villages in the United Kingdom / Robert Sroka
Edited by Northumbria University - 2021
This project compares athletes’ villages in three Olympic and Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom: Manchester 2002, Glasgow 2014, and London 2012. The comparison is facilitated through data collection under three headings: financial, real estate, and geography. This project focuses on the measurement of legacy value in an athletes’ village context, the selection of sites, financial structures, and real estate uses, as well as the design and location elements that contribute to a vibrant post-Games village. In addition to comparing legacy outcomes of three villages in the same country, this study aims to establish a data collection baseline for future analysis of athletes’ villages as a project class across the Olympics and similar regional events as well as provide a referential body for prospective hosts that can enhance the value proposition of future villages.