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Sports stadiums are notable city architecture, culturally significant and potentially transformative spaces. They are also a place where sports teams remain as significant social and spatial anchors, which become particularly important for cities undergoing urban change. For this study, we seek to ...

Author(s)
Richards, J.; Spanjaard, D.; O'Shea, M.; Garlin, F.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Sport & Tourism, 2022, 26, 3, pp 269-284
Abstract

The current investigation examined sport type differences in eight fan motives: escape, economic (i.e., gambling), eustress (i.e., positive arousal), self-esteem, group affiliation, entertainment, family, and aesthetics. Participants (final sample N=886) completed a questionnaire packet assessing...

Author(s)
Wann, D. L.; Grieve, F. G.; Zapalac, R. K.; Pease, D. G.
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc., Morgantown, USA
Citation
Sport Marketing Quarterly, 2008, 17, 1, pp 6-19
Abstract

Purpose: Combining sport event tourism and experience economy has led to an experience-based explanation of sport tourists' behavior and the creation of experiencescapes. This study aims to analyze the interdependence of perceived experiences and revisit intention across three events....

Author(s)
Hallmann, K.; Zehrer, A.; Rietz, J.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 2021, 22, 4, pp 764-779
Abstract

This research focuses on spectators' perceptions of the values and norms of sporting conduct in four high-profile professional sports: football, cricket, tennis, and golf. Four spectator populations (n=848) at four prestigious national sporting events in the UK in the summer of 2001 were surveyed. ...

Author(s)
McNamee, M.
Publisher
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
Citation
Sporting Conduct: a survey of sports spectators' perceptions of the values and norms of selected professional sports, 2001, pp 11 pp.
Abstract

In recent years the British media have made much of the apparent decline of standards in British sports. In order to interrogate the veracity of media assumptions regarding the standards of conduct in major British sports, a selection of British sports spectators were interviewed in order to...

Author(s)
McNamee, M.; Jones, C.; Cooper, S. M.; Bingham, J.; North, J.; Finley, V.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Leisure Studies, 2007, 26, 1, pp 23-45
Abstract

Purpose: Experiences of high quality games between top-class sports teams could influence sports fans' decision to attend the domestic sports games. For example, soccer fans who watched the World Cup games between the best national teams are likely to be disappointed with the performance of their...

Author(s)
Feng Yan; Lu Jia; Yoon YeuJun
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 2018, 19, 3, pp 258-275
Abstract

Construction of large sports stadiums follows two different general concepts: (a) monofunctional arenas that are specially suited for one sport exclusively and that are characterized by the absence of an athletic track and (b) multifunctional sports stadiums that can be used for different ...

Author(s)
Feddersen, A.; Maennig, W.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Journal of Sports Economics, 2009, 10, 2, pp 180-191
Abstract

Located at the nexus of sports, media, and food, sports nutrition advertising is a rich site for examining competing discourses of gender representation. Although closely associated with male competitive sports, images of female athletes are increasingly employed in the marketing of these...

Author(s)
Namie, J.; Warne, R.
Publisher
United States Sports Academy, Alabama, USA
Citation
The Sport Journal, 2017, 20, pp unpaginated
Abstract

The sport stadium experience continues to evolve around the world, with elements such as food, music, stadium lighting, and enhanced scoreboards becoming more prevalent. The current study investigated four factors of the stadium experience within sport managers' control - the physical facility,...

Author(s)
Slavich, M. A.; Dwyer, B.; Rufer, L.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Global Sport Management, 2018, 3, 1, pp 79-98
Abstract

North American cities, working with their respective sports franchises, have built new facilities which have deliberately embraced romanticized notions of their sporting pasts. In this instance, the nostalgia experience is tied closely to the facility itself. However, not all sports facilities...

Author(s)
Mason, D. S.; Duquette, G. H.; Scherer, J.
Publisher
Routledge, London, UK
Citation
Journal of Sport Tourism, 2005, 10, 4, pp 253-271

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