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      Was Glasgow 2014 inspirational? Exploring the legacy impacts of a mega-sport event via the theorized demonstration and festival effects

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          The potential legacy of mega-sport events to increase physical activity and sports participation among the host community has been recognized. As part of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014, a longitudinal dataset was collected, focusing on the ‘Active’ legacy domain, which aimed to help the Scottish population become active and lead healthier lifestyles. The study investigated if the event changed behaviours and attitudes towards sport and physical activity among the host community through two theorized legacy pathways: (1) demonstration; and/or (2) festival effect. Results showed that the demonstration and festival effects were relevant to the community but they were largely ineffective in changing attitudes or behaviours, suggesting that, the mechanisms were operative but not effective. It is essential that future mega-sport events implement effective promotional campaigns to engage the host city and implement initiatives alongside the event to increase physical activity and sports participation in the longer term.

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                Journal
                Sport Soc
                Sport Soc
                FCSS
                fcss20
                Sport in Society
                Routledge
                1743-0437
                1743-0445
                2020
                10 February 2019
                : 23
                : 5
                : 810-831
                Affiliations
                [a ]Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast , Belfast, UK;
                [b ]MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow , Glasgow, UK;
                [c ]School of Media, Culture and Society, University of the West of Scotland , Hamilton, UK;
                [d ]Urban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow , Glasgow, UK
                Author notes
                CONTACT Claire Lyne Cleland c.cleland@ 123456qub.ac.uk
                Article
                1571044
                10.1080/17430437.2019.1571044
                7195173
                32406405
                bab4e0f1-9697-406f-9714-e45674a81cd3
                © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Figures: 1, Tables: 8, Pages: 40, Words: 10223
                Funding
                Funded by: Scottish Government
                Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
                Funded by: sportscotland
                Award ID: 08-01
                Funded by: UK Medical Research Council
                Award ID: MC_UU_12017/10
                Funded by: CSO
                Award ID: SPHSU10
                This work was supported by the Scottish Government; NHS Health Scotland; and sportscotland under Grant [number 166908-01]. AE is funded by the UK Medical Research Council ((MC_UU_12017/10) and the CSO (SPHSU10).
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                sport,physical activity,legacy,demonstration effect,festival effect,commonwealth games

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