Elementary Analysis of the Impact of Large-Scale Sports Events on Space Regeneration of the Hosts: Cases from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2012 London Olympic Games

Abstract

Under the background of globalization, hosting large-scale sports events is widely regarded as an effective way to accelerate the development of the host countries in regards to society, economy and culture. To a certain extent, large-scale sports events are important mechanisms to enhance the competitiveness of cities and regions. In the past few decades, large-scale sports events have been hosted worldwide and have affected the space regeneration of the hosts. Though research about the impact of large-scale sports events on space regeneration is abundant in academic circles at home and abroad, this paper focuses on a particular aspect of the impact of large-scale sports events on the evolution of elements of urban space and explores effective methods of space regeneration after large-scale sports events. This paper discusses the impact of large-scale sports events based on an analysis of the Beijing Olympic Games and the London Olympic Games. First, this paper analyzes the effects of large-scale sports events on urban spatial pattern reconstruction, and land value increment and change of land use. Second, this paper studies the impact of infrastructure construction for such events on the host’s space reconstruction. Next, this paper discusses the impact of subsequent utilization of relative facilities of large-scale sports events on the evolution of urban spatial patterns. Lastly, this paper summarizes the impact of events on the space regeneration and offers recommendations for hosts to take advantage of large-scale sports events to push forward their space regeneration.