The economics & sociology of mega-events

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# The economics & sociology of mega-events
### GEOG 30793
### May 20, 2019

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## Today's agenda

* The geography of mega-events

* Case study: The 2004 Athens Olympics

* Case study: The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

* Case study: The 2022 Qatar Men's World Cup

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## The geography of mega-events

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## The history of the Olympics

<img src="https://cdn.britannica.com/61/18361-004-7E921481.jpg" style="width: 650px">

.footnote[Source: [Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/event/Athens-1896-Olympic-Games)]

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## Olympic host cities

* [Map: history of Olympic host cities](http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/olympicvenues/)

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## The history of the World Cup

<img src="http://img.fifa.com/mm/photo/tournament/competition/02/75/74/47/2757447_full-lnd.jpg" style="width: 750px">

.footnote[Source: [FIFA.com](http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/uruguay1930/index.html)]

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## World Cup host countries

<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/World_cup_hosts.png" style="width: 800px">

.footnote[Source: Wikimedia Commons]

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## Case study: The 2004 Athens Olympics

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## The Athens Olympics

<img src="https://cdnolympic.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/2004.png" style="width: 350px">

.footnote[Source: [Olympic.ca](https://olympic.ca/games/2004-athens/)]

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## The 2008-09 recession and Greece

<img src="https://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/2015/02/blogs/graphic-detail/20150214_gdc778.png" style="width: 500px">

.footnote[Source: [The Economist](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2015/03/04/the-agony-of-greece)]

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## The aftermath of the Olympics

<img src=img/olympics.jpeg style="width: 700px" />

<span class="footnote">Source: [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures#img-1)</span>

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## Politics in Greece

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WOW0gItB2tE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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## Discussion: costs and benefits of the 2004 Athens Olympics

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## Case study: The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

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## The 2016 Summer Olympics

<img src="https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Images/OlympicOrg/Games/Summer/Rio_2016/2016-09-06-slider-rio-2016-games.jpg" style="width: 750px">

.footnote[Source: [olympic.org](https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016)]

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## Inequality in Rio de Janeiro

<img src=img/ipanema.png style="width: 700px" />

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## Race in Rio de Janeiro

* [The Brazilian Racial Dot Map](http://patadata.org/maparacial/en.html)

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## The cost of the Rio Olympics

<iframe src="https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/are-costs-of-the-olympics-worth-it-for-host-cities/" id="cbsNewsVideo" frameborder="0" width="750" height="500"></iframe>

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## Olympic infrastructure

<img src="https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Images/OlympicOrg/News/2017/08/15/2017-08-15-transport-rio-2016-thumbnail.jpg" style="width: 650px">

.footnote[Source: [olympic.org](https://www.olympic.org/news/olympic-games-transport-rio-to-a-new-level)]

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## Olympic infrastructure

<iframe width="750" height="500" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YHguBnA4UM4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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## The Olympics and the _favelas_

<iframe width='750' height='500' scrolling='no' src='https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/c/embed/dabedf24-584a-11e6-8b48-0cb344221131' frameborder='0' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

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## Case study: The 2022 Qatar World Cup

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## The 2022 World Cup

<center><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid_logo.svg/800px-Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid_logo.svg.png" style="width: 300px"></center>

.footnote[Source: Wikimedia Commons]

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## FIFA

<img src="https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/fifa-corruption-investigration-russia-blatter-world-cup.jpg" style="width: 600px">

.footnote[Source: [The Consul](http://theconsul.org/2015/11/when-a-huge-corruption-takes-place-in-a-huge-nonprofit-organization-the-2015-fifa-corruption-scandal/)]

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## Stadium construction in Doha

<img src="http://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2017/07/15/951431-818509720.jpg" style="width: 700px">

.footnote[Source: [Arab News](http://www.arabnews.com/node/1129671/middle-east)]

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## World Cup infrastructure

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zNmFgW_KWBk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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## Migration to Southwest Asia

* [Migration statistics from the Pew Research Center](http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/12/17/migration-tables/)

* [Origins of migrants in the region](http://peoplemov.in)

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## Population pyramid of Qatar

<iframe src="qatar.html" frameborder="0" seamless scrolling="no" height="550" width="1000"></iframe>

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## Labor migration and the World Cup

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OjqQLVRZyyw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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## Discussion: human rights and the World Cup in Qatar

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## Next up: Sports & urban development

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