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Avoiding the white elephants

Author(s) -

David Farndon,

Paul Burton

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

queensland review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2049-7792

pISSN - 1321-8166

DOI - 10.1017/qre.2019.8

Subject(s) - commonwealth , gold coast , project commissioning , event (particle physics) , publishing , political science , strategic planning , white paper , public relations , business , geography , marketing , archaeology , law , physics , quantum mechanics

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games presented the host city with a number of opportunities to improve its infrastructure and sporting facilities in line with its long-term strategic vision to transition to being a more mature and sustainable Australian city. However, major events such as the Commonwealth Games have a chequered history of bestowing lasting benefits and a positive legacy on the host city. This article examines the ways in which infrastructure planning for the 2018 Games was used to underpin the success experienced by the Gold Coast in harnessing the event to achieve broader city building objectives. It also reflects critically on how major event-led development can be used to support existing strategic city plans.

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