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Critical Analysis of Olympic Legacies: Past Olympic Games and London 2012

Critical Analysis of Olympic Legacies: Past Olympic Games and London 2012

Introduction

London 2012 Olympic Games serve as a regeneration opportunity for east London. The games have become dishevelled since early 1980 have and have resulted in urban renewal. Moreover, changes have also occurred to redevelop the region. Steps are taken by International Olympic Committee to ensure that the cities that host the event are left with positive legacies with regards to the venues, infrastructure, expertise, and experience. For the London Games, the main infrastructure that was built was in the poorest neighbourhoods in order to focus on regeneration which played a major role in the success, in July 2005. It has been claimed by a document that Olympics can transform the most underdeveloped areas in the country. This would be helpful for the future generations since currently. These regions were referred as problem place and had to go though physical regeneration. Therefore, it was argued that the only means of this regeneration could be the occurrence of a mega event. This is because it could mobilise the resources and could bring coordination between the political and institutional arenas. This would result in the transformation of the area in terms of physical and social transformation. Moreover, the cities would develop, and their functioning would improve (Arend 2006, pp. 741).Definition of Legacy

A significant achievement was represented by the development agencies and policy-makers in London and in the United Kingdom because of the acquisition of the London 2012 Games. The objective of the creation of the developmental legacies was to establish benefits for the society that last. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the notion of legacy has been defined as anything that is handed by an ancestor or predecessor.Critical Review of Legacies of Past Olympic Games

Olympics have left behind many legacies for the host country in which the games are held. Some of these include urban regeneration, economic legacy, transportation, facilities such as venues, volunteering, cultural legacy, tourism, and environmental sustainability. Two legacies with regards to Olympics have been discussed below.Urban Regeneration

It has been represented by the research that Olympics represent a momentous example of urban regeneration. This has been proved by the regeneration that took place in cities such as Barcelona and Athens. Olympics have an effect on projects that are carried out in the host country and open-ended developments take place for which the time frame is set with regards to the time on which the projects have to be delivered. Therefore, Olympics also enabled it in overcoming the challenges that included local planning and challenges with regards to the infrastructure.

Vision is also set and is set for the consumption of consumption of an, external international body, the International Olympic Committee (IOC). However, this has its own rules and requirements. Moreover, when the Olympics project is underway, there are also some political implications that are delivered. The local interests are taken care of, and market considerations are also considered. Besides this, one more thing that takes place because of Olympics is sponsorship agreements on a national as well as on an international level. The international firms are fixed in the early stages.

In London Games, the main sponsors were decided in May 2008 because of the developmental projects that had to be ...