Non-mega sporting events’ social impacts: a sensemaking approach of local governments’ perceptions and strategies: Mathieu Djaballah, Christopher Hautbois and Michel Desbordes

Although sporting events are of a short duration, they can generate various short-or longterm impacts (Preuss & Solberg, 2006). Most attention on this subject has been given to mega sport events like the Olympic Games or the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) World Cup, which fall into the ‘Type A’ category of Gratton and Taylor’s (2000) typology of events, namely ‘irregular, one-off, major international spectator events generating significant economic activity and media interest’ (Gratton & Taylor, 2000, p. 190). As these events are largely used to develop tourism, provide new business opportunities, or stimulate job creation, the focus of research has primarily been

This article was originally published with errors. This version has been corrected. Please see Corrigendum (https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2015.1016715).