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Legacy Insights from Media Coverage of Atlanta 1996: Brisbane 2032 and Olympics Outside Mega Cities
Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodistico, Vol.31(4), pp.841-851
2025
Abstract
The Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics signal a shift from mega-city hosts to a more regional and sustainable approach to staging the Games. Uniquely in a Summer Olympic bid, Brisbane’s application was based on the hosts being from the broader Australian region of south-east Queensland. In appointing Brisbane, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach outlined the importance of sustainability and economic responsibility, and recognised the long-term regional and national strategies around development in Australia. In this changing global sports ecosystem, this paper examines the legacies of Atlanta 1996, a smaller-scale Olympics through media coverage of this edition of the Games, including general and sports reporting. The findings outline areas for the Brisbane 2032 organisers to consider in delivering an Olympics that is sustainable for the hosts. The Games were most effective for fulfilling elements related to sports legacies and the economic focus on making a profit, or not requiring government funding. There are considerable positives in the Olympic stadium still being in use, along with the aquatic centre, and the continued popularity of the public space and broader developments based around the Centennial Olympic Park.
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- Title
- Legacy Insights from Media Coverage of Atlanta 1996: Brisbane 2032 and Olympics Outside Mega Cities
- Authors
- Peter English - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesDavid Fleischman - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesAmy Clarke - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodistico, Vol.31(4), pp.841-851
- Publisher
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Servicio de Publicaciones
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.5209/esmp.102747
- ISSN
- 1988-2696; 1134-1629
- Copyright note
- To foster the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico (Studies on Journalistic Messages ) provides unrestricted access to its content from the moment of publication in this electronic edition, and is therefore an open access journal. The original works published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid, and their source must be cited in any reproduction, whether in whole or in part. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This must be expressly stated when necessary. You can consult the informative version and the legal text of the license.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English; Spanish
- Record Identifier
- 991184167402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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