All Outputs (3)

International sporting mega-events and conditionality (2021)
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021). International sporting mega-events and conditionality. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13(3), 461-477. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2021.1905034

This article examines host contracts for international sporting mega-events as a forum for conditionality in developing world infrastructure projects, with a focus on the Rio 2016 Olympics host agreement. With emerging economies hosting an ever-incre... Read More about International sporting mega-events and conditionality.

Mega-Events and Rapid Transit: Evaluating the Canada Line 10 Years After Vancouver 2010 (2021)
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021). Mega-Events and Rapid Transit: Evaluating the Canada Line 10 Years After Vancouver 2010. Public Works Management and Policy, 26(3), 220-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087724x211003099

This article examines the Canada Line rapid rail transit project in Vancouver, British Columbia, a decade after its completion and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games for which it was accelerated. The case resides at the intersection of two project classes... Read More about Mega-Events and Rapid Transit: Evaluating the Canada Line 10 Years After Vancouver 2010.

Mega-projects and mega-events: evaluating Vancouver 2010 stadium and convention infrastructure (2021)
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021). Mega-projects and mega-events: evaluating Vancouver 2010 stadium and convention infrastructure. Journal of Sport and Tourism, 25(3), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14775085.2021.1881590

This paper evaluates two infrastructure mega-projects connected to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver’s downtown peninsula: the renovation of BC Place Stadium and the Vancouver Convention Centre expansion. These projects correspond to two categori... Read More about Mega-projects and mega-events: evaluating Vancouver 2010 stadium and convention infrastructure.