MCS0007 - Written evidence provided to Digital, Media, Culture and Sport Committee's inquiry on major cultural and sporting events

This short report was prepared in response to the The DCMS Committee on Major cultural and sporting events call for evidence (https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/447/major-cultural-and-sporting-events/). The authors have an established track record of historically informed longitudinal research on the topics of sport, finance, and public management., This includes books and articles about England’s successful history of hosting the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games, including finance, operations, marketing, legacy and ‘populism’. We are active members of the British Academy of Management and are both employed full-time by University of York, part of the Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities.