Abstract

PARRA CAMACHO, David; ANO SANZ, Vicente; CALABUIG MORENO, Ferran  and  AYORA PEREZ, Daniel. Residents perceptions about the legacy of America's Cup. CPD [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.1, pp.325-338. ISSN 1989-5879.

The aim of this study was to analyze the residents perception about the legacy of a major sport event like the America's Cup (AC) held in Valencia in 2007 and 2010 a survey consisting of a scale of 41 items with several positive and negative legacies for six dimensions was used: socioeconomic legacy; legacy in urban development and infrastructure; legacy image, politics and knowledge; sporting legacy; sociocultural legacy; and negative legacy. A sample of 735 residents representing a sampling error of ±3.6 was collected. The results identified three groups of residents with different perceptions of the legacy of AC: pessimists (46.9%), indifferent (38.4%) and optimists (14.7%). Most of those interviewed showed not agree that this sporting event has generated positive socioeconomic legacies, urban development and infrastructure, in sport and sociocultural level, while a tendency was observed to agree on some legacies negative. Only the legacy image, politics and knowledge acquired by residents showed a positive trend for the majority of citizens surveyed.

Keywords : Resident's perception; legacy; sport event; America's Cup.

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