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Heritage Sports Events

Sport events which always take place in the same location for many years, sometimes more than a century.

This project focuses on Heritage Sport Events, i.e. sport events which always take place in the same location for many years –sometimes more than a century- (such as Wimbledon, Paris-Roubaix, Athletissima, etc.) There are many such events and they have been totally understudied in the literature which often concentrates on mega-events and one-off championships.

The project started in 2013 and will lead to a doctoral dissertation which will clarify the concept and see how it can help the territorial development of a city, region or country. It is finance by IDHEAP.