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In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games-time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the organizing committees to operate the event, and the investment of taxpayers´ money for Olympic venues (non-OCOG budget). The study is based on data collected worldwide and is currently the most advanced study on cost and revenue changes of Olympic Games.

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Cost and Revenue Overruns of Olympic Organizing Committees.- Cost Overruns of Olympic Sport Venues.- Reflection on Reasons That Cause Cost and Revenue Overruns.

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Prof. Dr. Holger Preuß is Professor of sport economics and sport sociology at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, (Germany).Prof. Dr. Wladimir Andreff is Professor Emeritus at Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (France).Maike Weitzmann is a PhD student at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz (Germany).

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