Verifying the Effectiveness of Sports Event Policies for a City’s Sustainable Growth: Focusing on the Multiple Effects

Jae-Gu Yu,Yun-Duk Jeong,Suk-Kyu Kim

doi:10.3390/su13063285

Jae-Gu Yu, Yun-Duk Jeong + Show 1 more

Open Access

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063285

Copy DOI

Abstract

This article presents empirical evidence that suggests that there are multiple effects of local government sports event hosting policies. This study is predicated on the notion that the attraction of sports events is a feature of city-level policies. The empirical analysis used a multiple effects model, and the research employed a dual model approach: (a) a sponsorship effect model and (b) a tourism effect model. A questionnaire was administered online, and 383 cases were used for data processing. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were performed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0. (a) In the “business model”, it was confirmed that event satisfaction affected sustainable purchase intention only through the sponsor’s social image. (b) The “tourism model” confirmed that event satisfaction affected the intention to engage in positive word of mouth to recommend the destination through both forming a psychological attachment and experiencing emotional satisfaction. Among the event satisfaction factors, service satisfaction was identified as more important than facility satisfaction. As shown by the above results, satisfaction with sports events had simultaneous effects on the persistence of the sponsorship effects model and the persistence of tourism effects. The study concluded that attractive sports events promoted sustainable urban growth.

Highlights

All over the world, local governments are becoming entrepreneurial and pursuing urban development
AMOS 25.0. (a) In the “business model”, it was confirmed that event satisfaction affected sustainable purchase intention only through the sponsor’s social image. (b) The “tourism model” confirmed that event satisfaction affected the intention to engage in positive word of mouth to recommend the destination through both forming a psychological attachment and experiencing emotional satisfaction
The verification of all hypotheses was confirmed with one structural model through structural equation modeling (SEM), and the adoption of all hypotheses was suggested

Summary

Introduction

Local governments are becoming entrepreneurial and pursuing urban development. An “entrepreneurial government” refers to a government that uses the management techniques of profitable companies based on the principle of competition, customer-centeredness, and performance measurement. These forms of government mainly use business cities and tourist cities to improve economic independence [1]. The core activity of an entrepreneurial local government is the pursuit of more dynamic external activities along with the administration of the city. City marketing is an academic explanation for the entrepreneurial activities of these local governments. City marketing can be defined as a function and process of a city that manages customer relationships in a direction that benefits local governments and stakeholders [2]

Objectives

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion