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    As a part of the marketing team for the commonwealth games hosted in Glasgow in 2014, I have decided to market in Australia. I have chosen Australia, on account of them winning the event 11 times. Personally, I think they will have a larger a fan base due to the fact they are favourites of winning the event once again. Another reason to why I chose Australia is by virtue of them having a longstanding relationship with Scotland. In 2011 a census was carried out and 103,204 citizens where Scottish

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    week of the Commonwealth Games – 18 sports and 7 para-sports are being contested and broadcasted to a global audience of an estimated 1.5 billion people (http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/sc_mr_170404.aspx). The main reason the Gold Coast won the bid to host the Commonwealth Games was that the venues that needed to be built to support certain sports – 80% were already built and ready to be used (http://www.risklogic.com.au/2017/07/is-queensland-ready-for-the-commonwealth-games/ ).

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    Iconic events such as the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and the Super bowl, have a significant relationship with society. Iconic events also have various positive and negative impacts on society. All types of people, cultures and small business owners, living in host city community neighbourhoods, are negatively impacted by neighbourhood refurbishments and being forced to leave. At the same time, iconic events have negative and positive, employment and volunteering implications

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    The Commonwealth Games is an event that the whole country is looking forward to. The opportunities for athletes, sponsors and the community are immeasurable. In this article, we will endeavor to show what benefits there will be, how possible issues will be resolved and what a great experience it will be for all those that attend. The Commonwealth Games is a national event that brings many different countries and people together. Helping out the partners of the annual Commonwealth Games is a goal

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    The Landcorp as land authority trading in Western Australia has granted approval from minister of planning in July 2008 for redevelopment plan Perry Lakes sport facilities used for commonwealth games venue in 1962 to become a new residential area. The Landcorp proposed to subdivide the area to build four types housing area with a unique characteristic. The characteristic of the building could help the redevelopment to achieve the goals which will believe to benefit existing community for example

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    The Landcorp as land authority trading in Western Australia has granted approval from minister of planning in July 2008 for redevelopment plan Perry Lakes sport facilities used for commonwealth games venue in 1962 to become a new residential area. The Landcorp proposed to subdivide the area to build four type housing with a unique characteristic. The character of the building could help the redevelopment to achieve the goals which will believe to benefit the existing community for example a sport

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    and best of government funds. It is the evidence that allows the government to decide to be held the Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold Coast. At the moment, the money that the government spend on the construction are billion dollars but it can create more than 10000 jobs for the Australian and other potential benefit that the government will get in the future are very big. Because based on the game the Government have tight the relationship with 53 countries around the world and most of the country

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    Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Attendance at the Commonwealth Games is typically around 5,000 athletes. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organization that is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed

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    introduction must address the article’s title so as to attract the reader’s interest. Anticipation for the future arrives with the closing of the 2014 Commonwealth Games as the Glasgow mascot, Clyde the thistle, will be passing the prestigious baton to Australia once again as it plans to the host the next Commonwealth Games in 2018. The next Games will be held in Australia’s largest regional city, the Gold Coast, located in South East Queensland. The Gold Coast is a major tourist destination and

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    Olympics, Commonwealth Games or World Cup event has seen some social unrest about the negative impact of the event on local people. Choose a recent Games-event host city and research the debate about the impact of that event on the city and its people. Critically discuss, i relation to relevant literature, the negative impacts the Games events have on a city and what gives rise to these impaction the basis of evidence that you have gathered and the literature on social struggles against games events

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