Event Presentation
SMGT 631
Event Bid Instructions
For this assignment, you will first select your topic (a city from North America) on the Discussion Board. You may not select a city that has been previously selected by another classmate. Recent candidate/host cities of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver also may not be selected. The Event Bid: Topic Selection is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 1.
Once you have selected a city, you will prepare a 2024 summer or 2026 winter Olympic Games bid. The assignment must be presented as a PowerPoint presentation which will be submitted in Blackboard and also posted in a Discussion Board forum for other students to view and later provide comments for the Event Bid Comments assignment due in Module/Week 5. You must provide a visually pleasing presentation which provides an adequate description without overloading individual slides with information.
The Event Bid: Presentation is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 4.
The following information (which is loosely based on the IOC’s requirements for candidate cities) should be completed for this project:
Title slide
Must include the student’s name and the name of the bid city
Descriptive information
General overview of the games concept and legacy
Purpose/vision for the hosting the games
Anticipated dates for the games
Sentimental reasons for selecting your city
Population and demographics
Per capita income
Racial description
Other relevant demographic information
Geography and Meteorology
Description of weather during games time
Geographical features of importance or interest
City Description
Historical notes
Key industries
Cultural environment
Previous sport/event hosting experience
International and major events
One time and regular events
Previous international bids (successful or not)
Infrastructure
Hospitality
Number of hotel rooms available for visitors
Concept for the athletes village including post-games use
Sport Facilities
Existing athletic/public assembly facilities which could be used
Required additional facilities to adequately host games
Planned post-event use of main Olympic stadium
Transportation
Existing mass transit capabilities
Required changes/upgrades
Post-event transit benefits
Political/Social Issues
Anticipated political or social problems that should be addressed
Security plan/resources available
Anticipated impacts on residents before, during, and after the games
Sources for all information used must be provided using APA format. You must use current, original sources to gather information (pages such as Wikipedia, about.com, etc, are not acceptable for this level of work). Rather than including a reference page, you should place sources in the “notes” window below the power point slide in which the source information is used. Leave a blank line between each separate source in the notes window. This project must be your sole work, according to the Liberty University honor code.
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