Sports Cities Index Launches
Around the Rings and TSE Consulting unveil their inaugural Sports Cities Index this week.
Results of the first survey will be released Friday at the City Events Conference in Lausanne. ATR subscribers will get results delivered via email at 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 15.
The comprehensive biannual ranking is built around a group of 50 cities selected through criteria such as staging recent and upcoming Olympics or other major multi-sport Games, hosting professional sports teams as well as organizing major championships or world-class events such as tennis Grand Slams and Formula 1 races.
London, Rio Begin Debrief
London 2012's transfer of knowledge kicks off Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.
LOCOG leaders will brief Rio 2016 on what they learned during the Games-staging process. Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 will also be present, as will 2020 bid cities and other Olympic stakeholders.
IOC president Jacques Rogge will attend the debrief, visiting venues and observing progress toward 2016.
Meetings run through Nov. 21.
IFs Meet
International Federations convene Monday through Wednesday in Lausanne for the annual IF Forum.
"Increasing the positive impact of your event: Sustainable Event Management" is the theme for 2012, the sixth edition to date.
SportAccord organizes the Forum in conjunction with ASOIF and AWOIF, the umbrella bodies for summer and winter Olympic sport federations.
Lausanne’s Movenpick Hotel is the venue for the invitation-only gathering.
Written by Matthew Grayson
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