2024 Volume 22 Pages 42-52
Understanding the interplay between events host region stakeholder networks and processes is essential to comprehend the delivery and sustainability of legacy. While previous studies have suggested the need to focus on building measurable and visible pre-event legacies, less attention has been paid to the effectiveness of legacy network governance associated with sporting events. Therefore, this study examined the process of legacy planning associated with the World Masters Games 2021 for legacy building and analysed the structural and functional characteristics of the legacy network governance. This study used qualitative analysis to explore the governance structure and functional characteristics of pre-event legacy building in host cities in the Kansai area of Japan. The results indicated that, in the pre-event phase, the Legacy Creation Committee contributed to the effectiveness of legacy project implementation by monitoring the activities and interactions of event stakeholders and mutually sharing their vision for the post-event period. In addition, this study contributes to our understanding of the effectiveness of legacy network governance by emphasising the importance of governance between event stakeholders in a regional cooperation system.
