1. Making the Case for Events Weekend 1

2. Weekend Structure Saturday  Case examples  Freedom 2008-10  Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival  Lyon Lighting Festival  Lunch  Analysing bids and bidding documents: Rio vs Chicago  Coffee  Assessment 1 preparation  Debate

3. Revisiting Weeks 1-4  Reflect on the main arguments for Central Government involvement in peripatetic events and critically examine the range of requirements placed upon potential hosts by sanctioning organisations and highlight the potential reasons for such demands.  With reference to Lukes’ analysis of power, critically discuss the reasons why ‘narratives’ (Black, 2007; Cornelissen, 2004) are becoming an integral part of bidding processes.

4. Bids and Bidding Documents: the 2016 Olympic Games

5. Bids and Bidding Documents

6.  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/02/share-this- on-mixx-facebook-twitter-digg-delicious-reddit-myspace- stumbleupon-share-e-mail-save-print-obama-makes-2016- olympics-sales-pitch-for-chicago/ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/02/share-this- on-mixx-facebook-twitter-digg-delicious-reddit-myspace- stumbleupon-share-e-mail-save-print-obama-makes-2016- olympics-sales-pitch-for-chicago/

7. Bids and Bidding Documents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sdbxjm9 ww

8. Bids and Bidding Documents 121 st Session of the International Olympic Committee Oct 2 nd, 2009, in Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark  Looking at the bid summaries for the 2016 Olympics from Rio (winner) and Chicago (favourite), discuss the potential reasons why Rio won the right to host the Games. CityRound 1Round 2Round 3 Rio264666 Madrid282932 Tokyo2220- Chicago18 --

9. Assignment 1 – Blog Discussion  Part 1 – 500 words – 2 nd March  Lukes’ (1974) three dimensional conceptualisation of power offers a complex and interesting insight into the bidding processes surrounding peripatetic mega-events. Drawing on ONE mega-event bid, critically apply Lukes’ work to the bidding process.  NOTE: You cannot draw on Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games bid for this assignment.  Part 2 – 500 words –16 th March  Submit to the Making the Case for Events blog site commenting on another person’s original contribution.

10. Debate  It could be argued that the decision to bid for peripatetic mega-events is more often than not designed to serve the needs of political actors rather than the needs of the host community.  Please draw examples from practical cases and present statements to support your case.