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Assessing the Environmental Consequences of Major Sporting Events: The 2003/04 FA Cup Final

ESRC Centre for Business Relationships Accountability Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, 55 Park Place, Cardiff, CF20 3AT, UK, CollinsA{at}cf.ac.uk

Andrew Flynn

Department of City and Regional Planning, Glamorgan Building, King Edward V Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA, UK, FlynnAC{at}cf.ac.uk, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships Accountability Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, 55 Park Place, Cardiff, CF20 3AT, UK

Max Munday

Welsh Economy Research Unit, Cardiff Business School, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF1 3EU, UK, mundaymc{at}cf.ac.uk, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships Accountability Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, 55 Park Place, Cardiff, CF20 3AT, UK, robertsal{at}cf.ac.uk

Annette Roberts

Welsh Economy Research Unit, Cardiff Business School, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF1 3EU, UK, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships Accountability Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, 55 Park Place, Cardiff, CF20 3AT, UK

Policy-makers are increasingly interested in the wider ramifications of sporting events, including the environmental impacts of event visitation. This paper demonstrates how two separate though related methodologies were used to inform conclusions on the economic and environmental impacts related to event visitation. The approaches used to assess the case event were environmental input-output tables and ecological footprint analysis. Combining these tools provided valuable insights into a series of economic and environmental impacts, together with an appreciation of the global significance of average visitor consumption patterns associated with a high profile event, the 2004 Football Association (FA) Cup Final. The paper demonstrates how these tools can be used to provide valuable intelligence for policy-makers.

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