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Marketing and Sponsorship at the Paralympic Games

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The Paralympic Games have grown to become the second largest multi-sport event in the world behind only the Olympic Games (Misener et al. 2013). This growth can be demonstrated through the lens of the London 2012 Games, which saw most of the events sold out as part of a record 2.7 million attendance figure, compared to the 1.5 million who attended the 1992 Games in Barcelona. In terms of social media activity and online traffic, the word “Paralympic” has also seen growth with 1.3 million tweets and the official website receiving 25 million visits during the 12 days of the London 2012 (IPC 2016a).

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Legg, D., Dottori, M. (2017). Marketing and Sponsorship at the Paralympic Games. In: Darcy, S., Frawley, S., Adair, D. (eds) Managing the Paralympics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43522-4_12

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