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EURO 2008 and social impacts

MODUL University Vienna, in close collaboration with the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien’s Institute of Tourism and Leisure Studies, investigated the influence of residents’ acceptance of the sport mega event – the EURO 2008 soccer championship. Overall, the advocates had a slight majority of 55% in May 2008, just a few weeks before the beginning of the tournament. Attitudes towards positive effects on the community and national levels show the strongest impact on the degree of acceptance.