Environmental impacts of sporting event

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It is becoming increasing important for event planners to consider the environmental impacts of events when planning for sporting events .Sports is an important growing part of the event industry.

Sports attract tourist visitors, generate media coverage, attract small business operators and boost the economy. Sports events vary in size, impact and purpose. The  well known purpose for organised sporting events are to raise funds for for charity and also to bring people together.Planning for a sport event requires skills and to plan a successful event  requires thorough and  detailed planning well in advance(Beech &Chatwick 2004).

Sporting events can harm the environment.It is important for event planners to ensure that to avoid any  environmental harm the following  elements should be considered.
Minimal use of energy ,placing labelled containers for recyclable materials ,hiring mobile toilets and  conserving  water. Security should also be available in gathering such as sports events where there are a lot of people. Security in gatherings is concerned with protecting people and buildings from injury or loss resulting from criminal activity (Mathews).To do this the event planner should enquire about crime prevention practices taken by the facility to ensure the safety of people.