This paper discusses the siting of the Summer Olympic Games at the global, national and local scales. The increasing corporatization of the Games is examined. Their use in city marketing campaigns is evaluated.

London 2012's Editorial Style Guide

Internal guide for London 2012's media drones.

Completely credible
We tell it like it is. Always credible. Speaking factually, backed up by real information,

GLA Budget and Performance Committee

The Finances of the Olympic Legacy
Part1: Olympic Park transfer and continuing liabilities
October 2010

A futile attempt to cut through the murk of the 2012 legacy financing and accountability. As one might expect, it's going to cost an awful lot of money on top of what's already been spent, no-one knows how much, when any benefits might be delivered, what they will be exactly or who will be accountable. Plus ca change.

OECD - Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events: Achieving the Local Development Legacy from 2012

A peer review of the Olympic and Paralympic legacy for East London proposed by the Department of Communities and Local Government, United Kingdom

Map of the 2012 Olympic site produced by Ordnance Survey and Institution of Civil Engineers in 2010 and distributed on the Greenway.
Includes an information section with a series of misleading 'facts' about the 2012 construction project, and illustrates the way the London 2012 communications unit is involving third party organisations as a means of creating more persuasive spin.

Report by Carphone Warehouse Deputy Chairman David Ross after his appointment as Games legacy advisor by Boris Johnson. It recommends the creation of a special 'legacy delivery' vehicle ie. the OPLC.

Research paper into the experiences of small businesses forced to move to make way for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

A PDF of a photocopied record of the Host City Agreement for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

See also:
London 2012 Olympics Host City Contract