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Security and sport mega events : a complex relation
Sport competitions at the national, European and global levels have evolved in terms of economic investment, social importance and media coverage. However, this evolution has brought with it major political concerns. There is a need of construction of an environment of life where sport events and the multiple activities and interests related to them can be kept safe from any risk and potentially harmful occurrence. The aim of this volume is to highlight the complex set of legal provisions, surveillance and policing practices, discourses, bureaucratic procedures and spatial and architectural forms underpin the security governance of sport events and their effects in the contemporary era of widespread uncertainty.
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Crowd Evacuation in Stadiums Using Fire Alarm Prediction
Ensuring rapid and efficient evacuation in high-density environments, such as stadiums, is critical for public safety during fire emergencies. Traditional fire alarm systems rely on reactive detection mechanisms, often resulting in delayed response times, increased panic, and overcrowding. This study introduces an AI-driven predictive fire alarm and evacuation model that leverages machine learning algorithms and real-time environmental sensor data to anticipate fire hazards before ignition, improving emergency response efficiency. To detect early fire risk indicators, the system processes data from 62,630 sensor measurements across 15 ecological parameters, including temperature, humidity, total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), CO2 levels, and particulate matter. A comparative analysis of six machine learning models—Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines (SVM), Random Forest, and proposed EvacuNet—demonstrates that EvacuNet outperforms all other models, achieving an accuracy of 99.99%, precision of 1.00, recall of 1.00, and an AUC-ROC score close to 1.00. The predictive alarm system significantly reduces false alarm rates and enhances fire detection speed, allowing emergency responders to take preemptive action. Moreover, integrating AI-driven evacuation optimization minimizes bottlenecks and congestion, reduces evacuation times, and improves structured crowd movement. These findings underscore the necessity of intelligent fire detection systems in high-occupancy venues, demonstrating that AI-based predictive modeling can drastically improve fire response and evacuation efficiency. Future research should focus on integrating IoT-enabled emergency navigation, reinforcement learning algorithms, and real-time crowd management systems to further enhance predictive accuracy and minimize casualties. By adopting such advanced technologies, large-scale venues can significantly improve emergency preparedness, reduce evacuation delays, and enhance public safety.
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Sport Mega Events, Urban Football Carnivals and Securitised Commodification: The Case of the English Premier League
This paper explores the interrelationships of security policies and processes of commodification with respect to contemporary sport mega events (SMEs). First, it is argued that we need to move beyond conventional understandings of SMEs, as specific occasions fixed in time and space. Instead, we should examine more diffuse forms of SME, as illustrated by major sport leagues such as the English Premier League (EPL). Secondly, the paper discusses the popular cultures that have long been intrinsic to urban sporting spaces and which have been marginalised by strategies of securitisation and commodification since the late 1980s. Thirdly and fourthly, the principal juridico-political and political-economic forces that prevail within the EPL, and UK football in general, are examined— notably in regard to constrictive legislation and advanced security technologies, alongside policies of neo-liberal governmentalisation and urban revanchism. Fifthly, the paper explores expressions and irruptions of public unease, transgression and conflict within UK football settings with respect to these forces.
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A Study on Spatial Accessibility of the Urban Stadium Emergency Response under the Flood Disaster Scenario
In the context of global climate change and the rapid development of the sports industry, increasingly frequent flooding has become a significant challenge for Chinese cities today and one of the hot issues in risk management for sports events. In order to reveal the impact of flooding on the spatial accessibility of emergency response to stadiums in the central urban area within the outer ring of Shanghai, this article evaluates the accessibility of medical emergency services in the central urban area under the impact of flooding based on flood scenario simulations and GIS network analysis. Results show that under the different flooding scenarios, as the intensity of flooding increases, urban road traffic in flood-prone areas is blocked by ponding, and some stadiums are inaccessible to emergency vehicles. The scope of emergency response services for some medical institutions along the Huangpu River is significantly reduced, while emergency response times for stadiums in the riverside area are delayed considerably. Some stadiums are unable to access emergency medical services. The study’s results can offer a case reference for upgrading the level of emergency management of stadiums under urban-scale flooding and optimizing the quality of regional medical emergency services.
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Monte Carlo Analysis for Evacuation in Multipurpose Event Spaces
This paper addresses the evacuation of people from multipurpose halls and introduces an innovative approach that uses a probabilistic model, specifically the Monte Carlo method, to analyse iterative evacuation processes. The aim is to explore how this modern technology can contribute to the development of effective and safe evacuation plans for mass events. The Monte Carlo method was applied to a specific example of a multipurpose hall that offers different configurations for events such as sports matches, concerts, or performances. The evacuation of people was analysed for two configurations: a hockey match with a capacity of 9500 people and a concert with a capacity of 11,000 people. In both cases, the total evacuation of people from the hall was analysed, and the evacuation time was evaluated when two parameters were changed: speed of movement and preference for door selection. The results of the simulations can provide valuable information for the design of effective safety measures in multipurpose halls and other similar multipurpose venues. This innovative approach to evacuation analysis allows for a comprehensive assessment of the evacuation process, identification of critical areas, and verification of the layout of the space.
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Simulation-Based Assessment of Evacuation Efficiency in Sports Stadiums: Insights from Case Studies
Architectural design seeks to address many challenges, one of which is creating buildings that can quickly and safely evacuate people. Therefore, it is even more important to pay attention to the safety of personnel evacuation. Past disasters have shown that the number of casualties in large sports stadiums can be as severe as those caused by plane crashes. This study uses a case study approach to analyze the evacuation of spectators in a 40,000-seat stadium, comparing the practical application of three performance verification methods. The results indicate that Simulex’s visual dynamic simulation effectively reflects how walking speeds decrease in crowded conditions and how bottlenecks form along evacuation routes. People tend to gather at corners, leading to congestion and uneven distribution of evacuees, with several escape staircases being underutilized. The Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds is suitable for the early planning stages of architectural design, while the “Verification Guideline of Buildings Evacuation Safety Performance-based Design” is better suited for the detailed design phase to ensure compliance with the safety standard of evacuating spectators within 8 min. Compared to planning and designing based solely on regulations or empirical verification formulas, using visualization software allows for effective adjustments to evacuation routes before finalizing the design, balancing crowd flow across all safety exits and improving evacuation efficiency during the operational phase.
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Lack of Legacy? Shadows of Surveillance after the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany
The FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany saw the largest display of domestic security since 1945. More than 250000 police officers from the state and federal police, 7000 military guards, 20 000 private security contractors and an unknown number of intelligence service officers operated in the 12 host cities during the four-week event. In addition, more than 20000 volunteers took part in security and safety measures, constituting what have become known as 'pop-up armies'. Surveillance technologies were deployed, including but not limited to airborne warning and control system planes (AWACS), a variety of security robots, video surveillance cameras and radio frequency identification chips (RFID). Data banks stored more than 250000 personal data files of FIFA employees and another 10 million of those persons applying for tickets. The paper first describes how, since the early 20th century, FIFA has been embracing neoliberalism as a 'neo-communitarian entrepreneur'. Secondly, it analyses how FIFA enabled itself to set the preconditions for candidate and host cities to carry out the event. Thirdly, it develops the concept of legacy' in order to allow for an understanding of the World Cup's positive and negative impacts for all stakeholders involved. Fourthly, it examines the 2006 World Cup in Germany as a sports-related 'security assemblage', deciphering why parts of the assemblage were dismantled whereas others remained after the World Cup was over. Finally, it draws some conclusions about the role of FIFA as an incubator for a 'sustained securitisation' of host and post-host cities.
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From 'Violence-complacent' to 'Terrorist-ready': Post-9/11 Framing of the US Super Bowl
This study focuses on emerging discourses of stadium and event security at the US National Football League's (NFL) annual Super Bowl game. Unlike the championship series in other US sports leagues in which games are located in the cities of the teams that qualify, the NFL's Super Bowl game is 'awarded' to cities after a competitive bidding process. The Super Bowl provides an interesting case study because football stadia are now developed based not only on franchise owners' demands regarding profit and control, but also on the NFL's requirements for hosting a Super Bowl. These requirements reach beyond the confines of the stadium itself and into the urban spaces and communities in which stadia are located. In this new geopolitical context, 'Super-Bowl-ready' means shifting from Violence-complacent' to 'terrorist-ready'—indeed, since 9/11, the US government has classified the Super Bowl as a 'national special security event'. Both the host city and the event are, in military parlance, 'target-rich environments', offering tantalising opportunities for 'terrorists' to strike at the very heart of the 'American way of life'. This new discourse of security complicates the longstanding and well-documented rhetoric connecting stadium development with urban growth. Rather than replace the progrowth discourse, post-9/11 frames were effectively incorporated by journalists into the pro-growth discourse—both vulnerability and safety are now presented as contributing to the 'fact' that hosting a Super Bowl is good for the city-as-a-whole.
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Design guidelines for crowd evacuation in a stadium for controlling evacuee accumulation and sequencing
In the design of large‐scale sports facilities, architectural and fire‐service regulations are consulted to secure evacuation safety. However, these regulations define only the number, width, or amount of evacuation facilities, such as the path, exit, and stairs. These regulations not only limit the flexibility of the architectural design, but also not clarify that how evacuees should be secured or controlled under emergency situation. For this circumstance, we propose guidelines for the design and management of crowd evacuation by showing the process of an actual design project for a large‐scale 40 000‐seat stadium using a multi‐agent evacuation simulator. We mainly discuss three situations: (i) evacuation from the spectator stands, (ii) merging and accumulation around stairs, and (iii) evacuation to/on the ground. We clarify that most problems emerge from the accumulation of evacuees and the accumulation sequencing. We hence propose a design method and crowd management policy that avoid generation of a sequence of accumulations and while guiding on where accumulations should be generated. We discuss the design and management of crowd evacuation by showing the process of an actual design project for a large‐scale 40 000‐seat stadium using a multi‐agent evacuation simulator. We mainly discuss three situations: (i) evacuation from the spectator stands, (ii) merging and accumulation around stairs, and (iii) evacuation to/on the ground. We clarify that most problems emerge from the accumulation of evacuees and the accumulation sequencing, therefore we propose guidelines for design method and crowd management that avoid generation of a sequence of accumulations.
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Ensuring Safety at Australian Sport Event Precincts: Creating Securitised, Sanitised and Stifling Spaces?
Since 9/11, pervasive concerns about public safety have irrevocably changed the management of large sport events and these events are now under constant pressure to improve security. This empirical research contextualises contemporary safety issues associated with sport event hosting and locates security debates within the Australian sport event landscape. Public safety considerations, policies and legislation are explored through in-depth interviews with ten sport venue managers.Content analysis of newspaper articles related to the topic was used to formulate questions used in the interviews. Results indicate safety-related processes and practices are firmly based in compliance-driven risk management. Media coverage portrays a general public acceptance of significantly increased security and surveillance with only a few isolated stories reporting that the changes have compromised human rights and/or the sport spectator experience. Current Australian approaches to safety and security are politically and institutionally derived, and largely devoid of community consultation.
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