1. Sport in the city: research issues / Ian Henry and Chris Gratton
Pt. II. Sport and economic regeneration
2. Public subsidies to prfessional team sport facilities in the USA / John L. Crompton
3. role of major sports events in the economic regeneration of cities: lessons from six World or European Championships / Chris Gratton, Nigel Dobson and Simon Shibli
4. comparison of the economic contribution of hallmark sporting and performing arts events / Lynley Ingerson
Pt. III. Sports events: bidding, planning and organisation
5. critical analysis of the organisation of major sport events / Nigel Dobson and Roslyn Sinnamon
6. economic impact of two major sporting events in two of the UK's 'National Cities of Sport' / Simon Shibli and Chris Gratton
7. Bidding to host a major sports event: strategic investment or complete lottery / P. R. Emery
8. case of Euro96: where did the party go? / Rex Nash and Sam Johnstone
Pt. IV. Urban sports tourism
9. Sporting a new image? Sport-based regeneration strategies as a means of enhancing the image of the city tourist destination / Andrew Smith
10. Sport in the port: leisure and tourism in the maritime city / Jenny Anderson and Chris Edwards
11. Imaging, tourism and sports event fever: the Sydney Olympics and the need for a social charter for mega-events / C. Michael Hall
Pt. V. Sport and the development of urban communities
12. social benefits of sport: where's the proof? / Jonathan Long and Ian Sanderson
13. Sport and cultural diversity: why are women being left out? / Tracy Taylor and Kristine Toohey
14. Sports facility development and the role of forecasting: a retrospective on swimming in Sheffield / Peter Taylor
Pt. VI. Politics and sports policy
15. Sport, leisure and European Union regional policy: a case study of Merseyside (UK) / Nicola Matthews and Ian Henry
16. making of the UK Sports Institute / Eleni Theodoraki
17. Sport matters: urban regime theory and urban regeneration in the late-capitalist era / Kimberly S. Schimmel
18. Sports policy research in the city of Antwerp / Marc Theeboom and Paul De Knop
19. Sports policy in the city: a case study of Leeds / Peter Bramham
20. Sport in the city: where do we go from here? / Chris Gratton and Ian Henry.
