Accessibility in Sport Management: International Venue Perspectives

by Simon Darcy, Paul J. Kitchin, Tracey J. Dickson, Juan Luis Paramio-Salcines

Overview

This book introduces the fundamental principles of accessible and inclusive sport venue management, with a focus on people with disability. It offers a social‑ecological analysis of how governments, businesses, the disability social movement, sports organisations, and their stakeholders can, and should, make sport more accessible and inclusive.

Using a critical disability studies perspective, this book highlights recent global human rights initiatives, challenges, and ongoing resistance to the drive for accessibility in sport venue management. Drawing on the latest research, it takes a step‑by‑step look at the sporting experience – including pre‑experience planning, travel to and from an event, the built environment, the experience itself, and online participation – and considers how each phase might be made more accessible and inclusive, and how commercial and social justice considerations intersect.

Addressing the needs of participants, consumers, employees, volunteers, and organisations, this book is essential reading for any student, researcher, practitioner, or policymaker with an interest in sport management, disability sport, event management, corporate social responsibility, disability studies, or human rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032015798
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/17/2025
Series:	European Association for Sport Management Series
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Simon Darcy is a Professor of social inclusion in the UTS Business School at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He specialises in developing inclusive organisational approaches for diversity groups and understanding the social impact of organisations and individuals. Simon is also a person with a high‑level spinal cord injury and power wheelchair user who brings an insider’s understanding to research and engagement.

Paul J. Kitchin is a Senior Lecturer at Ulster University, UK. His major research interests explore commercial health, youth, and disability within sport.

Tracey J. Dickson is an Associate Professor in Events and Tourism Management in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra, Australia. Her major areas of research include accessible tourism, snow sport safety, risk management, and mega event volunteers. Tracey has a love of Alpine environments where she is an accredited ski instructor who also instructs in adaptive skiing for people with disability.

Juan Luis Paramio‑Salcines is a Senior Lecturer in sport management at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. He has been researching the intersection of corporate social responsibility, stadium management, and the development of accessibility in sport since the mid‑1990s, both from a theoretical and applied perspective.

Table of Contents

1 Introducing Accessible Sport Management

2 Philosophical Foundations of Accessible Sport Venues

3 Legislative Context and Venue Design

4 Sport Events and Tourism

5 The Consumer Journey to and from the Venue

6 Welcoming People with Disability to Sport Venue Experiences

7 Towards Accessible and Inclusive Sport Venue Futures