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Time Out
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Time Out
London has been named the best city in the world for sports events
Just as London has revealed it plans to bid to host the 2040 Olympics, the capital has been crowned as the world's best city for hosting sporting events. A new report by City Hall has revealed that major sporting events made £230 million for the capital last year, with more than 500,000 fans attending fixtures in the city, and 200 million viewers tuning in online and on TV. London was also named the world's leading sporting events host in the 2024 Global Cities Report. 2024 was a bumper year for sports in the Big Smoke, with the capital hosting more than 50 major events including the UEFA Champions League Final, the London E-Prix, Major League Baseball and NFL American football games. Things show no sign of slowing down. This year London will host the Women's Rugby World Cup and the Grand Sumo Tournament. Meanwhile England, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have already been confirmed as hosts for Euro 2028, and the UK is set to host the Women's World Cup in 2035. For the future, the Mayor has revealed ambitions to host the Superbowl, Olympics, World Athletics Championship, and WrestleMania. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: 'London is the sporting capital of the world and I am proud that we have such a strong track record of staging the biggest and best international events in our great city.'
BBC News
28-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sporting events brought in £230m to London's economy in 2024
London has been named as the world's leading sports host as new data reveals major sporting events delivered a £230m boost to London's economy in with the economic benefits, the report published by City Hall found almost 500,000 fans attended key sports events in the capital last year, with more than 200 million global viewers tuning in to city was also crowned the world's leading sporting events host in the 2024 Global Cities Report, as well as the best cultural experience events last year included the UEFA Champions League Final, the London E-Prix, and Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) American football games. In the Major Sports Events Impact for London 2024 report published by City Hall, the direct economic impact was calculated through organiser, spectator and attendee spend during the of London, Sir Sadiq Khan has said he supports for a bid for the Olympics and Paralympics to return to London in 2040 and "remains committed to making London WrestleMania's first international destination".A poll carried out online by YouGov for the Greater London Authority has found that 62% of Londoners feel proud of living in London when major sporting events are hosted, with 72% of 18 to 24-year-olds feeling 2024, London hosted over 50 major sports events. The report focused on six best-in-class major sports events from last year that have created significant value for the were:UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium between Real Madrid and Borussia DortmundMLB game at the London Stadium featuring the New York Mets and Philadelphia PhilliesFormula E London E-Prix at ExCelLondon Athletics Meet at Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkTwo regular season NFL games at Tottenham Hotspur StadiumJacksonville Jaguars regular season NFL game at Wembley has been hugely popular in London for decades and the report reveals it has generated an estimated spectator spend of over £600m since the first NFL London Games in was also a cumulative USA viewership of over 20 million for the NFL London Games and MLB London Series in 2024. This year London will host an unrivalled number of women's sport events with women's rugby league, tennis, cricket, football, netball, hockey, basketball, athletics and rugby union all taking place in the women's sport in London this August and September is the Women's Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham Stadium, which will have a world-record attendance for a single full-sided women's rugby event. In addition, women's tennis is returning to Queen's Club for first time in more than 50 Sadiq added: "London is the sporting capital of the world and I am proud that we have such a strong track record of staging the biggest and best international events in our great city."
