The document discusses whether the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park in London was too big to fail. It notes that while pre-games and during-games tourism were uncertain, post-games tourism has succeeded through a network of partnerships between public and private groups that funded regeneration of the park and surrounding East London area.

1. Too big
to fail? The Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park: too big to fail?
James Kennell
University of Greenwich

2. If you build it, will
they come?
X Pre-games tourism
X During-games tourism
√ Post-games tourism
(Weed 2008)

3. What works?

4. Winning?

5. “The regeneration of the Olympic Park and its role in
contributing to the regeneration of East London will
require a network of partnerships, new public funding
commitments and the infusion and leveraging of private
resources.” (OPLC website)