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The sport in Melbourne also has many effects on the city. These effects can have both advantages and disadvantages on the economy, tourism, promotion of Melbourne and on the people. With Melbourne hosting all these huge events the economy is booming. For instance, this year's Australian Masters has brought bucket loads of money to the economy because of the superstar, Tiger Woods. With Tiger here it brings a lot of publicity, tourism and promotion. $19 million was accumulated from Tiger playing, six times the amount of his appearance fee, it was well worth the expense to bring him to Melbourne.

The Olympics and Commonwealth games are also huge events that had advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of course were the economy that brought huge amounts of money to Melbourne. With lots of tourists coming to cheer their countries on, hotels were packed and the streets very busy, for some Melbournians this was a disadvantage. Tourists had hours and hours of free time to go shopping, visit tourist attractions and in general explore the wonderful city of Melbourne. Disadvantages of the Commonwealth Games were that the projected cost was to be over $1 billion, as everybody knows the tax payers would have been paying for this. Daylight saving time was delayed by two weeks so not to effect the Games. This was a disadvantage but maybe an advantage for some people too, although many people think that daylight saving time goes for too long. In Parkville, public parkland was destroyed to make room for the Athletes Village. Trains and trams were over crowded and delayed as they couldn't cope with the rushes of people. Redevelopment of the MCG and the addition of a running track cost $450 million, again tax payers would have to cough up, but these renovations are worth it because it improves the stadium and will help to hold many events for the future.

Debt can also be a problem, but with countries holding huge events and lots and lots of money pouring into the economy it isn't really a big problem. Also jobs are made when Melbourne hosts these events. For the 2006 commonwealth Games transport, accommodation and stadiums that were being built recruited thousands of people and trained many more.

All of these events make the people of Melbourne proud that they live in such a great sporting city. When an event comes to town there is all this hype about the competitors and if the event will be a success. These events are sold out months in advance as people know that they are getting their money's worth. They are all over the news and newspapers. Sometimes there are free events, and as Melbourne has a sporting culture, many poeple flock to see them. These events can be parades with competitors, conferences and shows and street cycling and marathons etc. All this hype also brings new interest in the sports. There is a vibe around the city, the people knowing that they are about to witness something..... spectacular.