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The purpose of the study is to determine difference between local spectators’ demographic variables and organization’s social, cultural and economic impacts and using Mega Event Impact Scale developed by Jie and Yan (2010) which hosted Turkey for FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) Under-20 World Cup Organization in 2013. The population of the study occured local spectators who comes to watch the World Cup matches played in Istanbul and Bursa cities. 28 women (%24.8) and 85 men (%75.2) a total of 113 local spectators’ selected within the specified population with the convenience sampling method. Survey method is used as data collection tool. The t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to determine differences between Mega Event Impact Scales’ positive and negative dimensions and local spectators’ who participate the survey gender, age, occupation, income state and residential year variables. According to analysis, there are not any significant differences between scales’ positive and negative dimensions and spectators’ gender and state of residential. However, local spectators who aged 45 years and over think that the organization provides more economic benefit compared to other age groups. Housewives and retirees think that the organization contributes more to the development of the city image and tourism infrastructure compared to other occupational groups.

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