... meaningful while limiting others. A further conceptualization of space is provided by Pine and Gilmore (2011) , who introduce the term stage to describe the act of deliberately arranging the environment in order to orchestrate a customer experience. The concept draws on the metaphor of a theatrical...

... the event differently. Second, Kaplanidou and Vogt suggested further testing and validation of their scale to measure meanings people attach to sport events was warranted, and the current investigation provides such evaluation. Design/methodology/approach – Working with the event organizer...

... that make an experience meaningful for event participants and audiences can be better understood so that event elements and activities are effectively designed and leveraged to magnify the impact of an event experience. The presence of meaning as a concept and its problematics is ubiquitous across...