The facts
Location: Scotland
Clients: Event Scotland, Scottish Rugby Union,
Scottish Government, sportscotland, Edinburgh City Council, Glasgow
City Council
Start / completion dates: February 2007 - January
2008
Services provided: event feasibility, whole-life
costs, NPVs, options review, event technical assessment, event
‘winnability’, economic and social impact appraisal, cost benefit
analysis
The project
Capita Symonds was appointed by Event Scotland to carry out a
study into the potential of Scotland hosting the 2015 Rugby World
Cup. The project involved determining whether it was beneficial for
Scotland to bid for the event and under what structure it should do
so. Therefore, a range of scenarios (solo bid, partnership bid or
Scotland-lead bid) were assessed, as well as a number of bid
partners.
Following the reduction of many options to a shortlist of four,
a detailed review was carried out, evaluating each one against a
range of criteria including ability to meet IRB technical criteria,
legacy impact, benefits for Scotland, economic impact for Scotland
and ‘winnability’.
The whole project was structured and carried out to meet the
Treasury’s Green Book guidance, thus ensuring that all necessary
areas had been considered and information provided to allow the
Scottish Government to make a decision on bidding based on Capita
Symonds’ recommendations.
Paul Bush, Chief Operating Officer - Event
Scotland
Capita Symonds undertook a thorough and structured feasibility for the 2015 RWC, which will allow partners to take objective decisions regarding the benefit and cost of bidding for and hosting a major sporting event. A very professional and detailed piece of work