Sports Event Image, Satisfaction, Motivation, Stadium Atmosphere, Environment, and Perception: A Study on the Biggest Multi-Sport Event in Indonesia during the Pandemic

The National Sports Week (known in Bahasa Indonesia as Pekan Olahraga Nasional or PON) consumes a large budget Indonesia’s largest multi-sports event. This raises the question of whether it is only sporting event has an impact on society. Studies related to events, specifically form local small-scale, such PON, are still limited Asia. aim this study was investigate six important domains (constructs) 20th PON (PON XX) held Papua 2021: sports image, motivation, satisfaction, stadium atmosphere, environment, and perception impacts. In addition, assessed correlations between those constructs associations explanatory variables (gender, distance residence, involvement event) constructs. A pre-tested questionnaire used assess variables. We included 675 respondents aged 17–57 years, with mean age 22.87 years study. results showed that implementation XX positively received by community their highest motivation watch for entertainment. participant significantly associated impact. residence from venues perceived while gender had no association all There strong correlation other five investigated XX.