Optimizing Events to Help Xuhui Play a "Sports+Consumption" Combination Fist in the Sports Industry | City | Events
"My favorite city orienteering competition no longer has to wait once a year. Xuhui District has it every week." Ms. Xu, a citizen, has been a bit busy on weekends recently. The 2023 Changyou Xuhui City Directional Outdoor Challenge has become a popular competition among citizens. This competition is a series, starting from May 13th and ending at the end of June. Every weekend, there are new styles that keep orienteering fans entertained.
Taking the development of the sports industry in Xuhui District as the background to help Shanghai build a globally renowned sports city, the competition will connect "sports+consumption" in a city oriented form, allowing participants to experience the full range of sports+life events while actually enjoying preferential benefits from businesses. Two people can team up to participate, creating a new sports and healthy lifestyle, providing more possibilities for couples to date and gather with family and friends.
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On weekends, the "520" time for the two is no longer about staying at home, watching TV dramas and games, nor about arranging meals, watching movies and strolling around casually. Instead, they work together to achieve a goal, making the "520" meaningful for the participating friends. At the same time, on this special day, a "Message of Love" delivery box is specially set up, allowing the continuous love to be received in the future. It is worth mentioning that the competition also encountered "little coordinate people". Both parents are fans of urban orienteering competitions, and they see the inheritance and continuation of their love for sports in the children. The competition also features competition medals, symbolizing a colorful life and the courage to move forward in life.
This competition has linked multiple business districts and businesses, including the Dart Sports Association, Star Game City, Broadway, Greenland Colorful City, Huawei Authorized Experience Store, Shanghai Xiaomi Home, Yuan 8 Billiards Club, Oden Bowling Hall, Magic Speed Kart Racing, 635 Billiards Club, Drama Star DRAMA STAR Immersive Drama, etc. Through interactive check-in experience, sports and consumption are integrated, and unique task segments are used to deeply interact with players, promoting secondary consumption through gift vouchers and other methods.
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Xuhui District is in a leading position in the city in terms of sports industry scale, added value, and total sports consumption scale. Xuhui District attaches great importance to the development of the sports industry and stimulates the vitality of sports market entities through service-oriented policies. As early as 2020, Xuhui District established a special fund for accelerating the development of the sports industry from the cultural development special fund to support and encourage excellent sports events. In the same year, Xuhui District, as one of the first national sports industry demonstration bases in China and the first national sports industry demonstration base in Shanghai, issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting High quality Development of the Sports Industry in Xuhui District", proposing that "by 2025, the total scale of the sports industry in the whole district will exceed 40 billion yuan, the per capita sports consumption expenditure will reach 5000 yuan, and the new sports venue and facilities area will be 160000 square meters", comprehensively promoting the high-quality development of the sports industry in Xuhui District.
Last month, the "2023 Xuhui District Sports Consumption Carnival" was officially launched, combining with the commercial district to launch a sports consumption season that runs throughout the year. The Sports Consumption Carnival will form a sports consumption feast with weekly events, monthly activities, and seasonal highlights. It will deeply integrate characteristic events, interactive experiences, and commercial district consumption, becoming another example of the integration of sports and commercial districts, driving sports consumption.
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Xuhui District is striving to create a national sports consumption demonstration city. As an important part of the development of Xuhui's sports industry, "Leading a Healthy Lifestyle with Better Events" has become one of the preferred events for the city's targeted outdoor challenge, with characteristics such as universal participation, strong diversity and integration, good fan base, and excellent event experience.