Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-events on Local Politics by Matthew J. Burbank, investigates the local politics surrounding mega-events and their impact on politics in American cities, particularly three US cities: Los Angeles (1984), Atlanta (1996) and Salt Lake City (2002). In the first three chapters the author focuses on mega-events in general, their benefits for cities and the influence of politics and economic growth behind it all. Then the authors break it down into three case studies and thoroughly investigate each Olympic Games that took place in the following cities in the United States. One of the big questions is: what drives cities to large-scale events like the Olympics and what are the benefits. Considering the influence of politics, economics and image and their connection to urban politics as a whole. The authors also explain the importance of the coalition of public and private elites and how citizens' opinions are overshadowed, profoundly known as the “Urban Regime”. Looking beyond the benefits and losses, it also examines how they impact local governance and social conditions in the particular city. The authors presented their information and findings through many different sources, numbers and more deeply statistical situations that occurred and were visible through the media. Most of the evidence used to support the author's beliefs and/or thoughts were secondary sources, a more reliable source might have been direct interaction with city residents and/or personal observation rather than rigorous elaboration of numbers. The author's conclusions were simply based on numbers and secondary sources. However, the book strategically analyzes how the plan was initiated and what led to the idea of ​​hosting such a Meg... halfway... focused on why cities pursue large-scale mega-events scale like the Olympics. The book provides a connection between local politics and economic factors in modern mega-events. The author focuses primarily on three recent Olympics that were all held in the United States, breaking them into three separate case studies that answer many questions such as why cities seek out such an event as an outcome and policy decision. In a well-organized way, from the beginning of the bidding procedure to the final result, the chef gives great incentive to conclude whether the event was successful or a loss for the city. Overall the book gives a great boost to preparing for a mega event like the Olympics and its major issues, the authors do a great job explaining and proving their points in a clear and organized way, all in all a great read that helps to understand the politics behind such events.