SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
In the context of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the issues of sustainable socio-economic development of regions acquire strategic importance in the system of state regulation. At the same time, it is necessary to reckon with the facts of a decrease in the volume of real investments in some regions of Russia, a slowdown in the implementation of infrastructure projects in the field of physical culture and sports, which is unacceptable in conditions of insufficiently high provision of sports facilities. The purpose of the article is to consider the main existing concepts and approaches to the study of the relationship and assessment of the impact of sports, infrastructure projects in this area on the socio-economic parameters and sustainability of the development of Russian regions. In turn, this will make it possible to determine the priorities of regional socio-economic policy and ways to increase the effectiveness of measures of state support for sports at the regional level. As a result of the study, theoretical and methodological approaches to defining the infrastructure of sports and physical culture as a factor in the development of the regional economy have been studied, the dynamics of the construction of sports facilities in the context of the federal districts of Russia have been analyzed, problems associated with the implementation of investment projects in the field of sports have been identified. In conclusion, a number of recommendations were formulated to improve the implementation of state policy in the field of physical culture and sports, taking into account the best international practices