Frigid Super Bowl LII brought $370 million in net new spending to the “Bold North” Twin Cities area
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The final tally by Rockport Analytics came in $50 million over the consulting company’s pre-Super Bowl projections. It also said the 10 days leading up to the
Feb. 4 game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis brought in $32 million in new
tax revenue for state and local government.
”We hosted well,” said Maureen Bausch, CEO of the host committee.
The report put gross local spending by visitors, companies hosting events, and the media and operations teams at more than $450. Subtracting $80 million
for tourism displaced by the event resulted in net spending of $370 million that
would not have happened but for the Super Bowl, it said. The figures don’t
include game tickets. Adding in the economic ripple effect brought the total
incremental contribution to the metro area’s gross domestic product to $400
million
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That spending ”resounded through the local economy,” said Ken McGill, managing director of West Chester, Pennsylvania-based Rockport.
Sports economists tend to be skeptical of revenue claims from massive sporting events, saying that events may be fun for the community but any
monetary windfall to a region is illusory.
”The Super Bowl is definitely positive, but nowhere near the $450 million positive in terms of dollars in local people’s pockets
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and money from sales of jerseys mostly goes to the NFL and manufacturers.
Despite subzero cold and heavy snow, the event drew some 125,000 tourists
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hotel. The report said 83 percent of first-time visitors said they would return.
The Meet Minnesota convention and visitors bureau said meeting and convention
leads are up 30 percent since the game was announced. Leads were up 10 percent
year-over-year in the first four months of 2018 alone.
The report found that the average Super Bowl visitor spent $608 per day during an average stay of 3.9 days, compared with a typical tourist who spends
about $124 a day. The Super Bowl generated more than 266,000 hotel nights with
an average daily room rate of $249, the report said. Thirteen percent of
visitors used peer-to-peer rentals such as Airbnb.
More than 1 million visits were made by locals and travelers alike to Super Bowl Live, the free fan festival held over the 10 days leading up to the
game.
U.S. Bank Stadium will be in the national spotlight again next April when it hosts the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. Rockport predicts the tournament
will bring $124 million in net spending to the region and $23 million in tax
revenue.
The Minnesota Vikings' public relations staff has won the Pete Rozelle Award from the Professional Football Writers of America for excellence in dealing with
the media.
The Vikings' PR staff is the 29th Rozelle Award winner and earned the award for the first time in club history. Minnesota is the 15th different NFL
organization to receive the honor since it was first awarded in 1990.
The Rozelle Award is named for the NFL commissioner from 1960-89, who started his career in sports as a publicist.
During the 2017 season
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relations), Jeff Anderson (executive director of communications), Jon Ekstrom
(public relations manager) and Sam Newton (public relations
assistant).
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