More bogus/inflates economic impact claims. 55,000 people are not traveling to Tampa for the Outback Bowl, and a family of four does not average $4,000 spent when they do. https://t.co/1i5NkSpLsp— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) December 31, 2017
Happy New Year, everyone 🎉 RT @RLenziCMG: A few seats still available at Raymond James Stadium ... pic.twitter.com/rYP50sON8l— Empty Seats Galore (@EmptySeatsPics) January 1, 2018
A more conservative estimate pegs the Outback Bowl economic impact at $30 million a year. But that figure came from the non-economist "economist" Mark Bonn, who I previously exposed for using bogus and inflated numbers.How do we know 55,000 people didn't spend $1,000 each visiting Tampa this week for the Outback Bowl? Announced crowd of 45,687 may be a clue. https://t.co/915CSKzl79— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) January 1, 2018
Real economists suggested the impact is closer to 1/10 of Bonn's estimates. But that's not the kind of number that gets tax dollars flowing to your private bowl game and funding the $993,000 salary of said bowl game's CEO.
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Great reporting and thoughts Noah. Keep this blog going this year. It's make or break for the new stadium and really MLB in TB. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe Bucs averaged only about 46K at their games this year (actual in-house attendance). From looking at that photo, there can't be more than 30K there. That upper deck is almost empty!
ReplyDeleteFor the 2017 NFL regular season, the Bucs averaged 51,912 in-house attendance, 59,952 paid attendance, and 8,040 no-shows per game.
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