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Abrignac wrote:The next 4 years should be really “interesting”. From one extreme to another.
It’s ironic though, the state that gave Dems the Senate and helped solidify the Presidency got shafted by the person who benefited most. Like syphilis, the disease keeps spreading. Atlanta has 30% Black business owners in the town. The estimated impact of the last 10 Major League Baseball All-Star Games, according to MLB and numbers reported by the host cities:
2016: San Diego, $80 million; 2015: Cincinnati, $60 million; 2014: Minnesota, $50 million; 2013: New York, $191.5 million; 2012: Kansas City, $60 million; 2011: Phoenix, $67 million; 2010: Anaheim, $85 million; 2009: St. Louis, $60 million; 2008: New York, $148.4 million; 2007: San Francisco, $65 million;
10-YEAR AVERAGE: $86.7 million
Note: If you discount the two New York games, the average is $65.9 million.
Occupancy rate, Average daily rate, Revenue
July 2010: 72.4%, $98.93, $13,215,267
July 2011: 75.0%, $100.15, $13,859,868
July 2012: 76.8%, $105.92, $13,820,416
July 2013: 80.3%, $118.15, $15,810,172
July 2014: 77.0%, $121.37, $16,912,827
July 2015: 73.0%, $122.92, $16,679,873
July 2016: 73.1%, $187.36, $29,944,388
https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170205/news/170209906/mlb-all-star-game-could-be-economic-home-run-clevelandThats from one article years ago...then there's the restaurants, touristy stuff, car rentals...yeah Atlanta and it's business owners screwed the pooch on this one. MLB...they DGAF. That game is happening. In another town without the drama...without the diversity...and without the viewers.
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