(06-07-2023, 10:11 PM)Jag149 Wrote:

(06-07-2023, 09:37 PM)Eric1 Wrote: https://twitter.com/JStCyrTV/status/1666612203405885442

2 years no football downtown....

Taxslayer bowl year 1 --- 30,000,000 impact
Taxslayer bowl year 2 --- 30,000,000 impact
Florida Georgia year 1 ---  33,000.000 impact
Florida Georgia year 2 ---  33,000.000 impact
Jag year 1 ------------------ 30,000,000 impact
Jag year 2 ------------------ 30,000,000 impact

Total -----------------------  186,000,000

Additionally, all current stadium employees, consessions, grounds, mantenance, parking, security etc wave goodbye and good luck for the next 2 years.

Team travel expenses 8 additional games gotta be quite the expense.

Local fans lose 2 prime years of our QB's career after enduring many, many, many years of not having one. 

Taxslayer link below.  You can get each year of the Gator bowl off the City of Jax website as they track it in pretty good detail. I used 33 million as they vary between 30 and 35. The last link is other losses not included above.



https://www.jacksonville.com/story/busin...mic-impact
/15741455007/

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opini...932982007/

That number is taking one year where the game was scheduled close to the new year's holiday, and a lot of visitors stayed additional days, then looking at the total boost in hotel revenue, then making an arbitrary assumption that they spent $5 at local businesses for every $1 they spent on a hotel.  

I went to NYC recently and bought a lot of nice meals, took in a Broadway show, multiple museum admissions, and took a lot of Ubers and public transit.  I'd estimate I spent about $3 for every $1 I spent on a hotel.  That doesn't include airfare (nor should it).

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