Quote Originally Posted by anthonyvop
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,6528201.story

The $70 million for the local economy is laughable. If they sell every one of the 100,000 tickets it would mean that every one of those ticket holders would have to spend $700 each.......Ain't gonna happen
Dude you don't get it. That $70 Mil is not just race tickets, it's taking into account hotel rooms that have been booked; meals, parking passes, temp jobs for people to check tickets, work as parking officials, etc.; trinkets that tourists buy (" like a "I got Crabs in Baltimore" t-shirt"); general patronage in the local shops and surrounding areas. My dad and I booked a hotel room in the next town over because all the hotels in the harbor area were booked. So we'll get breakfast/dinner in that town most likely, so it’s residual.
Now if they actually get to $70 remains to be seen, but to think that number was based solely off of tickets sales is ignorant.