Augusta Sports Council First Quarter 2018 Economic Impact

Staff Report From Augusta CEO

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

The Augusta Sports Council is pleased to announce the sporting events in Augusta's River Region during the months of January through March 2018 generated at least $7,885,032.11 in total estimated economic impact. The total number of sporting events are listed in the chart below for more event detail. These are groups the ASC has worked with in the first quarter in the site selection, logistics or planning phase.

Total EEI is calculated based on research commissioned by both the Georgia Department of Economic Development and Destinations International in conjunction with globally recognized research vendors, the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. Tourism Economics, a partner company of Oxford Economics, created the industry standard in event economic impact analysis using localized metrics that are updated annually.