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<blockquote data-quote="Eight" data-source="post: 2915965" data-attributes="member: 73370"><p>curious, not sure what the economic impact is from the ft worth rodeo, but the economic impact of the houston livestock and rodeo in harris county and surrounding communities is significant and it is not purely a matter of a private entity.</p><p></p><p>economically the hls&r draws just over 2M visitors each year over its three week run and unlike the astros who draw more over their home season a good number of those visitors are from outside houston</p><p></p><p>the estimate is that spending specific to the rodeo some $120M comes from visitors outside the the area and that doesn't include ancillary expenses such as lodging, food, spending at tack and feed stores, etc....</p><p></p><p>the economic impact of the rodeo is such that it made the difference in the vote for the new football stadium several years ago. houston and harris county was not going to approve the new stadium until the rodeo got behind the project and i am fairly sure the use of that building is the business of every tax payer in harris county. additionally, the nearby convention space that was rebuilt was done so primarily for the rodeo and the prior mentioned off shore trade show. </p><p></p><p>curious how much money the rodeo, the texans, the hsa, and the offshore trade show put up or if the taxpayers of harris county are responsible for those bonds if revenues fall short. that's right not any of our business</p><p></p><p>then there is the educational impact the rodeo has as it hands out roughly 800 scholarships each year. curious how many kids went to school because of that scholarship, how many jobs resulted, and what impact has that made on the community.</p><p></p><p>socially the rodeo is driven by the work of over 20,000 volunteers. curious how that many people would give you days of their year to work on something that was none of their business</p><p></p><p>we see the impact of some of these events differently and while a private entity it is not none of the business of the people of harris county and the gulf coast</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eight, post: 2915965, member: 73370"] curious, not sure what the economic impact is from the ft worth rodeo, but the economic impact of the houston livestock and rodeo in harris county and surrounding communities is significant and it is not purely a matter of a private entity. economically the hls&r draws just over 2M visitors each year over its three week run and unlike the astros who draw more over their home season a good number of those visitors are from outside houston the estimate is that spending specific to the rodeo some $120M comes from visitors outside the the area and that doesn't include ancillary expenses such as lodging, food, spending at tack and feed stores, etc.... the economic impact of the rodeo is such that it made the difference in the vote for the new football stadium several years ago. houston and harris county was not going to approve the new stadium until the rodeo got behind the project and i am fairly sure the use of that building is the business of every tax payer in harris county. additionally, the nearby convention space that was rebuilt was done so primarily for the rodeo and the prior mentioned off shore trade show. curious how much money the rodeo, the texans, the hsa, and the offshore trade show put up or if the taxpayers of harris county are responsible for those bonds if revenues fall short. that's right not any of our business then there is the educational impact the rodeo has as it hands out roughly 800 scholarships each year. curious how many kids went to school because of that scholarship, how many jobs resulted, and what impact has that made on the community. socially the rodeo is driven by the work of over 20,000 volunteers. curious how that many people would give you days of their year to work on something that was none of their business we see the impact of some of these events differently and while a private entity it is not none of the business of the people of harris county and the gulf coast [/QUOTE]
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