NRPA Measuring Impact of Park & Rec

49 Measuring the Economic Impact of Park and Recreation Services www.NRPA.org National Recreation and Park Association © 2010 All Rights Reserved Exhibit 4-7 The Spurious Measures of “Economic Impact” That Resulted When Time-Switchers and Casuals Were Included and Sales Multipliers Used Items Total Sales Personal Income Number of Jobs Created* Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs 37,859,887 16,737,554 1,078 Admission Fees 7,837,688 2,875,055 222 Groceries 4,555,057 2,478,865 91 Retail Shopping 23,545,491 9,909,880 635 Lodging Expenses 35,124,109 14,637,961 843 Automobile Gas and Oil 4,744,930 1,653,118 84 Rental Cars, Taxis 10,710,664 4,340,311 179 Other Expenses 1,088,768 458,243 29 TOTAL 125,466,594 53,090,987 3,161 *This figure refers to both full-time and part-time jobs. It assumes the local economy is operating at full capacity and that there is no slack to absorb additional demand created by these events. Exhibit 4-8 The Spurious Measure of “Economic Impact” That Resulted When Local Residents, Time-Switchers, and Casuals Were Included and Sales Multipliers Used Items Total Sales Personal Income Number of Jobs Created* Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs 109,196,634 48,238,234 3,110 Admission Fees 38,691,412 14,200,095 1,095 Groceries 20,163,133 10,987,611 402 Retail Shopping 66,934,134 28,159,101 1,805 Lodging Expenses 47,872,258 19,922,456 1,148 Automobile Gas and Oil 14,727,339 5,123,586 259 Rental Cars, Taxis 22,146,640 9,126,217 370 Other Expenses 1,874,950 1,076,825 69 TOTAL 321,606,500 136,834,125 8,258 *This figure refers to both full-time and part-time jobs. It assumes the local economy is operating at full capacity and that there is no slack to absorb additional demand created by these events.