B’ Spokes: I just had to do this contrast:
"The [bicycling] event is expected to generate $135 million in economic benefit and attract more than 450,000 visitors over nine days."
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"In a report released Friday by Visit Baltimore, the city’s tourism bureau said the racing event [Grand Prix] attracted an estimated 160,000 attendees and generated $27.6 million from spending by out-of-town spectators, vendors and race organizers."
Williamsburg, VA is hoping to benefit from the North American Cycle Courier Championships in May to read about Williamsburg’s push to be a cycling destination: https://www.vagazette.com/articles/2012/02/18/news/doc4f3ed9571eeb5735645657.txt
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Info for the Grand Prix came from here: https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2011/11/04/baltimore-grand-prixs-economic-impact.html?page=alloldId.20120220231517913
Biking in Baltimore