South Florida is no stranger to big multinational sporting events. Hard Rock Stadium hosts F1 and the Miami Open tennis tournament. Miami is tied for hosting the most Super Bowls with 11. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent attracting and keeping these big sporting events here.
Tourism officials are quick to point to hundreds of millions of dollars of economic impact and thousands of jobs related to these top-tier sporting events. It is often a figure that’s hard to pin down, as it relies on knock-on spending from tourists visiting because of the big event and, sometimes, months later.
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org
