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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Roberts" data-source="post: 1839432" data-attributes="member: 747866"><p>Just some scale. Those first two numbers are over 35 years of bowl games (HOF, Outback, & now Reliaquest). So it's a average of $30M a year in "economic impact" - not bad, but its not earth shattering - that's about $10 per Tampa Bay area resident. The $170M over 35 years is about $2.5M a year in bowl payouts per team - which barely covers expenses (a 2014 Champaign News-Gazette article noted that at that time it cost UI $1.5M per bowl game in expenses for the Illini).</p><p></p><p>The half million a year to charity is a nice windfall, though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Roberts, post: 1839432, member: 747866"] Just some scale. Those first two numbers are over 35 years of bowl games (HOF, Outback, & now Reliaquest). So it's a average of $30M a year in "economic impact" - not bad, but its not earth shattering - that's about $10 per Tampa Bay area resident. The $170M over 35 years is about $2.5M a year in bowl payouts per team - which barely covers expenses (a 2014 Champaign News-Gazette article noted that at that time it cost UI $1.5M per bowl game in expenses for the Illini). The half million a year to charity is a nice windfall, though. [/QUOTE]
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