While our sports and recreational tournaments are generating on-site revenue from admission fees and concession sales, the largest economic impact comes from off-site spending in conjunction with tournament attendance, which is significant and virtually recession-proof when it comes to youth tournaments, as parents are passionate about attendance and will give up a vacation in order to travel and watch their kids compete in sports. The youth sports industry in general typically generates the use of more than 47 million hotel rooms annually throughout the country.
Since many of the tournament participants are from outside of Acadiana, during their time here they spend money locally on:
- Food
- Lodging
- Gas
- Entertainment
- Shopping