January 28, 2021
Monday, July 30, 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– The Florida Sports Foundation today announced that the 2018 Florida葡萄柚联盟generated an economic impact of $687.1 million for the State of Florida. The Florida Grapefruit League takes place annually during the Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training season and features 15 MLB teams in 12 cities.
The 2018 Florida Spring Training Economic Impact Study was completed by Tallahassee-based Downs & St. Germain Research to determine the Grapefruit League’s overall economic impact, including number of attendees, jobs created, and the overall associated wages for employees.
Governor Rick Scott said, “Each year, fans from around the world come to Florida to enjoy spring training. With incredible experiences, like spring training, happening in Florida, our tourism industry continues to break records. I encourage everyone who came to Florida for spring training this year to make plans to come back next year. Those who have never been to spring training in the Sunshine State, should make this unique experience a priority for next year.”
佛罗里达体育基金会总裁兼首席执行官Angela A. Suggs表示,“阳光州为居民和游客提供卓越的机会,享受春季培训的国家消遣。我们对佛罗里达葡萄柚联盟的持续成功感到高兴,期待更多令人兴奋的机会在世界上展示佛罗里达州的许多社区。“
The study showed a 61 percent increase from the adjusted total of the last study completed in 2009. The new methodology accounted for fans who attended multiple games during Spring Training not previously included in the 2009 study. Approximately 1,500 of the 1,497,306 attended fans were surveyed to generate the League’s economic impact and fan spending throughout the 13 Spring Training ballparks. Fan spending data was collected during multiple games at all 15 Florida Spring Training teams’ games between February 23 and March 27.
调查的一个重点发现表明,每场比赛的平均总数为6,318名粉丝,70%来自主持人队的当地市场(52%);县的52%)。那些粉丝产生了近5.84亿美元的经济影响。在本调查中,非本地风扇被归类为单独的个人,他们不是13个球场所在的县的居民。
唐斯&圣日尔曼的findings also showed that 7,152 jobs are created annually by Florida Spring Training, accounting for $253.5 million in wages. Fans attending games were responsible for 355,590 paid accommodation room nights at Florida-based lodging destinations. In total, fans attended an average of 2.9 games.
阳光州的每年的MLB春季培训继续与佛罗里达州和国家的粉丝联系,因为调查的人在佛罗里达州的经验提供了9.3评分10分。百分之八十六个粉丝正在制定计划返回2019年佛罗里达春季训练季节。
Florida Spring Training dates back to the late 1800s. Under the leadership of former St. Petersburg Mayor Al Lang, four teams were recruited to play in the greater St. Petersburg area for pre-season workouts and eventually grew to nine of the MLB’s then 12 teams in 1925. The number of participating teams in the葡萄柚联盟has since grown to 15 of MLB’s 30 teams. Since that time, over 50 Florida communities have hosted MLB Spring Training and eight teams have held their spring training in Florida communities for over 70 years. Since 2000, nearly 30 million fans have attended MLB Spring Training games in Florida.
2018年佛罗里达州MLB春季培训的亮点包括:
To access the complete results of the 2018 Florida Spring Training Economic Impact Study,点击这里.
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