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Each of the average 16,000 out-of-town Duck fans attending every football game
at Autzen Stadium spends an average $145 per day in the Eugene-Springfield area.
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like if they were not here.”
Hauser said that with an average
of six to eight home games per year,
Oregon football is the biggest sport
ing event in town. Other sporting
events, he said, such as the Pre
fontaine Classic, come close, “but
not in the order of the magnitude of
football.”
Last year, Duck fans set an
Autzen Stadium attendance record
with an average of 45,093 fans per
game. At least 16,000 of those fans
are out-of-town visitors, according
to a study prepared by the Conven
tion and Visitors Association of
Lane County and the University
Athletic Department.
“It’s like having a convention'
with 16,000 visitors, six to eight
times a year,” Hauser said.
The study said each visiting fan
spends an average of $145 per day,
which works out to about $2.3 mil
lion a game. These dollars are
spread out among restaurants, ho
tels and retail outlets.
“The typical visiting fan eats a lot
of meals at restaurants, lots of stays
in local hotels and lots of gas pur
chases,” Hauser said.
However, some establishments
say the money brought in from
games is not enough to offset the
loss of revenue from the sluggish
economy and the impact of Eu
gene’s smoking ban.
“As of late, (football Saturdays)
are not bad, but they are not great,
either,” said Deanna George, gener
al manager of the Old Pad.
“I know these people, and we’re
still having some hard times, and
some of the people are not coming
because they can’t smoke,” she
said.
But the overall economic impact of
football fans is still positive. Fans
who stay the night in local hotels in
the Eugene-Springfield area are sub
ject to a 9.5 percent room tax, which
spreads the money out even more.
Emerald higher education editor
John Liebhardt can be reached at
johnliebhardt@dailyemerald.com.
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