Estimating the contribution of a multi-purpose event facility to the area economy

Tourism Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-316

  Hodur, Nancy M ^a   Bangsund, Dean A ^a   Leistritz, F Larry ^a   Kaatz, John ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSL International   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Entertainment; FARGODOME; Sports events

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPORT; SPORTS FACILITY;

EID: 33746158055     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000006777637449     Document Type: Article

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