Sports provided $109M in local economic impact

Local leaders recently discussed how sporting events brought an unprecedented financial windfall to Pinellas County and its municipalities in 2022 - and how they could boost those numbers moving forward.

Craig Campbell, interim director of sports and events for Visit St. Pete/Clearwater (VSPC), led his department's update during Wednesday’s Tourism and Development Council (TDC) meeting. He began by noting that FY2019 set "a really high benchmark" for economic impacts resulting from sporting events.

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Catalyze 2023: Councilmember Copley Gerdes

We’re asking thought leaders, business people and creatives to talk about 2023 and give us catalyzing ideas for making St. Pete a better place to live. What should our city look like? What are their hopes, their plans, their problem solving-ideas? This is Catalyze 2023.

As a representative of St. Petersburg’s District 1, which encompasses the city's west side, Councilmember Copley Gerdes would like to see 2023 bring more growth and opportunities to the area.