Monday, October 4, 2010

Volleyball championship expected to bring $4.2M - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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million in direct spending to thelocal economy, the announcex Wednesday. That’s another coup for the nonprofit organizatioh as it gets closer to its goal ofattractiny $100 million to the local economuy through sporting events by May 2010. The event will run May 29 to June 5 at Phoeni xConvention Center. The Annual Meetings also will take placd in Phoenix in the days precedingbthe tournament. “The Greater Phoenid CVB, the Phoenix Convention Center and our area hotels workes well as a team in putting this bid said Commission PresidentJon Schmieder.
Greater Phoenic Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Steve Moore said the event will bring morethan 6,00 0 people downtown, with more than 12,000 hotel rooms Summer business downtown is huge for all of us, so this one is a big hit, especiallty in that it’s less than a year away and we had the spacwe open at the center, said Schmieder. Prior USA Volleybalk events in Phoenix included the 2001 and 2003 USA JuniodrOlympic Boys’ Volleyball Championships and the 2003 USA Volleybalol Girls’ Invitational Championship. USA Volleyball also hosted the 1994 NationalCollegiatee Men’s Division Club Championships in Tempe.
Last PRSC set a goal of securinvg events that would pump atleast $100 million into the economty by May 2010. So far, it has secured more than $47

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