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KSL.com asks: What did you think of All-Star weekend?
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SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA circus is over.
Over the past week, Salt Lake Metropolis was remodeled right into a basketball haven of types. There have been conventions, events, concert events, snowboard competitions, and even the state’s first pop-up liquor retailer.
Oh, and naturally, the entire basketball half, too.
In line with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, it was a historic occasion in lots of regards.
“Now we have an all-time report when it comes to lodge nights,” he mentioned Saturday. “We’re occupying 33,000 lodge nights locally right here, and we have now extra fan occasions than any time in historical past.”
All these nights and occasions introduced in some huge cash to the state.
“When it comes to the magnitude of All-Star, that is our largest in our historical past,” Silver mentioned. “They’re estimating the financial affect right here in Salt Lake Metropolis might be roughly $280 million. That is an all-time report.”
That is nice information for the town and state, particularly contemplating the preliminary estimate when the sport was awarded in 2019 was roughly $45 million to $50 million, in keeping with then Gov. Gary Herbert. However how did the residents really feel concerning the occasion?
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