Sporting events are expected to bring more than 185,000 visitors and $42 million in economic impact to Warren County this year, Today’s Pulse reports. The county’s leading industry is tourism, and “sports tourism has become a driving force of the industry,” said Phillip S. Smith, Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau President and CEO. Warren County Sports, a department of the bureau, “plans to host approximately 107 sporting events in 2016.” Highlights of the event schedule include “the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s (OHSAA) Boys and Girls State Tennis Championships, the Midwest Showdown basketball tournament, the U.S. Junior Nationals basketball tournament, the 7th Annual Kings Island Invitational youth baseball tournament, and the 5th Annual Warren County Summer Slam youth basketball tournament,” according to the article. For more, read the full article.
Warren County projects sports marketing will bring $42 million in 2016
