Backstreet Boys Boost Town's Business
Source: Excite News
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - The best way to boost a sagging economy? Book the Backstreet Boys.
Their Feb. 18 concert at the Alerus Center injected more than $1 million into the local economy, says Deb Melby of the Greater Grand Forks Convention and Visitors Bureau.
More than 19,000 people attended. Of those, Melby says, 11,400 came from outside a 20-mile radius of Grand Forks, and as many as 4,000 of them stayed in hotels.
However, not all businesses benefited.
"I thought I might snag a few (concert-related) customers, but no," says Wayne Davis, who runs a jewelry store in the Columbia Mall. "It's mostly all going to restaurants and clothing stores."
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