The St. Louis Business Journal breaks down the impact of the World Series to St. Louis. Some highlights:
Post-season attendance: 418,456
Game 7 attendance: 47,399 (single game record)
Increase in parking costs near Busch Stadium: $15 in regular season, up to $25 for World Series Games
Metro Link riders for Game 7: 86,500
Metro Link riders for victory parade: 75,900
Estimated tourists in town for World Series: 10,000
Estimated direct spending tax revenue: $3.5 million
Estimated impact of those tourists: $15 million
Number of designs in the Rally Squirrel line of shirts at Sportsprint: 11
Not bad. How about we do it again next year?
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