03-19-2018, 07:39 PM
(03-19-2018, 02:38 PM)jordan2423 Wrote: I understand it costs the city money for an event like this, but perhaps they should see how much profit they make due to increased tourism. These thousands of students from out of town definitely helped local businesses, buying food, staying at hotels. So I'm most definitely certain we made a bunch of money off that.
I suspect not a lot. Anecdotal evidence points to out-of-town students staying with friends. And clearly liquor was not bought at bars.
That's not to say that they couldn't turn this into a legitimate event that should hopefully encourage people to drink in licensed areas, and to have real businesses selling food and drinks (think of something like ribfest, for example). One huge challenge is he underage people (and many university students are under 19 now that grade 13 is no more): I can't think offhand of a way to engage them in a legal event.