Hospitality/Economic Impact

$6.5 Million Estimated Annually

Badlands Activities Center
 

Economic Impact Map

Hospitality/Economic Impact

DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY

  • Average 2,100 fans/football game
  • Total yearly attendance is more than 12,000 fans, including playoffs
  • Participants and fans come from a 300 plus mile radius
  • Hospitality impact of more than $1,000,000/year

NEW BADLANDS ACTIVITIES CENTER

  • 60 events (athletic & non-athletic) would provide more than $4,200,000 of hospitality impact based on 1,000 attendees/event
  • New facility will provide opportunities for additional football games and track meets highlighting regional teams
  • Closest comparable facilities are in Bozeman, MT, Minneapolis, MN, Regina,Canada, and Laramie, WY - #

DICKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  • Average 1,750 fans/football game
  • Total yearly attendance is more than 11,000 fans, including playoff games
  • Average attendance of a track meet is 200-500 fans, plus participants
  • Participants and fans attend from a 200 plus mile radius
  • Hospitality impact of more than $700,000/year

DICKINSON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

  • Average 1,500 fans/football game
  • Total yearly attendance is more than 9,000 fans, including playoff games
  • Average attendance of a track meet is 150-400 fans, plus participants
  • Participants and fans attend from a 200 plus mile radius
  • Hospitality impact of more than $600,000/year

OTHER FACTS:

Dickinson State University

  • Injects more than $85 million of direct and indirect dollars into the region’s economy
  • Provides approximately 1,200 direct and indirect jobs to the region
  • Home to 2,670 college students
  • 76% of our students come from outside of Stark County
  • 328 international students each spend more than $15,000/year in our State
  • 97% of our in-state and 54% of the out-of-state graduates gain employment in the State

Dickinson Public Schools

  • Provides approximately 440 jobs to the region
  • Home to 2,561 students

Dickinson Catholic Schools

  • Provides more than 70 jobs to the region
  • Home to 484 students