NHL All-Star Weekend Direct Visitor Spending
Sunday, March 06, 2011, 7pm
NHL All‐Star Weekend Generates $11.4 Million in Direct Visitor Spending and $49 Million in Media Value
Figures reported by Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau and Meltwater News
Raleigh, NC - The 2011 NHL All‐Star Weekend, Jan. 28 - Jan. 30, 2011, generated an estimated $11.4
million in direct visitor spending for Raleigh and Wake County, according to the Greater Raleigh
Convention and Visitors Bureau (GRCVB).
It is important to note that the $11.4 million is a conservative estimate that does not include local
spending, nor does it include a multiplier. It represents direct visitor spending only, which is new money
coming into the local economy.
In addition to the visitor spending, the NHL All‐Star Weekend also produced $49 million in media value
for Greater Raleigh. This figure was researched and calculated by Meltwater News, a division of the San
Francisco‐based monitoring and analytics firm Meltwater Group. Meltwater used readership data from
Nielsen to compute the $49 million media value for the NHL All‐Star Weekend based on more than
685,000 domestic and international media impressions.
"We are very proud of how this entire community came together to make NHL All‐Star Weekend in the
Triangle a tremendous success. It is clear from the comments of the fans, media and executives who
came to North Carolina, that the weekend made a tremendous impact on their impressions of this
market. They now understand why we are so lucky to call this vibrant area our home," said Jim
Rutherford, president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes.
The 2011 NHL All‐Star Weekend included: the NHL All‐Star Game, Honda SuperSkills Competition, NHL
Fan Fair, NHL All‐Star Wide Open, NHL All‐Star 5K presented by visitRaleigh, and numerous private
parties and special events. Combined, these events brought approximately 18,900 visitors from outside
of the Triangle, to the area, generating 10,551 hotel room nights. Total attendance figures, including
both local and out‐of‐town attendees, for the weekend's festivities was estimated to be 138,000.
"The attendance and direct visitor spending estimates for the NHL All‐Star Weekend are tremendous,
but the enormous amount of positive media coverage is especially impressive. It tells our story to the
world, of how our area is clearly capable, and highly successful, at hosting events of this magnitude,"
said Denny Edwards, president and CEO of the Greater Raleigh CVB.
The Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau, as the official destination marketing organization of
Raleigh and Wake County, accelerates sustainable economic growth and development by increasing
visitor and convention business.