With Kevin Koe’s thrilling last-shot win now more than nine months into the history books, new data released points to the resounding success that Brandon’s hosting of the 2019 Tim Horton’s Brier was within the community and province.
According to results of an economic impact assessment published by Brandon First on Friday, the nine day event had $7,390,082 in direct economic activity attributed to it within Manitoba. The number comes after looking at expenditures of spectators, participants, media and VIPs with more than 5,000 visitors said to have been in the city for the event. Included in that number is more than $2.3M in wages and salaries and more than $1.2M in Federal, Provincial and Municipal taxes
The total industry output in Brandon itself is said to have been $6,303,112.
More details on the report, which was generated alongside the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, can be read at:
http://brandonfirst.com/2019/12/20/brier2019economicimpact/
Team Koe clinched the national men’s curling crown in the championship final against fellow Albertan Brendan Bottcher by a 4-3 score thanks to scoring two on their last rock in the tenth end. You can re-live that final game in pics through the gallery posted in this same section of eBrandon at https://ebrandon.ca/buzzpost.aspx?buzz_id=172.