More Great News From RACVB

Another day, another post about the great work being done by The Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau:

The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau announced on Thursday the addition of 11 sports tournaments and two special events that will take place in the Rockford Region in 2015 and 2016. Collectively, participants, coaches and fans that travel to the region for the tournaments will impact the region to an estimated tune of $2.6 million during their stays.

These 13 events make up just a small fraction of the expected economic impact from anticipated events booked in 2015 by the RACVB. In 2014, there were 300 total events booked, resulting in 102,721 room nights and an estimated economic impact of $16,122,000.

RACVB President and CEO John Groh:

“Announcing these 13 Big Wins is a great way to kick-off the RACVB activities for 2015. What we are really excited about is the diversity of these events and that we have secured several new events for the region to go along with our long-term partner events such as this weekend’s IHSA Girls State Bowling Finals, now in its 23rd year in Rockford.”

 

The announcement was made at the Flodin Boys & Girls Club in Rockford, which will host the 2015 National Collegiate Table Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships this weekend, Feb. 20-21. Groh highlighted first-class facilities, local partner agencies and exceptional customer service as the main reasons that tournament and conference directors continue to choose Rockford as their destination.

Groh noted that visitors help to fuel the regional economy during their stays by not just experiencing the tournaments and events that they are attending, but by also staying in hotels, shopping at local stores and dining at the region’s restaurants.

Kudos to John, and everyone involved with once again making the Rockford area such an attractive spot for so many visitors.