Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wednesday Wishlist: 2020 World Expo

From the Merc:

THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BRINGING
the WORLD EXPO 2020
TO SILICON VALLEY

Overall economic activity:
$5.6 billion
San Jose's share (14 percent):
$818 million
Jobs created (minus construction):
42,000
Local and state tax revenues: $440 million
Visitors (over six months):
25 million
Overnight visitors:
8.3 million

2 comments:

  1. Silicon Valley does indeed run most of Planet Earth, so I don't see how this proposal cannot be reality.

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  2. Don't most of these "world" expos lose lots of money?

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