Olympic games will cost the city, bring wave of business
When the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games descend upon Idaho next month, Boise is poised to garner 75 percent of a potential $11 million windfall generated by the influx of people coming to watch and participate in the games. The substantial figure is based on the fact that Boise will be the venue for three-fourths of the activities associated with the games.
But while the games are a welcome and much-needed revenue boon for Boise's private businesses, many of which have been struggling as the recession deepens, the games, which begin Feb. 7, will cost the City of Boise a chunk of change.
At its Jan. 13 …
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