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Last night, during its picnic outing at the Arboretum, the city council was briefed on the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit, which opens October 3 at the Dallas Museum of Art and runs through May 15. Quite the glossy briefing too; first city council doc my kid’s ever wanted printed out. But it’s Page 8 of the doc with which the council most concerned itself, the one titled “Expected Economic Impact.” Which will be … what?
Far as the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau and Global Insight figure, it’ll add up to “a total local economic impact of $60-$80 million,” with “an additional 1,500 jobs during the 6-month period,” though from where those jobs will come, the doc doesn’t say. (The DMA’s expected to add 125 to 150 extra workers during Tut’s run.) Also:
• $5 million in local taxes, of which $900,000 will be hotel taxes • 150,000-200,000 room nights (2.1 nights per visit) • 50% from out-of-state visitors, 16% out-of-town visitors who stay in hotels • 1 million people will attend the exhibition
After the jump, a sneak preview of the tour. Though I could be very wrong. –Robert Wilonsky
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