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14 <br /> 6. Economic Impact and Indirect Revenues <br /> One important type of revenue generated by the Soccer.com Center is not captured in <br /> the preceding table, and in fact is not within the facility itself. This is the economic <br /> impact that the facility — particularly during large tournaments — generates around the <br /> community. Many of the larger tournaments, especially the College Series Soccer <br /> Showcase each fall, bring in monies to hotels, restaurants, gasoline purchases. These <br /> two tournaments have teams from all over North America, and many of the teams who <br /> plays at Soccer.com book hotels in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, where they also dine <br /> and purchase other essentials. <br /> Attachment 4 shows the economic impact summary of the most recent Showcase <br /> events. Soccer.com center is one of the host sites for this annual event that is organized <br /> around the NCAA soccer Final Four and is a premier event for high school age players <br /> to play and be seen by college recruiters from all across the USA and other soccer <br /> officials. As noted above, it attracts many teams from all over North America, and has <br /> had teams from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean nations. <br /> The Girls Soccer Showcase event of December 6-8, 2024 brought teams and college <br /> recruiters from all over the nation and generated direct business sales estimated at <br /> $1.33 million, and a total business sales amount of $1.96 million. The largest sales by <br /> sector came from Lodging, followed by Food/Beverage and Retail. <br /> The Boys Soccer Showcase on December 14-15 - despite losing one full day to weather <br /> - generated direct business sales of $917,059 and total business sales of$1.35 million. <br /> The same sales sectors apply to the Boys Showcase. <br /> However, these are not the only large tournaments to take place at the Soccer.com <br /> Center. Other large annual events in the last two years include: <br /> The Triangle United Soccer Association (TUSA)Annual Fall Classic— Last weekend of August(18th year) <br /> Carolina Youth Cup Tournament(Triangle Flying Disc Association)— Last weekend of April(Youth/Teen <br /> Ultimate Frisbee Tournament) <br /> Triangle United Soccer Association—Youth Development Academy(YDA)- March 22 <br /> Fall/Spring Rec Cup (TUSA)—First weekend of November and second Weekend in May(Rec Level teams <br /> from around the region). <br /> Fall Carolina Cup—Carolina Velocity—First weekend of October. <br /> Sundanese National Tournament—August 31, 2024. <br /> Closing Thoughts <br /> 11 <br />