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"12 Years a Supporter" starring the #SeaOfBlue
Colin Barnett has said "it was several million dollars" but it was out of $19 million allocated to events in the state budget handed down in April. Probably not as much as the $20 million paid by the State Government to attract Chelsea FC to Perth to take on the Perth Glory in 2018.
State of Origin game 2 played in Melbourne attracted 20,000 visitors to Melbourne. I'm that was enough to contrubute a substantial amount to the local economy.
I guarentee that both events will sell out and both events will bring cash to WA.
There will be plenty of internal tourism as well. Lots of Kiwi/NSW/Qld folks in the NW, Kal and down south. It will be a winner. As will this years Test.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I hope you guys are right. NSW to Melb and QLD to Melb is a whole different prospect to NSW to Perth and QLD to Perth. I remain very sceptical but hope to be proven very wrong.
Proudly Western Australian; Proudly supporting Western Australian rugby
Only regret is we won't see the current Qld outfit in action. I'm a Blue thru and thru. But those are a once in a few generations team. They will be like the 50-60's Dragons team. Their record will likely never be bettered.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David