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Primary economic Impacts for Yuba
County and the region:
- A
third of a million people will attend concerts during the inaugural
season
- By
next year Yuba County will receive a projected increase of $55,000
in property taxes as a direct result of the development
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With 300-700 employees per concert, the Sleep Train Amphitheatre
will add $100,000 in wages to the local economy
- By
next year concession sales will result in $30,000 in sales taxes to
the County, an amount that is expected to increase $5,000 per year
Secondary
economic impacts for Yuba County and the region:
- The
first five years will result in an estimated local impact of $41
million due to direct local revenue, visiting performers, and
attendees
- A
Hotel/Restaurant Guide is being created so that local restaurants,
hotels, and retail services will have an opportunity to increase
business and sales
- Tourism
event descriptions will be provided at the Amphitheatre Information
Booth to give attendees information about additional local fairs and
events
Amphitheatre
Fast Facts:
- Measure
R was passed by Yuba County voters in 1998 by over 80 percent of the
voters allowing for entertainment-related zoning of 1,000 acres; the
BGP Amphitheatre uses about 90 acres of this amount
- The
Amphitheatre is a $25 million construction project that took 12
months of an aggressive work schedule to complete
- The
Amphitheatre is a Bill Graham Presents Project that was purchased
for $65 million by SFX Entertainment, and then merged with Clear
Channel Communication for $4.4 billion; Currently, the Bill Graham
Presents name is being preserved due to an outcry from the City of
San Francisco
Amphitheatre
Fun Facts:
- The
Amphitheatre can currently accommodate 18,500 people which can be
expanded with additional road improvement projects
- The
first concert season is expected to include over 30 performers that
will feature Grammy award-nominee Britney
Spears, Dave Matthews, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, and the Steve
Miller Band
- 400,000
cubic yards of dirt were moved to create a 48’ hill, 4,000 cubic
yards of concrete were poured, 25 miles of underground conduit
installed
- The
stage is 57’ tall, 8,600 SF platform
- 232
trees and 1,600 shrubs were planted, 102,000 square feet of grass
seating
- 7,214
reserve seats in the concrete bowl, 1,032 movable reserve seats in
front of stage, 88 handicap-accessible seating spaces, 56 luxury
boxes seating 440, 11,754 grass seating
- 12
buildings constructed, 26,300 SF, 3 modular buildings, 4,540 SF
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