Cactus League brings over $300M to Valley

The baseball association makes a unique impact unlike any other sporting event in the region, according to Clinical Professor of Economics Daniel Marburger.

The baseball association makes a unique impact unlike any other sporting event in the region, according to Clinical Professor of Economics Daniel Marburger.

In this story published Feb. 18, 2020, in the Scottsdale Progress:

It’s a little bit different than trying to estimate the economic impact of, let’s say, the Super Bowl, which is people coming in from the outside to go to the game, they spend some money here for the weekend and then they go back because, with the Cactus League, you have people who are retirees, snowbirds, who have chosen Arizona, chosen Phoenix, because it’s where the Cubs play.

– Daniel Marburger, clinical professor of economics