{"id":1144,"date":"2014-03-16T20:16:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T03:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2014-03-16T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T03:16:46","slug":"the-economic-impact-of-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2014\/03\/the-economic-impact-of-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"The economic impact of everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"I<\/a>Going to a bar to watch basketball, for example. From the New Republic<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Nearly one-third of Americans plan to watch games at work this year, according to a\u00a0survey\u00a0from the consumer site RetailMeNot. One in five men said they\u2019d go to a bar to watch at lunch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But?<\/p>\n

March Madness may actually be good for the economy\u2014and for individual companies.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go on …<\/p>\n

Hotels and restaurants in the 14 cities that host games will gain the most, thanks to traveling fans cheering on their teams. But even businesses in non-host cities can benefit. That same RetailMeSurvey found that 28 percent of fans will spend $100 or more if their team makes it to the Sweet 16. They might spend it on new hoodies or hats\u2014or, in some cases, on new large-screen televisions.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sigh<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Going to a bar to watch basketball, for example. From the New Republic: Nearly one-third of Americans plan to watch games at work this year, according to a\u00a0survey\u00a0from the consumer site RetailMeNot. One in five men said they\u2019d go to a bar to watch at lunch. But? March Madness may actually be good for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issues","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/sisyphus.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dIW5-is","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1483,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2014\/08\/how-should-we-rank-the-culturalcreative-scenes-of-cities\/","url_meta":{"origin":1144,"position":0},"title":"How should we rank the cultural\/creative scenes of cities?","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"August 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I came across a ranking of the 'top 20 US cities for culture', from the real estate blog propertyshark.com (no, not one I usually follow, h\/t Ted Gioia). 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