CLEVELAND \u2014 Playoff runs by the Cleveland Guardians and other downtown Cleveland teams are bringing more fans and spending to businesses near Progressive Field and the Gateway District.<\/p>\n
For the third straight year, Guardians fans have packed Progressive Field to cheer on the team in the MLB playoffs.<\/p>\n
Curtis Danburg, the Guardians\u2019 vice president of communications and community impact, said the postseason adds economic activity downtown.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you ramp up, so does the energy and excitement, and also the dollars being spent,\u201d Danburg said.<\/p>\n
The team said its last three postseason trips have generated an extra $3 million in admissions tax revenue for the city of Cleveland.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge impact on the economy of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio,\u201d Danburg said. \u201cAny time we can get into the postseason, it generates an extra million dollars than a normal game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Downtown Cleveland Incorporated said businesses such as Mabel\u2019s BBQ see spending jump 52% on playoff game days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the street\u2019s busy, we\u2019re all busy,\u201d said Emma Janosik, manager of Mabel\u2019s BBQ. \u201cI never feel like if someone is open, we\u2019re getting business taken away. We all benefit from this. Everyone\u2019s downtown and everyone\u2019s excited. It\u2019s great just to be a part of this community so close to the stadium.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The impact is not limited to baseball. Danburg said Cleveland has hosted 46 postseason games in the past three years between the Guardians, Cavaliers and Monsters in the Gateway Plaza area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s incredible,\u201d said Danburg. \u201cWe don\u2019t plan for that. That\u2019s bonus money coming to the economy when you think about added games of that magnitude.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers\u2019 run to the Eastern Conference Finals last season generated close to $10 million in admissions tax revenue for the city. The Monsters led the AHL in attendance while setting another attendance record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Danburg said the success of Cleveland\u2019s teams helps hotels, restaurants, bars and other businesses across the Gateway District and Northeast Ohio.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recognize the role we play in our economy,\u201d Danburg said. \u201cWhen we\u2019re doing well, that\u2019s helping the economy as a whole. Whether it\u2019s a big business or a small business right around the corner here in the Gateway District. It\u2019s about lifting everybody up for the success of Northeast Ohio.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 Playoff runs by the Cleveland Guardians and other downtown Cleveland teams are bringing more fans and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[28564,41445,2722,28,54478,79339,363,3,6454,48239,54479,99,452],"class_list":["post-874639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-app-local-business","tag-app-sports","tag-app-top-stories","tag-business","tag-ctv","tag-jack-berney","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-ohio","tag-ohio-cleveland-top-stories","tag-ohio-what-you-need-to-know","tag-sports","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}