http://www.kotatv.com/news/south-dakota-news/oglala-sioux-tribe-leaders-want-lakota-nation-invitational-moved-out-of-rapid-city/31473500
"LNI is the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center's second largest event of the
year, so talk of moving out of Rapid City is a concern for the Rapid
City Chamber and Visitors Bureau. 'It's a big economic impact
especially the time of year. Obviously the week before Christmas is when
this takes place, so we're looking at over three million dollars in
direct spending and that's just basketball,' Domico Rodriguez with the
Rapid City Chamber and Visitors Bureau said.
Rodrirguez says
local restaurants and shops get a huge boost each year from LNI
tournament goers. He says the Chamber has a great relationship with the
LNI Board and he's hopeful that they'll keep the games here. As of
right now, that's the plan. the LNI board voted earlier this month to
keep the tournament in Rapid City.
If the LNI board sticks with
their decision to keep the tournament in Rapid City, tribe leaders say
they'll ask people who live on the reservation to boycott the event. "
We need to be careful about predicting the future. In the case of the Civic Center expansion, we NEED to try to predict the future. But we should not be dazzled with glorious predictions that may not be based in reality. A bigger place might give us more events, but on the other hand, we might have already lost events to Sioux Falls in the meantime.
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