from this afternoon's San Diego Business Journal (8/21):
Study: Pair of Marine Terminals Create $1.8B in Economic Impact
By - 8/20/2008
San Diego Business Journal Staff
"San Diego’s two marine terminals generate an annual economic impact of $1.8 billion to the regional economy, and help create some 19,000 jobs, according to a study released Aug. 20 by the San Diego Institute for Policy Research, a private research organization funded by former mayoral candidate Steve Francis.
To give some context to how important the terminals are, the study said their impacts are the same as 4.5 Super Bowls, 12 U.S. Open Golf Championships or 60 Holiday Bowls.
The terminals also exceed the total impact from the San Diego Convention Center, the report said.
Of the 19,298 jobs associated with terminal activities, only 1,817 are from direct employment at companies operating at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and National City’s 24th Street Terminal." ...
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The full report is in and can be appreciated as a lovely photo here tomorrow.
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