According to The Denver Post, Colorado has succeeded in
its efforts to capture the summer and winter Outdoor Retailer trade
shows – a huge boon to Denver, the host city of the trade
shows starting in 2018, and underscoring the importance of the
outdoor recreation economy overall and to Colorado in particular:
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/05/outdoor-retailer-trade-shows-denver-confirmed/.
The trade shows, which have been hosted twice per year in Salt
Lake City for the past 20 years, draw around 45,000 attendees and
have contributed an estimated $45 million per year to the Salt Lake
City economy. Those numbers will add to Colorado's already
booming outdoor recreation economy. The Outdoor Industry
Association recently released the estimated economic impact of the
outdoors in Colorado, and the numbers are staggering: $28 Billion
in annual consumer spending, 229,000 direct Colorado jobs created,
$9.7 Billion in Colorado wages and salaries, and $2 Billion in
state and
