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The Hobbit premiere injected $12 million into the Wellington economy.

DanielLB
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Feb 19 2013, 8:07pm

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The Hobbit premiere injected $12 million into the Wellington economy.	Can't Post

As reported by The New Zealand Herald.

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"We know that it's a direct contribution of nearly $10 million to Wellington, and an additional $2 million spent by others in and around the premiere," Coughlin said.

The link also has some nice statistics on the demographics of who attended the premiere.

Well done Wellington. Smile

Edit: Whoops. This is probably better off in Main. Blush

(This post was edited by DanielLB on Feb 19 2013, 8:09pm)

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Feb 19 2013, 8:13pm

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CuriousG
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Feb 19 2013, 8:40pm

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For a population of 4 million, that works out to $3 per person, which is pretty good for a single event.

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