REGINA, Sask. — Beyond the massive turnout at Mosaic Stadium, the Foo Fighters brought a significant economic boost to the City of Regina.
Mike Tate, CEO of the Regina & District Chamber of Commerce, says the city's local economy experienced "a $10 million impact." This revenue was generated not only from the concert itself but from tourists paying for things like food, transportation, merchandise and hotels.
"All I can say is this is wonderful and we look forward to more opportunities like this," says Tate.
Tate also says he's confident that the new ownership at REAL will take advantage of more opportunities to "leverage Mosaic Stadium within their concert network."
"We do have the nicest concert facility stadium in the country," says Tate.
Speaking from "the hotel association's perspective," Tate says that of the 3,200 hotel rooms in Regina, all were sold out.
Sandra Jackle, president and CEO of the Regina Hotel Association, says the event generated the kind of demand Regina hotels wanted.
"It's not just the concert attendees — a production of this scale brings touring crews, production personnel and, of course, the band itself," says Jackle.
Jackle also says popular events like this, such as the Garth Brooks concert in 2019, the Heritage Classic in 2019 and, of course, every Labour Day Classic, result in almost all of the hotels that are part of the association selling out.
"This gave us an opportunity to demonstrate to major promoters in the music industry and touring acts that Regina can successfully host a production of this magnitude," says Jackle.
