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Published October 07, 2009, 08:19 AM

Loss reported from Spears concert

Figures from the Grand Forks events center show last month’s Britney Spears concert lost $96,600. Alerus Center officials said the concert attracted 13,019 people, including suite holders, and earned $1.1 million. Expenses totaled $1.2 million, with most of it the $850,000 guarantee that the Alerus Center made with promoters.

GRAND FORKS (AP) — Figures from the Grand Forks events center show last month’s Britney Spears concert lost $96,600.

Alerus Center officials said the concert attracted 13,019 people, including suite holders, and earned $1.1 million. Expenses totaled $1.2 million, with most of it the $850,000 guarantee that the Alerus Center made with promoters.

Stilll, University of North Dakota economist David Flynn estimated the concert had a direct economic impact of $1.9 million. The figure is based on surveys of concertgoers about how much they spent on such things as food, beverages and hotel stays. Officials estimated about a third of the concertgoers were from Canada.

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