A new audit shows the Phoenix Convention Center has been generating a lot of money since expanding more than a decade ago.
The space has been able to attract some big events.
For 2024 alone, the Phoenix Convention Center generated more than $33 million in state tax revenue.
The city of Phoenix as a result doesn’t owe the state any money back for this financial year.
The site is generating millions more than the state contributed toward the expansion.
For the next 10 years, the center can cover its development fund distributions with lower attendance than it’s had so far.
The year with the highest attendance in the last decade was 2023, when Arizona hosted the Super Bowl. The game itself was in Glendale, but 103,000 people flocked to the Convention Center for a Super Bowl fan experience.
The next highest event attendance was far less: 64,000 people for a National Rifle Association event in 2009.
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