Durango Exhibit 24: City of Durango, Colorado: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation Final Report

• Description: Durango RICD
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 6/1/2006
• Author: RPI Consulting
• Title: Durango Exhibit 24: City of Durango, Colorado: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation Final Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

City of Durango: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation F1m1 Rcfinu,t 2006
Figure 21. 2015 Estimated Economic Impacts of Non - Commercial Whitewater Recreation
In -State Local & 6,470
Estimated
Estimated
$ 1,143,572
Estimated
Estimated
2015 Total
2015 Total
Direct
2015 Total
2015 Total
Visiting Rafting
Annual User
Annual User
Expenditures
Economic
Economic
632,023
Days Low
Days High
$
Impact Low
I mpact High
In -State Local &
19,410
25,100
$ 36.20
$ 1,798,764
$ 2,326,067
Visiting Kayaking
Out of State
1,320
1,520
$ 36.20
$ 122,327
$ 140,861
Visiting Kayaking
Kayaking TOTAL
$ 1,921,091
$ 2,466,929
In -State Local & 6,470
12,340 $ 36.20 $
599,588
$ 1,143,572
Visiting Rafting
Out of State 350
400 $ 36.20 $
32,435
$ 37,069
Visiting Rafting
Rafting TOTAL
$
632,023
$ 1,180,641
Grand TOTALS
$
2,553,114
$ 3,647,570
EVENT PROJECTIONS
Acceptance of the RICD application and subsequent whitewater park improvements will likely
result in significant increases in the number and quality of events. Not only will the RICD and
improvements effectively increase the number and quality of potential commercial and non-
commercial user days but event organizers anticipate a dramatic increase in event scheduling.
One event coordinator suggested that one organized event per month is an expected outcome.
Figure 22 outlines a number of national level events that could be held in an improved Lower
Animas Whitewater Park.
Figure 22 Possible Future National /International Events
Team Trials Qualifier Slalom World Cup #3
Team Trials Qualifier & Junior Olympic Qualifier Junior Slalom World Championships
USA Slalom Team Trials Age Group Nationals
Junior Team Trials Junior Olympics
Slalom World Cup Whitewater Slalom World Championships
Slalom World Cup ACA Open Canoe Nationals
Nationals, Charlotte
In the interest of maintaining conservative estimates, this report assumes that the number of
total events will simply double from the existing condition of two per year to four per year; the
future participation and economic benefits accruing from this increase are estimated in Figure 23.
Note that the total estimated economic impacts of two additional events represents a doubling of
the total event economic impacts outlined in Section V of this analysis.
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