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Economist says $1.25B Super Bowl economic impact estimate is 'wildly inflated'

(The Center Square) — Louisiana leaders this week touted numbers tied to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, claiming the game will yielded a $1.25 billion statewide economic impact, support nearly 10,000 jobs, and generated $82.7 million in state and local tax revenue. But at least one economist says those figures are misleading.

Victor Matheson, a sports economist at the College of Holy Cross in Worce…

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