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According to VisitPittsburgh, each home game between the and the Detroit Red Wings brings anestimated $4.9 million in economix impact, whether its from hotel stays, meala at restaurants or other A number of hotels are fully including the Omni William Penn, which hostsz the NHL’s management, the , with the caveat that it alwaysa sells out Tuesdays and Wednesdays anywag to business travelers, and the . Tom the general manager for the Westib ConventionCenter Hotel, located Downtown, describef the added boost of Stanley Cup-related “We would’ve been busy but we wouldn’t have been sellinh out,” he said.
“This has allowexd us to fill up theentird hotel, all 616 rooms.” Martini and other hotel operator emphasized the added jolt of unexpected business comesx during an otherwise down year from hotel business followinbg a strong 2008, which also featured a Penguins-Red Wings Stanley Cup that was lost by Pittsburgh’s favorite flightlessx birds. Bob Page, the area director of sales and marketingfor Omni, said the NFL’s coteris of league officials, along with has brought an increase in occupancy beyonde the two game days, comparable to the business generaterd from a strong home playoff run by the , althoughy not topping it.
“It’s not to the degreer of probably theAFC championship, but it’s still great businessw for us,” he said. “It’s selling us The story is a little more complicatedx for local restaurantsand bars. John owner of The Common Plea, locatexd downtown, estimated the restaurantt has seen a 25 percent increase when the Penguins are playing playofr gamesin town. But when the team is playing the hockey fan dinersstay away. “We’vse seen increases when they’re here,” said Barsotti, who estimated his 2009 businesd is up by 25 percent over last despitethe recession.
“But on the opposite we see a little bit of a decreaser when they go out of Chris Dilla, owner of Bocktown Beer and Grill, in Nortnh Fayette, said it can be tricky for her operation to jump from a busy nighy of a hockey game to extra slow nightsa when there isn’t one. She expects that plenty of customers are struggling to go the distancde withthe seven-game series. “It’s hard for the busineses becausepeople don’t have the money to be out everty other night,” she said.
“Ir tends to be that people who watch the playoffzs really have to watchtheir