Not sure what happened to your reply (I know I saw it), but again I suspect someone meant to say 50 million in taxable revenue which we both agree would pencil out on paper. And yes, the conference has 9,000 attended, not 6,000 as you posted before. Funny, I took you as the type that feels govt does nothing to help small business. Now here they help bring 50 mill in economic activity and you are against it. Your opening line was 'Hosting this event ranks high in the feel good arena, but what is the net economic impact.' I assumed you meant to the entire state, not just the impact to the county government. The answer to your question is the net impact is quite good, and that's not even trying to calculate if ICUN leads to future vacations or conferences in Hawaii.