LAPORTE – The LaPorte County Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced that the recent running of the Maple City Grand Prix boat race on Stone Lake in LaPorte brought in more than $1 million to the local economy.
A study by Certec Inc. of Versailles, Ky., showed that 15,000 people attended the race, with 76 percent from LaPorte and the surrounding area. The remainder of the visitors were from out of the area or from out of state, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas and Florida.
The study showed the races produced $122,000 in taxes and $106,000 in wages.
