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[northernblue]

I think you are missing what I am saying.

The Grand Prix is a massive money spinner for the state as is an Aussie Open.

Netball can generate as much expenditure as you can drum up, but it isnt going to bring 320 000 tourists to the state let alone the country. 

I'm not missing that, but sheer numbers of tourists isn't the be all and end all, unless the bottom line is your only measuring stick...