As we gear up for the annual Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix Festival this year, The Argus Foundation would like to congratulate Sarasota County Commission, the Sarasota City Commission and Visit Sarasota County for embracing this important sports tourism event.

The Grand Prix Festival has seen a documented economic impact of $36.2 million last year with 18,500 room nights. As if this weren’t enough, the world-wide television exposure was $1,827,964 through ESPN, Fox Sports and others. This year, the major exposure will be with CBS Sports and it will also include a rerun. This is incredible media exposure for our tourism industry.