Sport Tourism Canada has introduced the a hundred and tenth Gray Cup and 2023 Gray Cup Competition with its Status Award as Canada’s occasion of the yr with a finances over $1 million.
A latest Sport Tourism Canada survey discovered the ’23 Gray Cup sport and competition generated $73.5 million in financial affect in Canada.
The Gray Cup was held in Hamilton final November, with the Montreal Alouettes pulling out a 28-24 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The RBC Canadian Open golf match in Toronto, gained by Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., and the ladies’s World Cup alpine snowboarding occasion in Mont-Tremblant, Que., have been the opposite finalists.
The Status Awards are given out yearly to acknowledge distinctive sport tourism initiatives, multisport video games, and occasions.
“It is really an honour to be acknowledged by Sport Tourism Canada because the Canadian Occasion of the Yr,” mentioned Matt Afinec, President/COO of Enterprise Operations, Hamilton Sports activities Group.
“The Status award is a testomony to the onerous work and dedication of our followers, employees, volunteers and company and authorities companions to convey this daring imaginative and prescient to life.”
