About 827,000 people - 311,000 of them tourists - contributed £92m of direct and indirect spending to Sheffield in 2017, according to a new report from UK Music. Per-person spend was highest for festival tickets, with 86,840 attendees spending an average of £94.42 each, and Sheffield City and the Derbyshire Dales attracted high box office sales of about £48 and £42 per person respectively. The report follows a national overview of live music's £5.2bn contribution released last month.
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Published: 23-12-2019