Economic Impact of the Hermantown Amateur Hockey Association on Duluth, Hermantown, and Proctor, Minnesota

Abstract

The Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Labovitz School of Business and Economics was contacted by HAHA to estimate the economic impacts of Hermantown hockey on the study area. For the purpose of this report, Hermantown hockey includes all of HAHA’s youth games and tournaments, the Hermantown High School hockey program (uses the Hermantown arena), and the operations of the Hermantown Arena. HAHA also requested research on the potential economic impacts of adding a second sheet of ice to the arena that would add capacity for additional games and tournaments throughout the season. The BBER first focused on Hermantown hockey’s current impacts on the economy and then estimated the possible impacts of expanding the existing arena.