{"id":31063,"date":"2015-01-26T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=31063"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T01:21:12","slug":"manoa-athletics-department-plays-huge-roll-in-hawaii-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/26\/manoa-athletics-department-plays-huge-roll-in-hawaii-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101noa Athletics Department plays huge role in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> economy"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at MānoaÂ鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Athletics Department<\/a> is a significant part of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s economy according to a report produced by the Shidler College of Business<\/a>. In fiscal year 2013–14, the UH<\/abbr> Athletics Department generated $66 million in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> spending on labor, goods and services.<\/p>\n

The $66 million in spending in turn generated $128 million in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> business sales and $36.9 million in income for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> workers. In addition, the $66 million of spending added $7 million to the state’s tax collections and created more than 860 jobs in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The report was commissioned by the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Athletics Department and prepared by Shidler College of Business Administration graduate students Botir Okhunjanov<\/strong> and Conrad Mostiller<\/strong>, under the direct supervision of Professor of Business Economics Jack Suyderhoud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In fiscal year 2013–2014, the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Athletics Department’s revenues from tickets and merchandise sales were more than $16 million, which makes the department among the top 215 largest companies in the state of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> by sales revenues. If the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Athletics Department was measured by its total budget, it would be the 155th largest enterprise in the state.<\/p>\n

For more information, read the full report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In fiscal year 2013–14, the UH<\/abbr> Athletics Department generated $66 million in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> spending on labor, goods and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,197,146,9,550],"class_list":["post-31063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-economics","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t