Independent Study Opportunity for Economics Majors

Econ 491 – Individual Study in Economics
Spring 2010

The Men’s tennis coach would like to have an analysis of the economic impact of several tennis events hosted by the University. This project is to conduct an economic impact analysis of a tennis event hosted at Mary Washington with information provided by Coach Helbling. Your independent research work will be supervised by Dr. Ray. For more information or if you are interested in this independent study opportunity, contact  MRAY at UMW.edu.
Brief description of some of the events:
We host tournaments with over 250 players and coaches and another 250 spectators over a 3 day period (ITA Regional).
We host the NCAA National Championships with 150-200 participants and another 100 spectators here for a period of 7 days (NCAA National Championships).
We host numerous other tournaments with 60-150 people here for a weekend.