Enticing more people to come into the area could provide for more economic development, because some of the tourists would likely decide to relocate there - and a growing number of residents would also bring in more businesses and a better economy for those residents.

Having sport tourism as part of the "scene" in Belfast could attract sports teams wanting to make that their home base.

Anyone who is a promoter for sports events and can bring in a lot of tourism with those events will likely get booked for other things, providing more business.

There is a lot of money that can be made when it comes to the merchandising of the event.

Threats

There are threats with any endeavor, and when it comes to sport tourism in Belfast these threats include:

There may not be enough people interested in a specific sport (or interested in sports at all)...
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