The economic impact of Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s farewells in his hometown

The economic impact of Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s farewells in his hometown


He returns at the beginning, a festival that ended the history of Heavy Metal parents, moved the finances of Birmingham, England

The Festival Back to the beginningheld last Saturday, 5, increased the economy of BirminghamIn England. The city received the event that marked the farewell to Sabbath Black And their most illustrious threads: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler AND Bill Ward.

The “Saideira” of Heavy Metal’s parents added other musical and sporting events during the weekend, injected 20 million pounds (Almost R $ 150 million) in the economy of the English city, located in the region of Western Midlands.

The estimate comes from West Midlands Growth Companypromotion and management company in the city. According to her, about 300,000 tourists exceeded Birmingham during the weekend (via Blaro).

In addition to the farewell festival of Sabbath BlackThe city also received shows from Jeff Lynne electric light orchestraSporting events and gastronomic festivals at the beginning of July, which increased finances.

Black Sabbath Farewell Virtual Audience

In addition to the revenues generated by local consumption, including gastronomic tourism and hotel employment, the Back to the beginningWhich had exhausted the tickets, it was also a streaming success for streaming. According to the British newspaper The guardianThe event was sent to around 5.8 million viewers all over the world.

Announced as available on Live streaming, the broadcast made by the official website of the Festival had about 2 hours late.

Back to the beginning

In addition to Ozzy and Sabbath Blackalso presented rock giants and heavy metal, such as Metallic, Guns n ‘Roses, Slayer, Steven Tyler, Alice in chains And others.

The event was charity, with all the profit for three charity institutes: Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Awk Children’s Hospice.

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Source: Terra

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