Events scheduled in the next few months in Springfield are expected to bring thousands of visitors to the city.
According to the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, more than 40,000 people will be in the city for events as well as for leisure travel. Many of the events were booked by the CVB.
It’s estimated that people attending group events spend at least $150 per day, which the CVB says generates significant amounts of income of hotels, restaurants, attractions and retailers. It also contributes to the city’s sales tax and other tax revenues.
Over the weekend, the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships and the National Homeschoolers Spring Nationals were held in Springfield.
Upcoming events include:
May
- May 12-17, The Chosin Few, Army Chapter Reunion, 150 attendees, 255 room nights
May 14-17, Southwest Home Education Ministry Convention, 1,500
attendees, 105 room nights- May 18-19, Missouri State
High School Activities Association Boys Golf Championships, 200 attendees, 100
room nights - May 22-24, National Street
Rod Association Mid-America Street Rod Nationals Plus, 2,000 attendees, 3,700
room nights - May 28-31, Special Olympics
of Missouri Summer Games, 1,800 attendees, 300 room night
June
June 3-7, Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Missouri State
Convention, 650 attendees, 515 room nights
June 4-9, United Methodist Church, Missouri Conference, 1,500
attendees, 2,275 room nights
June 7 – 9, American Junior Simmental Association, 150
attendees, 150 room nights
June 9-14, Buick Club of America National Meet, 600 attendees,
834 room nights
June 11-14, Amateur Athletic Union Girls Midwest National
Championship, 2,800 attendees, 1,506 room nights
June 13-16, Missouri District of the Lutheran Church Missouri
Synod Convention, 750 attendees, 602 room nights
June 14-19, Guild of Carillonneurs in North America Congress,
120 attendees, 240 room nights
June 15-19, Braunvieh Association of America National Junior
Braunvieh Show, 250 attendees, 120 room nights
June 18-21, Harley Owner’s Group State H.O.G. Rally, 1,000
attendees, 817 room nights
June 20-21, The Great Race, 300 attendees, 227 room nights
June 22-24, Missouri Office of State Courts Administration
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Conference, 280 attendees, 400 room nights
June 25-28, Jehovah’s Witnesses Summer Regional Convention –
English, 3,000 attendees, 5,250 room nights
June 28-July 1, Assemblies of God Chaplaincy Training
Conference, 350 attendees, 750 room nights
June 30-July 5, Premier Baseball Incoming Freshman, 1,200
attendees, 3,035 room nights
July
July 7-10, Missouri Association for Pupil Transportation 50th
Annual Conference and Trade Show, 180 attendees, 450 room nights
July 7-9, Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference, 200 attendees, 275
room nights
July 7-11, National Fishing Lure Collectors Club Convention,
2,500 attendees, 1,013 room nights
July 9-11, American Legion Department of Missouri Convention,
600 attendees, 446 room nights
July 10-12, Franciscan University of Steubenville St. Louis Mid
America 1, 5,000 attendees, 3,600 room nights (dorm rooms and hotels)
July 14-19, Premier Baseball Senior Championships, 700
attendees, 2,335 room nights
July 17-19, Franciscan University of Steubenville St. Louis Mid
America 2, 5,000 attendees, 3,894 room nights (dorm rooms and hotels)
July 20-23, Missouri Association for Career and Technical
Education Joint Summer Conference, 1,500 attendees, 1,892 room nights
July 23-26, Jehovah’s Witnesses Summer Regional Convention –
Spanish, 3,000 attendees, 3,000 room nights
July 27-August 2, North American Envirothon, 500 attendees, 500
room nights
July 29-August 1, Missouri 4-H Center for Youth Development
Western Heritage Project, 300 attendees, 420 room nights
July 30-August 2, Amateur Softball Association Girls 18U “A”
Fast Pitch Northern National Championship, 1,000 attendees, 1,225 room nights
July 31-August 2, Kiwanis International 65th Annual
Missouri-Arkansas District Convention/100th Year Anniversary Celebration, 500
attendees, 300 room nights
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