(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)
The annual Southern Stampede, coupled with home football and soccer games last weekend proved to be quite the economic blast for the Joplin community.
Over 2,000 runners took place in the First to the Finish Southern Stampede which sees four collegiate races, as well as four high school races run on the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course on the campus at MSSU. Nearly 2,000 fans paid to see that race, as well, and it proved to be quite the busy morning.
Move into mid-afternoon and the Lions' soccer team hosted Northeastern State. A 6 pm football game at Fred G. Hughes Stadium followed thereafter and the Southern campus saw more than 10,000 people roaming for various events throughout the day.
What this means to the city of Joplin is huge. It means approximately $490,000 being spent on food, clothes and other items in town. It also means more than $42,000 being spent on hotel rooms within the Joplin area.
Missouri Southern will serve as the host to the 2015 NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships, as well as the 2015 Division II Cross Country National Championships. It is safe to say that MSSU continues to be quite the economic boon for the Joplin community.
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