O.J. Simpson’s Trial Could Make Las Vegas Millions
Sometimes, I’ll admit, I don’t think about things like this. And then when I read it, I’m all “What the hell?”
You see, I didn’t see that O.J. Simpson being arrested in Las Vegas could be an economic cash cow.
From Market Watch
2,000 journalists at $150 a night for 28 nights$8.4 million2,000 journalists at $100 a day for food for 28 days
(They can eat at the buffets to save)$5.6 million2,000 journalists at $40 a day for cars for 28 days $2.24 million
2,000 journalists at $1,000 for plane tickets $2 million
Total$18.24 million
And that doesn’t include legal fees, parking fees, the pretrial motion coverage, the appeals, the costs to Clark County, the police overtime, the studio rentals, the foreign press coverage and so forth.
If the case drags on and on, or if interest really begins to take off, the number of journalists involved could easily double and push the coverage costs alone well clear of $50 million.
Insane, but most likely accurate.
What gets spent in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Lawyer fee’s alone will be astrinomical. This case is huge for Vegas. Intersting insight though. I also feel like this is a little bit of a come back for OJ — its been a while since he killed anyone, so he needed to get his name out there again. At least Game On! thinks so, http://blogs.msg.com/gameon/2007/09/sports-in-the-c.html
Personally, I agree. I hadn’t thought about OJ in some time…Well Vegas you’re one lucky city… all OJ’s lime light.
I for one can’t wait to see that throwback behind bars for good.
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