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ECONorthwest Estimates the Economic Impact of the Coquille Indian Tribe and Mill Casino

Posted on August 13, 2012 in Resort & Casino Development by Ann Hollingshead

ECONorthwest estimates the tribe and casino contributed 1,300 local jobs and $125 million in economic output to the local and regional economies in 2010.

In a report for the Coquille Tribe, ECONorthwest estimated the total economic output of the Mill Casino and Hotel & RV Park and the Coquille Tribe government. Using data from 2010, the most recent year available, ECONorthwest estimated, together, the tribe and casino contribute 1,300 jobs and $125 million in economic output through direct and indirect economic impacts.

The principal measures of economic impacts used in this report are:

Output: the final value of all goods and services produced. For businesses, this is approximately equal to sales. For Tribal government, output equals total spending.
Labor Income: workers’ wages and benefits, including self-employment income.
Jobs: full- and part-time employment.

In a press release, Cal Mukumoto, CEO of the Coquille Economic Development Corporation said: “We commissioned this independent study in order to have a more complete picture of how our business spending reverberates throughout the region. We cannot truly understand economic development if we only look at the pieces. We need to look at how the pieces are interrelated.”

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Find additional coverage of ECONorthwest's report in The World.

Robert Whelan, Director / Senior Economist who specializes in market research and forecasting, and Carsten Jensen contributed to this report.