US: Baseball season tourism rush in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville, US (TAN): Spring is always an attractive time in Fayetteville, a city in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

Downtown businesses have said they are seeing an increase in customers after the recent home opener of the city’s minor league baseball team, the Woodpeckers.

The Fayetteville Area Visitors and Convention Bureau said that tourism wise, the All American City has been on the upswing for a while, and the numbers are probably going to increase next weekend because of the annual Dogwood Festival. The event usually attracts around 200,000 visitors to the area.

“Over the last 10 years, tourism has increased 54 per cent for our community in spending dollars and statewide averages. Right now, Cumberland County’s overnight visitation is a 120,000-130,000 people per month,” John Meroski, the CEO of the Fayetteville Area Visitors and Convention Bureau, was quoted by Spectrum News as saying.

In May, another event will happen at SEGRA Stadium, the home of the Woodpeckers. That’s when the Big South Conference will play its baseball tournament at the new stadium May 21-25.