ROCK HILL, SC — The City of Rock Hill says the 2017 UCI BMX World Championships exceeded their expectations for ridership, attendance, and economic impact.
According to officials, the event brought in 3700 riders from 48 countries, was attended by more than 19,400 people, and brought in an estimated $19.2 million in direct economic impact. The cumulative attendance for the week from multi-day admissions is estimated at 50,000-55,000.
The city originally estimated around 3300 riders from 40 countries, 20,000 cumulative attendance, and roughly $13 million direct economic impact.
Officials say a webcast of the weeks events, which included challenge races from July 25-28, also broke viewership records with more than 513,000 views as of July 30, making then the highest viewed challenge class races in BMX World Championship history.
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The 2017 UCI BMX World Championships were held July 25-29 at the Novant Health BMX Supercross Track. Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling, announced in June 2014 that the event that is second only in prominence to the Olympic Games would be hosted by Rock Hill in 2017. The announcement came just two months before the opening of the Novant Health BMX Supercross Track.
The event started in 1982, and was last held in the United States in 2001 in Louisville, KY.
