Similar large scale public art projects have had significant economic impacts for their host cities; the Gates project in NYC (which was up for only 2 weeks, co

Similar large scale public art projects have had significant economic impacts for their host cities; the Gates project in NYC (which was up for only 2 weeks, compared to 2 years for the Bay Lights), generated $254m in economic impact. http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2005a%2Fpr078-05.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4... Please consider supporting Bay Lights - its an amazing project .