It now plans to build on this success with a Battle.net World Championship event in Shanghai next week featuring dozens of WoW and Starcraft pro-gamers.
That is because the money for such spending needs to come from somewhere, and so drains the private sector to the extent of such increased government spending, leaving no net effect in any event.
Some will compare historical hotel occupancy and average hotel revenues per room for specific weeks to the event-week in question to gauge the net spike in economic activity.