The event is credited with providing a huge boost to the local economy at a time when the tourist season would traditionally be drawing to a close.

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The financial and business services are expecting a huge boost with 55% new jobs.

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Meanwhile, Sunderland's own hopes of avoiding the drop were handed a huge boost with last weekend's 3-1 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at the Stadium of Light.

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