Arts, Sport & Tourism District
Culture, sport, and the visitor economy.
Why it exists
The city's cultural and experiential heart — galleries, studios, film and music, performance venues, stadia and recreation, and the festivals of an interfaith, multigenerational community. It is also a deliberate visitor economy: arts, sport, and heritage draw people in, and their spending circulates back through the city.
What becomes real
Arts & creative industries — studios, galleries, film, music & production
Culture & heritage — museums, performance venues, interfaith & multigenerational festivals
Sport & recreation — stadia, athletics, training, and everyday community sport
Tourism & hospitality — a destination that feeds the cross-subsidy economy
How value circulates
A revenue engine: cultural and sports tourism, ticketing, hospitality, and the creative economy generate surplus that helps underwrite community access — experiences that pay their way.