Sport, Arts and Culture Hosting Program

Melanie Stewart, Assistant Deputy Minister

Arts, Culture, Gaming Grants & Sport Division Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

September 22, 2015

2015 UBCM Convention, Vancouver Convention Centre

• Background and Context • Current Event Funding • New Hosting Program Elements

Presentation Outline

The new five-year hosting program will capitalize on recent

successes. A toolkit and resources will be developed that will

help communities and organizations attract, manage and

leverage events to boost tourism revenue and support economic

diversification.

May 8, 2015 Announcement

Context

• Support the BC Jobs Plan and the Tourism Sector

• Local jobs

• 2013 tourism sector employed 132,200 British Columbians (1 in every 15)

• GDP

• 2013 tourism contributed $7.326 billion (4%) of BC’s total GDP

• Unsurpassed setting

• Natural beauty

• Arts, culture and sport infrastructure

• Year-round outdoor opportunities

• World-class event expertise

• “Know-how” from: 2015 FIFA Women’s Soccer World Cup, 2015 Canada Winter Games, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, 2009 Juno Awards, 2008 North American Indigenous Games (Cowichan), BC Games, 55+ BC Games

Context

Sport: • Hosting BC program

• $500,000 total annually for smaller-sized events

• Grants $3,000 to $8,000

• Mid-sized sport event funding

• Up to $500K annually for medium-sized events

• Grants $25,000 to $150,000

• Provincial Multisport Games

• BC Summer Games, BC Winter Games and 55+ BC Games ($2.2 million in total, annually)

Event Funding – Current Programs

Arts and Culture: CSCD and BC Arts Council for small and mid-size events (2014/15)

• $1.05M in professional festival funding • $150K in community arts festival funding • Up to $500K in discretionary arts and culture funds, including

$250K for EventHost BC (one-time grant program)

Community Gaming Grants (2014/15) • ~$3.6M in community gaming for festivals and fairs

Event Funding – Current Programs

Other Provincial Programs: Marquee Events

• High-profile events such as: • FIFA Women’s World Cup, Canada Winter Games, Juno Awards

• Budget of $250K+ Resort Municipality Initiative

• $10.5M to assist 14 small, tourism-based municipalities to support and increase visitation, ie. Whistler World Cup, Tofino Film Festival, Sun Peaks Summer Concert Series

Tourism Events Program (New)

• Support for planning, marketing, and organization of provincially significant events and celebrations that offer a high tourism value.

Event Funding

New Hosting Program Components

• Identify strategic priorities for the province and explore opportunities for cross-sector collaboration.

• Target events that support Government’s tourism and economic development strategy.

• Proactively support communities to successfully bid on and host events with an Event Hosting Toolkit.