D I S C O V E R 18 Arts & Museum Attendance 8 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Botanica 105,239 138,375 154,114 159,885 168,350 Exploration Place 192,751 170,270 176,810 199,598 194,029 Great Plains Transportation Museum 2,998 2,850 2,747 5,581 4,519 Kansas African American Museum 1,644 2,845 2,747 3,000 4,289 Mid-America All-Indian Center 25,515 21,171 26,706 26,885 18,522 Museum of World Treasures 36,748 42,175 43,178 43,352 45,582 Old Cowtown Museum 57,817 59,889 61,495 58,430 80,326 Wichita Art Museum 52,550 57,134 62,028 64,954 70,301 Music Theater of Wichita 75,852 65,277 57,665 64,891 71,683 Wichita Symphony Orchestra 47,325 56,539 52,692 48,346 37,028 Wichita/Sedgwick Co. Historical Museum 13,112 13,591 16,514 16,687 15,111 Attraction Attendance 8 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Wichita Thunder Hockey 194,283 174,725 174,332 186,042 165,506 Wichita Wingnuts 151,373 153,325 145,212 152,861 159,436 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame 29,229 20,465 16,687 17,181 18,435 Top Conventions and Events 9 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Riverfest 250,000 380,000 380,000 450,000 455,000 National Baseball Congress 75,000 75,000 68,000 60,000 62,000 Automobila Car Show 140,000 160,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 WABA Home Show 35,000 30,000 20,000 28,000 25,000 Outdoor Living & Landscape Show 20,000 20,000 20,000 17,500 17,000 Tallgrass Film Festival 12,000 13,000 15,000 16,000 16,000 Prairie Fire Fall Marathon 15,000 20,000 20,000 23,000 15,000 Starbird-Devlin Rod & Custom Car Show DNR 15,000 15,000 23,000 15,000 $1.1B TOURISM ECONOMIC IMPACT 8 $10M NCAA ECONOMIC IMPACT 8 Visitors contributed more than one billion dollars in economic impact to the greater Wichita area in 2017. Downtown is a nexus of activity, bringing a total of 567,314 convention and event attendees to explore Downtown Wichita throughout the year. Wichita hosted the 1st and 2nd Rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 2018, resulting in an economic impact of $10 million. 567,314 CONVENTION/EVENT ATTENDEES 8