On your mark, get set, spend.
The Boston Marathon is expected to generate $137.5 million in spending around the city over the course of the weekend, according to the Greater Boston Convention Visitors Bureau. More than 500,000 spectators are expected to turn out on Monday to watch 26,700 runners make their way 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square.
The economic impact includes $92 million spent by the runners and their guests, $16 million raised at charity events, and $12 million spent by spectators. This year’s Boston Marathon, the 116th running, ranks behind only the 100th anniversary race in 1996, which had 38,708 runners and a $172 million spending impact, the visitors bureau said.