Test Your Rochester Trivia

The Canadian Honker restaurant sells approximately how many slices of Bunnie's Coconut Cake each year?

 Answer: 15,000

How many sunny days per year does Rochester average?

 Answer: 200

Rochester's carillon is among the most complete in North America, how many bells does it have?

Answer:  56

Who shoveled the first spade of dirt at the opening of Rochester's Historic Chateau Theater in April of 1927?

Answer: Charles Mayo

 

Did You Know?

• Hospitality & tourism is the second largest industry in Rochester, just after health care. It puts money back into the local economy, employs 11,000 people a year, and helps to bring cultural events and activities, entertainment, restaurants and recreation to the community.
• The city of Rochester, Minn. plays host to approximately 2.5 million visitors each year; of those visitors, 1.1 million stay overnight.
• Visitors spend $1.2 million each day in Rochester, and every dollar spent circulates seven times before leaving the community.
• Downtown is undergoing continual development to accommodate people that live, work and play in Rochester. New and future amenities that promise to make Rochester grow as a vital city include the new Peace Plaza, Thursday's On First and Third Summer Market and Concert Series, and new restaurants and shops.
• Projects such as the University of Minnesota downtown Rochester campus and the Minnesota Bioscience Business Center will help to attract a larger amount of college students and business travelers.
• The hospitality and tourism industry saves taxpayers money! Each household in Rochester would pay in excess of $1,600 more in taxes every year without the tax revenue generated by visitors. With the money saved, a family of four can buy four months worth of groceries, fill the average car with gas 55 times or pay for a luxury family vacation.