REVEALED A DEEP DIVIDE IN RACE RELATIONS. NEW TONIGHT THE CENTRAL IOWA ECONOMY COULD SCORE BIG THANKS TO A MAJOR SOCCER TOURNAMENT, AS KCCI AFFILIATE JACOBSON REPORTS, THE EVENT KICKS OFF A BUSY SPORTS SEASON. TIE YOUR SHOES, GIRL. IT’S THE NIGHT BEFORE A BIG SOCCER TOURNAMENT. HAVE YOU DONE YOUR SPRINTS YET? TESSA AND MEG BRANDT IS ON THE FIELD COACHING HER TEAM. THE GIRLS ARE GETTING IN THEIR LAST FEW REPS BEFORE. THE GAMES BEGIN. KICK IT IN AGAIN AND AGAIN. I’M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING NEW PEOPLE IN TO SHOW THEM WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT HERE. THE 2024 RUSH SPRING CHAMPIONS CUP IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN MORE THAN 12,000 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND, MORE THAN 450 GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ACROSS SPORTS COMPLEXES IN ALTOONA, DES MOINES AND ANKENY, INCLUDING PRAIRIE RIDGE. 10S LEFT IN THIS ROUND. GAMES START FRIDAY. IT’S BRINGING IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC. IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY AWESOME FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO COME HERE THIS WEEKEND, CASS DES MOINES SAYS IT’S GOING TO BE A BIG SCORE FOR THE ECONOMY. WE LOVE SPORTS TEAMS AND WE LOVE SPORTS TOURNAMENTS COMING TO TO DES MOINES, GREG EDWARDS SAYS. PEOPLE COMING HERE FOR THE TOURNAMENT WILL PUMP LOTS OF MONEY INTO CENTRAL IOWA BUSINESSES. HE SAYS RIGHT NOW, SPORTS MAKE UP 45% OF BUSINESS IN THE METRO. THE GOOD THING ABOUT TOURNAMENTS, TOO, IS THEY HAVE A LOT OF DOWNTIME, SO THEY’LL BE SHOPPING AND SPENDING MONEY ELSEWHERE, MAYBE GOING TO MOVIES, DOING SOME ENTERTAINMENT, GOOD MOVIE CORLEY TOURNAMENT ORGANIZERS ESTIMATE THE TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT THIS WEEKEND TO BE $4.5 MILLION. EDWARDS SAYS THE TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF THE START OF A BUSY SEASON. WE’VE GOT TOURNAMENTS BOOKED ALL REALLY ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHILE BUSINESS IS IN THE METRO, GEAR UP FOR THOSE EVENTS. THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE BUSY AND THEN SUMMER COMES AROUND BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT FALL SEASON IS HERE, BRANDT WILL BE ON THE FIELD MAKING SURE HER TEAM IS READY TO GO IN ANKENY OPHELIA JACOBSON, KCCI EIGHT NEWS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. THE CITY OF ALTOONA SAYS YOUTH SPORTS ARE A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR THEM.