Those dollars trickle into various pockets, from the performers and artists to the ushers and program printers and beyond. A seven-figure chunk makes its way to state and local government, too. The real good news is that the total amount of spending in San Jose increased by nearly 50 percent from $122 million when the survey was last conducted in 2010. That sounds even better when you consider San Jose lost two big arts groups — San Jose Rep and Silicon Valley Ballet — in the interim. But drilling deeper into the study, you can see that San Jose’s spending is about on par with Santa Barbara County — and it’s dwarfed by San Francisco and San Diego. Optimistically, that means there’s plenty of room to grow and improve before the next study in five years.

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