PIERRE -- The South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation says tax revenues from the 2010 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally increased from last year.
Sales and tourism taxes collected so far from temporary vendors totaled $989,911 in the northern Black Hills, which includes Sturgis and communities in Meade and Lawrence counties.
The revenue department says the total is up $127,804 from 2009, and taxes will continue to be collected for several weeks.
The 1,207 vendors at the 2010 rally was up from past years. Gross vendor sales totaled $13.6 million in the Northern Hills, $1.7 million more than last year. In the Southern Hills, which includes Pennington County and Rapid City, Custer, Hill City and Keystone, sales were $2.8 million, up from last year's $2.5 million.
