SARS cases helped sell out the Skydome.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0427/1545538.html

I have a friend who just got back from Thailand. He told me that the president of Thailand was working to thart the SARS scare. He guaranteed to anyone who got SARS in Thailand, would be treated to free medical care at the countries best hospital, and the government would pay for all expenses to fly in friends and relatives from anywhere in the world. If you happen to die from SARS, then your next of kin would be given $250,000 in Thailand dollars. (which equals about $1 million?? in US dollars)

I guess the president was trying to reinforce his confidence that Thailand was clean of SARS.