A bumper week featuring the Melbourne Cup carnival and Oasis and Metallica concerts is expected to pump an extra $110 million into the Melbourne’s economy.

Punters in delicate millinery heading home from Flemington next week will pass those in bucket hats on their way to Marvel Stadium to see the Gallaghers, while the Stakes Day sea of colour will mingle with the black-clad crowd for the world’s best-selling metal band.

Luca Arenas and Melissa Marchesem have flown to Melbourne from Barcelona especially to see Oasis. Credit: Eddie Jim

The National Australia Bank is forecasting a “once-in-a-decade boom” for local businesses amid an event triple header expected to increase weekly spend by 70 per cent.

Melbourne Cup week and four sold-out Marvel Stadium concerts are forecast to push th

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