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The establishment of the Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Purse Source (ELI-ALPS) laser light research institute in Szeged creates a unique opportunity for Hungary, and for Szeged inclusive, from political, scientific and economic development aspects, however, its multivarious impacts will attain a real outstandingly high potential, if a knowledge based science park around ELI-ALPS is created. The future ELI Science Park will be outstanding and unique from several aspects as compared to other spatial conglomerations (industrial parks, industrial areas, other science parks etc.) The fundamentals of the ELI Science Park is the scientific output of the Szeged University, which represents one of the primary initiatives for establishing the science park. Due to this, likely a wide range of research activities will settle there. Only a minor part will be related with laser research applications and will be in direct connection with ELI-ALPS, dealing presumably with information technology, medical imaging, biology and biotechnology, within it research of albumins, particles, particle radiation, X-ray radiation, examination of tumors, medical science and material science -- nano research. In our present paper we focus on quantifying the impacts of ELI and the related Science Park on the local economy by means of standard international methodology. We disassociate the so called direct, indirect, induced and catalytic impacts. From the usual roles we try to quantify most predictable and measurable factors of income and workplace generation. To assure easy comprehension results are compared to the income of Szeged's population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]