HELP info on big tournaments to help build a course

[Terry 44]

I need any information about the increase in out of town attendance and revenue when a world class tournament comes to a city. We have gotten to the point in our proposal where the city wants to include a championship caliber course.

Does anyone have a proposal for a world class tournament they have successfully presented to their tourism board?

Can anyone shed light on how much revenue was generated during the time of the tournament?

They are looking to spend over 150million on two sites, and said money is not an issue, but we must justify the course to get the green light.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My e-mail is terry_ryan44@yahoo.com

Thanks again!

[Cgkdisc]

I would look at the PDGA Bid Guidelines for events like the US Masters and US Womens events which only need around three good courses. Your Chamber of Commerce can give you information on how much money that will mean to the city based on the number of days, competitors and other people expected to play which is provided in this document. There's also a bid doc for Pro and Am Worlds but that takes more courses and developing a history of top events before you can legitimately be considered to host one of those.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/...id_Process.pdf

[DSmith]

We wrote up an Economic Impact of the Lexington Open a few years ago when we were working on getting 2 more courses in town. Is that what your looking for? It showed how much was spent on gas,food and lodging in town for a 2 day tournament at x number of people and how that would increase with added courses.

[Terry 44]

Originally Posted by DSmith

We wrote up an Economic Impact of the Lexington Open a few years ago when we were working on getting 2 more courses in town. Is that what your looking for? It showed how much was spent on gas,food and lodging in town for a 2 day tournament at x number of people and how that would increase with added courses.

Yes, this is exactly what I am after! ROI is what the city is looking for.

[Terry 44]

Originally Posted by Cgkdisc

I would look at the PDGA Bid Guidelines for events like the US Masters and US Womens events which only need around three good courses. Your Chamber of Commerce can give you information on how much money that will mean to the city based on the number of days, competitors and other people expected to play which is provided in this document. There's also a bid doc for Pro and Am Worlds but that takes more courses and developing a history of top events before you can legitimately be considered to host one of those.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/...id_Process.pdf

This is great info! thanks for the link!

[Terry 44]

Still looking for economic impact of big tournaments on local economy.

Any help would be great! Thanks

[DSmith]

Just sent you the Economic Impact document. Hope it helps.

[Terry 44]

Thanks!!!!

[scarpfish]

Probably not as in depth as you're looking for, but here's a couple recent articles in local media about big tournaments this month that briefly mention economic impacts.

Wind blown at the Glass Blown open, Emporia Gazette, Emporia, KS

In July, Emporia will host the 2013 Professional Disc Golf Association World Junior and Amateur Disc Golf Championships.

The junior championship is estimated to draw 600 participants and have a six-figure local economic impact.

This year’s Glass Blown Open was estimated to have a quarter-million dollar impact for the community.

Hundreds Participate in Annual Disc Golf Championship WBKO, Bowling Green, KY (includes a video)

Tournament Director HB Clark says the disc golf championship continues to fill-up quickly each year.

"This makes a huge economic impact on Bowling Green here in our community. We had approximately 1700 hotel nights booked per our survey that came into town. Many players come into town for the week, and a whole lot for the three day event itself," Clark says.

[biscoe]

michigan state university economic impact calculator

it's set up for michigan but you should be able to bastardize a bit...