Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to amend the existing contract with HNS Sports Group; the PGA Tour’s contracted management entity, for the purpose of adding an additional $150,000.00 to the contract. Columbus City Council, on March 18, 2013, per Ordinance 0571-2013, authorized the Director of Development to enter into contract with HNS Sports Group for a sum not to exceed $200,000.00. An additional $150,000.00 has been identified to assist HNS Sports Group with the President’s Cup golf tournament.
The Presidents Cup golf tournament will be held October 1, 2013 through October 6, 2013 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club. The event will cast an international spotlight on Columbus and central Ohio, reaching over 200 countries and territories and over 800 million television viewers throughout the world through lead in promotion and 4 days of live and taped coverage (carried domestically by Golf Channel and NBC Sports). It is expected the Presidents Cup will generate over $22,000,000 in visitor spending and a total regional economic impact of $45-50 million, including an estimated $1.2 million in income tax receipts. Visitors from the US and overseas are expected to book more than 15,000 room nights throughout the Columbus region, including 2,900 room nights at the new Downtown Columbus Hilton which will serve as the host hotel. Attendees to the Presidents Cup will be comprised of a combination of individual golf fans, business leaders and political/diplomatic leaders from the US and around the world - a sellout crowd of 35,000 per day will attend the event.
HNS Sports Group and the PGA Tour have secured the Columbus Commons as the official site of the Opening Ceremony, Wednesday, Oct 2nd where thousands of fans will be invited to join in a celebration that will be broadcast live throughout the US and around the world. A national recording artist has been secured to perform at the Opening Ceremony. A...
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