Kingsmill Championship crosses its previous ticket sales figures
The Kingsmill Championship, which is set to start from September 6-9, at Williamsburg, Virginia, is expected to see a huge crowd as officials of the tournament have said the ticket sale has been solid despite multiple challenges.
Director of the Kingsmill Championship, Wayne Nooe, looked pretty confident when asked how the tournament is going to attract audience because of several other sports events going on in the country.
Nooe informed that the ticket sales for the Kingsmill Championship have not been affected at all despite the fact that there is going to be another attention-grabbing event — Richmond International Raceway, this week.
He said that Kingsmill Championship has ridden out the rough times and now it is set to provide fans with plenty of fun and excitement.
In addition to star-studded Richmond International Raceway, there will also be several football matches. However, according to Nooe, the Kingsmill Championship officials are keeping their fingers crossed because they have crossed the tournament’s 2008 and 2009 sales figures.
The Director went on to say that the Michelob Ultra Open, which had been played from 2004 to 2009, was best known for luring a large number of spectators.
However, the tournament had to be suspended in 2010 and 2011, leaving fans and players wondering what would happen to the tournament in the future.
The reason for suspension of the event was sponsorship issues, stemming from economic crunch in the late 2000s.
The tournament has now returned to Kingsmill with a new title — Kingsmill Championship. What has caused golf fans by utter surprise is that the number of spectators this year is going to beat the expectations.
“We won't know for sure until Monday or Tuesday of next week," Nooe said. "But right now, based on pre-event sales, we're actually running ahead of 2008 and 2009 (the last two years of the Michelob Ultra Open)".
Nooe said that the date of the tournament had to be changed but it has not hurt sales at all. The tournament was supposed to be staged during spring season. However, the September date is not going to turn off spectators due to the hype and a strong field.
The Kingsmill Championship Director said that the tournament will go back to its usual spring dates from the next year on.
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