Manatee County is less than 100 days away from hosting its first Senior PGA Championship, which will be held at The Concession Golf Club from April 16-19.
The county committed $4.5 million from its tourism tax revenue to bring the event to East County over the next three years — $1.5 million per year. Sarasota County matched that investment.
“I can take my whole budget (his marketing budget is about $6.2 million) for a year and not be able to afford what the PGA of America is bringing us,” said Elliott Falcione, director of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau…