Before you start calling me a Negative Nancy, I will first say as a Positive Pete, that I think it is a good thing the old guy PGA tour is coming to Sioux Falls, and it certainly WON’T have a negative affect on our economy. In fact, it will draw publicity to the city for sporting events, and I am sure some deals will be cut between our mucky-muck. I get it.
But all this fanfare like this is the greatest thing since sliced bread is laughable.
I could go on and on about our crime rate increases, our lack of affordable housing, good jobs and a slowing economy and sales tax revenue. The PGA tour doesn’t fix any of these problems, and that is kind of my point.
We often like to sit around and try to act like a sporting event coming to town is some kind of game changer. As I said to someone, “Looks like a bunch of old rich Sioux Falls people watching a bunch of old rich golfers play golf.”
So Denny opened his wallet. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. But will it have an effect on the 99.9% of hardworking Sioux Falls residents? Probably not. But I sure like Arnold Palmers.