TDC Special Meeting November, 16 2022

Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council Board Book

November 16, 2022 Special Board Meeting

Table of Contents

1. TDC Board Attendance 11.10.2022

2. Special Meeting Agenda 11.16.2022

3. TDC Board Meeting Minutes 10.13.2022

4. CONSENT ITEMS

4.A. DTPB Activity Report

4.B. Cultural Council Activity Report

4.C. Sports Commission Activity Report

4.D. Film & TV Monthly Newsletter

4.E. Film & TV Production Report

4.F. Convention Center Income Statement & Financial Operations Analysis Compared to Budget & Prior Year

4.G. Convention Center Marketing Update

4.H. Convention Center Pace Revenue Report

4.I. ERM Project Status Report

4.J. PBI Traffic Report

4.K. Contract Tracking Report

5. BUSINESS

5.A. - 1. TDC Dashboard Current Month & FY2022

5.A. - 1.a. Bed Tax Collections

5.A. - 1.b. Report Out Metrics

5.B. Proposed 2023 TDC Board Meetings

5.C. - 1.a. - i. Category G Grant Agreements

(Seat)

(1) Commissioner Maria Sachs Chair (1/14/21)

(4) Jim Bronstien Vice Chair(9/30/22) Appt(3/1/95) ReApp(9/18/18) Dis.3

(2)Roger Amidon Appt(9/30/25)Dist. 1 (3) Jim Mostad (9/30/20) Appt (10/16/19), Dis. 2, St 3

(5)Daniel Hostettler(0930/23) Appt (05/18/21). Dis 4.

(6)Commissioner Adam Frankel (9/30/24) Appt (03/08/22)[Dis.5]

(7)Don Dufresne (9/30/23) Apt(6/5/12) ReAp(5/3/16)&(8/20/19) Dis6

(8) Davicka N. Thompson (9/30/2024) Appt(12/6/16)RdAppt(8/25/20) [Dis.7]

(9) Commissioner Christina Lambert Appt (10/01/22)- (9/30/26) At-Large

STAFF

Verdenia C. Baker, County Administrator

Liz Herman, Assistant County Attorney

Dave Lawrence, Culture

George Linley, Sports

Michelle Hillery, Film & TV

Jorge Pesquera, Discover

Deborah Drum, ERM

Dave Anderson, PBCCC

Kathy Griffin, PBCCC Vacant, TDC

Emanuel Perry, TDC

Joan Hutchinson, TDC

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1. The Category “G” Grant Agreements* - MOTION TO APPROVE Grant Amount Room Nights

a. Equestrian Holiday & Horses Circuit (November 30, 2022 January 1, 2023) Wellington International $20,000 12,375

b. “Little Mo” Internationals in Florida (December 2 7, 2022) Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center, PGA National Resort $12,500 1,500

c. Battle Youth National Championship (December 5 18, 2022) Village Park, Boca Raton High School NEW $50,000 6,250

d. Garden of life Palm Beaches Marathon (December 10 11, 2022) Meyer Park Amphitheatre $15,000 2,160

e. EDP Soccer Playoffs (December 17-18, 2022) The Gardens North County District Park - NEW $10,000 1,000

f. DPL Winter Showcase (January 5 8, 2023) The Gardens North County District Park, Joe Russo Athletic Complex, Ballpark of the Palm Beaches $50,000 6,580

g. Winter Equestrian Festival (January 5 April 3, 2023) Wellington International $125,000 172,782

h. Florida RUSH (January 13 16, 2023) Palm Beach Skate Zone TBD $25,000 3,000

i. Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters (January 18-22, 2023) Patch Reef Park $25,000 2,500 Total $332,500 208,147

8. ADJOURNMENT

The next Meeting will be on December 8, 2022.

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Tdc/tdcmtgs2022/Agenda 11.16.2022

1. ROLL CALL*

TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Thursday, October 13, 2022 9:00 A.M.

MINUTES

Present Absent

Commissioner Maria Sachs

Jim Bronstien

Roger Amidon

Jim Mostad

Daniel Hostettler

Don Dufresne

Davicka Thompson

Commissioner Christina Lambert

STAFF

Verdenia C. Baker, County Administrator By Phone

Liz Herman, Assistant County Attorney

Joan Hutchinson, Tourist Development Council

Emanuel Perry, Tourist Development Council

Patricia Ramirez, Tourist Development Council

Vannette Youyoute, Tourist Development Council

Dave Lawrence, Cultural Council

Jennifer Sullivan. Cultural Council

Lauren Perry, Cultural Council

George Linley, PBC Sports Commission

David Fontanarosa, PBC Sports Commission

Michael Zeff, PBC Sports Commission

Gillian Constable, Sports Commission

Michelle Hillery, Film & TV Commission

Alberto Jordat, Film & TV Commission

Jorge Pesquera, Discover The Palm Beaches

Milton Segarra, Discover The Palm Beaches

Kelly Cavers, Discover The Palm Beaches

Gustav Weibull, Discover The Palm Beaches

Bryan Glynn, Discover The Palm Beaches

Erika Constantine, Discover The Palm Beaches

Deborah Drum, ERM

Julie Bishop, ERM

Commissioner Adam Frankel

Mike Brodnicki, Convention Center/Spectra Venue Management

Kathy Griffin, Convention Center/Spectra Hospitality

Lacy Larson, PBI Airports

Nicole Hughes, PBI Airports

Other

Andy Dehart, Loggerhead Marine Life

Karla Marcus, Loggerhead Marine Life

Bob Weisman, Loggerhead Marine Life

Jason Emmett, Discover The Palm Beaches Board

Curtis Zimmerman, The Zimmerman Agency

Motion to approve agenda additions and deletions were made by Jim Mostad and seconded by Commissioner Christina Lambert. Motion carries 6-0 with Commissioner Adam Frankel, Jim Bronstien, and Roger Amidon absent.

3. MOTION TO APPROVE SEPTEMBER 8th TDC MEETING MINUTES*

Motion to approve the September 8th TDC Meeting Minutes was made by Jim Mostad and seconded by Davicka Thompson. Motion carries 6 0 with Commissioner Adam Frankel, Jim Bronstien, and Roger Amidon absent.

October 2022

made by Don Dufresne and seconded by Jim Mostad. Motion

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with Commissioner Adam Frankel, Jim Bronstien, and Roger Amidon absent.

A. TDC TOURISM PERFORMANCE METRICS

1. TDC DASHBOARD CURRENT MONTH & FY2022*

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b.

Bed Tax Collections*

Report Out Metrics*

arrived Perry Bed Tax Collection August 2022 collected in September was $4M compared to the same month last year at $3.6M, an 11% increase. Actual August was 87% above Budget and (8%) below the prior month at $4.42M. Actual August was 57% higher than in 2019, a new record for any August since reporting started.

FYTD’22 Collections at $78M, were higher than last fiscal year to date by $51M by 53%, reflecting a strong recovery from the pandemic. FYT collections at $78M are pacing 56% ahead of the Approved Budget and 44% higher than our record in 2019.

The Rooms sold for August were 359,025, 14% higher than last year. Rooms available for August at 575,360 are 2% higher than last year. Hotel Rooms Active today in the County 18,560

Occupancy for August 2022 was 62.4%, 11.4% higher than last year. Occupancy for August 2021 was 56%. August 2019 was 62.1%. The average daily rate for August was $162,81 2.9% higher than last year, and 35% higher than in 2019. The Revenue/Available Room for August 2022 was $101 57 higher than the prior August by 14.6%.

Hotel room net sales FY22 year over year August increased 16% to $66M compared to $48M. Non hotel room sales FY22 year over year August increased 8% at $10.5M compared to $9.8M. Hotel room net sales FYTD 2022 increased 55% at $1B compared to $697M. Non Hotel room sales FYTD 2022 increased 22% at $195M compared to $159M. FYTD 2022 Taxable Revenues Fiscal Year over FY2021 increased 49% at $1.28B compared to $857M. FYTD 2022 Taxable Revenues Fiscal Year over FY2019 increased 45% at $1.28B compared to $880M.

Airport passengers for August 2022 were 444,627, 15% higher than in August 2021, and the Total Estimated Seat Capacity at 6% is higher than last August 2021 with 509,307 seats. PBI Passengers 12 month rolling average is a 60% increase at 6,480,265 over last year.

Leisure & Hospitality Employment for August at 92,300 increased 13% over the same month last year. Accommodation employment went up 15% higher over last year at 10,200 employees a 13% higher than last year. F&B was up 14% at 62,200 employees. Arts & Entertainment employment is 11% higher than last year at 19,900 employees.

Jim Bronstien

B. PBI UPDATE- Lacy Larson

Larson

Nonstop service returns with Frontier in just a few short weeks. We are working hard to promote that partnership with Discover.

We are flying into our winter schedule. A lot of our seasonal service is coming back with strong schedules, there are more seats in the market.

I will be in Las Vegas from the 16th to the 18th for our World Roots Conference, I'm meeting with 16 airlines, domestic and international, and speaking with them about our international capacity. I will let them know we can welcome their airline at PBI. Also, talk to our domestic partners who already have service and introduce them to some of the opportunities for new domestic nonstop service at the airport.

Lastly, we will end on another happy note PBI wins Fifth Best with Travel and Leisure Magazines, World Best Awards. We already held the fifth best domestic airport with Conde Nast Traveler, and in September, we earned the award for Nineth Best Airport with JD Power for Customer Satisfaction. We are working hard, and the customer satisfaction award is something to be proud of, we were up against hundreds of airports in the United States. Being in the top 10 it's good for tourism, it's good for the catchments and good for the market.

Commissioner Lambert

I'm excited about the Nonstop with Frontier, although I was sharing it with some vendors of mine that are in Denver, and they said that in the past, Frontier had a great reputation, but it has gone down. Did they share any ideas or plans that they have for increasing their reliability?

Larson

No. I was in Reno a couple of months ago for another air service conference with the airlines. You only have 20 minutes and you're meeting with the schedulers. You are not with the network planners; you are not meeting with the representatives or anybody who handles customer satisfaction.

The airlines will always tell you that their number one priority is reliability, and customer satisfaction. The challenge with airlines remains a shortage of pilots, a shortage of crew, and a shortage of aircraft. Simultaneously we are seeing issues with air traffic control. It's not a quick fix. It's a skilled position to be an air traffic controller. The airlines are trying to prioritize the routes that they can serve rather than canceling or delaying or shifting for crew timing out.

We have seen a dip in customer satisfaction in travel as a whole with air travel. The experience is usually pretty unsatisfactory even at its best. That's why our airport awards are important because we are trying to make the experience the best we can.

Frontier is never going to say anything other than they are trying to improve. They are a low cost carrier. You get what you paid for.

C. LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER-Presentation/Cultural Council Grant MOTION TO APPROVE

Roger Amidon arrived.

Marcus

I have been on the board of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center(LMC) since I retired from the Board of County Commissioners in 2012. I have Andy Dehart with me, who is our new CEO who joined us two and half months ago, and Bob Weisman, who has also been on the board and did some consulting work with us when we were having our water issues

We spent over $6M on a new water system in case we had red tide in the ocean, which is primarily where we get our water for our tanks, for our turtles, we could then have a second system to rely on so that we would not have to put turtles into tanks with red tide or any other disease. We raised the money for those renovations. And we have hired expert staff on the campus who know this kind of system and that's how they've gotten it fixed.

Dehart

I'm Andy Dehart the new CEO of Loggerhead Marine Life Center. I started at the young age of 15 at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. I've worked in attractions, primarily public aquariums, and zoos for my entire career. I've opened three major public aquariums in the United States, the aquarium at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, which is rated as the best zoo in the country, I opened the Ripley's Aquarium of Canada in Toronto, and most recently was part of the construction and build out team of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami.

What I want to do and want to bring to LMC is focused on providing the best animal care we can, and also embracing our role as an attraction in the community.

We will turn 40 years old next year. It's an exciting campus and with the renovation we added key features like four multipurpose rooms We used to have six turtle hospital tanks and we now have 25, as well as two hatching tanks. We wanted to maximize our ability to help the turtle patients, which is our core mission. But we've also doubled our retail space and added some educational classrooms

I met with every member of the LMC board, they want me to focus on, water, staff, and turtles. As far as water goes, we have a robust water filtration system. It's designed to run as a closed-loop system, the old system that we had was water in, water out. The new design is a 6 million life support system, allowing us to run like a public aquarium. We are now protected and insulated from environmental conditions like red tide, toxic algae, or even something like an oil spill. One of the things we changed was salinity issues.

We were using one of our current exhibits while we built a permanent water storage tank that allows us to hold 15 to 20,000 gallons of salt water and adjust that salinity and then use that as opposed to being a straight inflow from the ocean. Water is an issue that's long behind us.

We have our rehab permits back. It's important to note that we were never closed. We kept our research permits and our education permits with FWC, where we lost the rehab ones due to the lack of staffing. The rehab permits were reinstated about five weeks ago.

Marcus

I want to close and say thank you for all the support to us over the years. We appreciate your additional support and Cultural Council grant. We are going to the next level, but the turtles are our main focus Come and visit us!

Dehart

We have three outdoor aquarium facilities, we have a digital interactive component, and we are doing lectures on site The volunteer staff is over 350 volunteers, they are in charge of guest engagement.

Amidon

I recently took our housekeeping team to LMC during housekeeping appreciation week. They thoroughly enjoyed it. I encouraged them to bring their family and grandkids there too. We host a guest education program by LMC each Thursday at our resorts in our kid’s club during turtle nesting season to inform the kids and adults about the importance of conservation.

Commissioner Lambert

You mentioned an event space. Is that open to other groups and organizations to utilize?

Dehart

It is open for weddings, and Bar Mitzvahs, and we are working on a birthday party plan. We are looking at all events.

Commissioner Lamber

It is a great corporate events space, a unique facility you cannot get anywhere else.

Pesquera

We took the entire team to the facility, they love it. It's a great opportunity for us to sell North County. A big initiative is sustainable tourism, which we want to work on in partnership with Deborah Drum, Environmental Resources Management, and organizations like LMC and the Manatee Lagoon.

Lawrence

In the recent challenges, our team met regularly with the LMC team, Mr. Weisman, and Karen Marcus have been great in helping move this along. I'm happy to report the LMC complies with their reporting and all their plans moving forward. During the budget season, the board recommended that we hold their grant until such time that we feel comfortable with them moving forward.

The Cultural Council team recommends that we move forward. We are comfortable with Mr. Dehart’s appointment and all the work that we see happening up there. I would recommend today and ask the Board to approve reinstating the grant that they were awarded this next year.

Motion to approve Loggerhead Marine Life Center Cultural Council Grant was made by Jim Bronstien and seconded by Davicka Thompson. Motion carries 8 0 with Commissioner Adam Frankel Absent.

6. NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION ITEMS

A. ERM

1. Two Minutes Update- Deb Drum Drum

Our beaches are in great shape for the remainder of the hurricane season. The strong wind and waves from Hurricane Ian did wash out some of the sea turtle nests, however, most of the nests had hatched before the storm.

Sea turtle season wraps up at the end of this month and moves right into manatee season, which starts November 15th. We have been participating with FWC and local law enforcement agencies in marine wildlife law enforcement training with a focus on manatee season to make sure law enforcement agencies are up to speed on everything

We did assist FWC, Sea World, and the Clear Water Marine Aquarium with the release of a manatee named Pantony on October 5th. It was the most emaciated manatee that was found in Palm Beach County during this unusual mortality event that we had. It was

about 50% underweight but it got rehabilitated at SeaWorld and we were able to successfully release it in North Palm Beach at a healthy weight of over 1,100 pounds.

We do have our fall series of Adventure Awaits events from bike rides to kayaking, to bird surveys. All of those are guided events for free to any residents and visitors to the County, they can reserve a spot at our website, and find links to our Adventure Awaits programs In the category of public outreach, we have been working on planning season two of Wild Palm Beaches with the Film & TV Commission with six new episodes that air next Summer.

Lagoon Fest is coming up. There is a program guide in front of you. We celebrate Lake Worth Lagoon right in downtown West Palm Beach. This event has grown over the last couple of years. It's an outdoor event which will be held on November 5th.

B. CONVENTION CENTER

1. Spectra Venue Management

a. Two Minutes Update- Mike Brodnicki

Brodnicki

We closed the fiscal year strong, very busy September. I want to thank Emanuel. He has been great working with our finance department to close out the year. Luckily, hurricane Ian came through, and we only had one event that was displaced, we were able to recapture the business which moved to the end of October.

We've had about three dark days for the month of October, and we've been busy from an event calendar standpoint. We are going to flow into our annual Tony Robbins event which will be four days of 8,000 people with 14 16 hour days

Our Operations Department is currently working with PBC Facilities Department on about a dozen R&R projects. We are actively working with them to keep the facility up to date. We will begin to start working on the FY2024 budget to present to the Board.

Finally, we continue to struggle with labor at the building to get back to a sufficient operating standpoint, but we have been able to service the events.

2. Spectra Hospitality

a. Two Minutes Update Kathy Griffin

Griffin

We are busy, staying true to our commitment to EDI, on September 26th, we did a tasting of women and minority-owned businesses. We had 20 vendors that came out. The tasting took about two hours and then from there it rolled over to a clinic hosted by Palm Beach County OEBO for businesses that were not already certified through the county

We have already onboarded a few of the vendors using one of them this weekend for a large event

C. CULTURAL COUNCIL

1. Present FY2023 Marketing Plan*(20 Minutes) Dave LawrenceMOTION TO APPROVE

Lawrence

We are thrilled to present our FY23 Cultural Tourism Marketing Plan. For new Board members that might not know the Cultural Council is a large local arts service agency. There are about 4,500 of these organizations across the country. Each of them is chartered differently. There are three main types of local arts agencies. One is the Department of Cultural Affairs. Those are actual arms of city government; Broward and Miami are examples. There's another form called United Arts Fund. Orlando used to be a United Arts Fund which is sort of a dying model right now. The third is what we are, and that's a private 501C3 organization. We exist to support, sustain, and build the capacity of cultural organizations and professional artists. We are headquartered in Lake Worth Beach if you haven't been down to see us at the Robert Montgomery building, please do. Our exhibition opens at the end of this month to start the new season. It is Contemporary Art of the Latin American Diaspora. We always make sure that our statement of cultural equity is front and center in the work that we do. Our mission is to champion, engage, and grow. We work to promote cultural tourism and advocate for issues and policy at the local, regional, and national levels. We have many artist services that help us do that work.

We have an incredible team at the Cultural Council. We are in really good hands with our vice president, Jennifer Sullivan, who is going to come up now and lead us through the marketing plan.

Sullivan Presents the FY23 Marketing Plan

Motion to approve the Cultural Council FY2023 Marketing Plan was made by Don Dufresne and seconded by Roger Amidon. Motion carries 8-0 with commissioner

D. FILM & TV

1. Present FY2023 Marketing Plan* (20 Minutes) Michelle Hillery MOTION TO APPROVE

Hillery

The Film & Television Commission is one of 50 Film Commissions in the state of Florida. Our job is to market Palm Beach County as the ideal destination for films, television, still photography shoots, and music videos. We also provide the required

Adam Frankel absent.

services for those productions to set up and do their projects here on public property in Palm Beach County. We are a liaison between our clients and our municipalities in which we work with 50 municipalities, taxing districts, businesses, and homeowners to work through all of the logistics that it takes. There are a lot of logistics that are involved to secure a location and then we provide the necessary permits for those commercial productions to take place in Palm Beach County. Maybe what you did not know is that we are the only film commission to launch a channel, a tourism branded channel that is now Palm Beach Counties’ official Tourism TV channel.

We did not just launch a channel out of the blue because that can't happen. We faced a challenge in that we are one of 13 states that do not have an incentive program to attract Film and TV production to our beautiful state. And at one point we were the number three state for film and TV production just under California and New York. We took that challenge and embedded it in tourism. We leveraged that asset and assist our sister agencies with creating content to help facilitate some of the brandings and help with promoting and marketing for general tourism. We make sure that whatever program we came up with, we were allowing our indigenous production community to work here at home. We were all guilty of possibly hiring production companies, out of California, Chicago, and New York, to come in and tell our own stories. We have over 150 local production companies that call Palm Beach County home, talented companies that can do this work right here.

The key to our program is distribution, once a program is completed, it is distributed to networks such as Destination America and PBS. Typical shows like that would land on a shelf and get Dusty, now they land on Palm Beach’s TV and that's how we created PBTV. With all of those efforts and what we do through our permitting process and with our indigenous production community, we now track over $200M in economic impact in Palm Beach County on an annual basis.

We are governed by our board of directors; have six employees and we oversee two contracts. One contract with the Board of County Commissioners is for all of The Film & TV Commission’s activities, and a second contract for $75,000 is for our work in education, specifically the Palm Beach's Student Showcase of Films.

Last year we serviced a record breaking 600 productions in the County. We are tracking record-breaking production revenue numbers this year. Our budget includes staffing, marketing, operations, and the $200M that is generated by those efforts, which equates to $165 for every dollar that is spent on the Film and Television Commission.

We expanded our content last year and our programming on PBTV from 40 to 63 hours. We started our weekly Facebook watch parties that we produce entirely in house. We did 52 parties, 122 total since we started these Facebook watch parties. We have 150 production companies, 19 studios and sound stages.

Jordat

Presentation of the FY23 Marketing Plan.

Motion to approve Film & TV Commission FY2023 Marketing Plan was made by Roger Amidon and seconded by Jim Mostad. Motion carries 8 0 with Commissioner Adam Frankel absent.

E. SPORTS COMMISSION

1. Present FY2023 Marketing Plan* (20 Minutes) - George Linley MOTION TO APPROVE

Linley

Similar to the Film & TV Commission, our annual sports marketing and development plan and strategies do not change dramatically year over year. We do adapt and implement new thoughts and strategies, but we are a business to business company. The way we create tourism is by relocating part of a business in the form of an event. A sports event planner, and then thereby all their constituents come here and create that tourism impact.

We have a great story to tell, and our comeback is a result of the entire TDC and all the agencies. We've done a great job working together over the last two years to get to where we are now. I have great optimism for 2023. We have an event portfolio of 178 events that essentially mirror our total output in the pre pandemic record set in 2019.

Performance measures in room nights for the first time surpassed the 290,000 plus room night benchmark, a new accomplishment for us. There was a lot of displaced business over the last year. During the comeback, bringing in new business, we've seen events having higher participation rates and greater and greater outputs, I think because of pent up demand.

We surpassed our previous high in 2019 with 260,000 room nights over a three year average, about a 15% growth rate, and over five years, room night generation has grown 30% for sports related room nights.

Four pillars of our marketing and development plan, are branding awareness, marketing, recruiting and development of sporting events, and being a champion of equity, diversity, and inclusion, which touches all corners of the organization.

Zeff

Presentation of FY23 Marketing.

Motion to approve Sports Commission FY2023 Marketing Plan was made by Don Dufresne and seconded by Roger Amidon. Motion carries 8 0 with Commissioner Adam Frankel absent.

F. DISCOVER

1. Present FY2023 Marketing Plan*(25 Minutes) Jorge Pesquera MOTION TO APPROVE

Pesquera

I am going to briefly tell you how we are capitalizing on the strategic direction that we started in 2020. We have a success continuation plan, which is a request for additional funding so that we can continue to be at the level of success, track record and compete at a level playing field with many of our competitors around the state of Florida.

This has been our strategic plan for the last three years. 2020 was about brand awareness and marketing using leisure sales and sales to enhance our performance alignment with our community engagement activities

I'll just touch on a couple of things that were accomplished from a brand awareness and marketing point of view. The launch of the Original, the One, the Only leisure campaign of the last 12 months resulted in a million visitors and over $1B in economic impact. We also integrated our leisure and group sales efforts into a cohesive team and launched our group campaign between the sessions, which has been award winning, and we've recovered 90% of our group nights with a $70M economic impact We have documented 56 organizational accomplishments in all the different key strategic areas. We won 12 industry awards most importantly the Adrian Award, and the ESCO Award, which was for the Between the Sessions campaign. Our focus into 2023, is going to continue the evolution of our destination brand presence. We have a new creative agency with Curtis Zimmerman here today. Leveraging the integration of our sales efforts between leisure and sales and increasing our visibility around the country and the world, with that integration creating transformational events that make a difference during the need periods. Accelerating our community engagement and sustainability initiatives, which we will expand upon during our presentation

Lomrantz

I want to highlight one or two key initiatives this year that we are expanding upon, back in January, we formed a DEI external Task Force, the members’ focus was to review our marketing materials, review our equity statement that is published on our website, and review the content on our website to give us feedback on what we can do. We are going to be doing a website rebrand, hopefully going live in the first quarter of next year. We have considered the task forces feedback to make sure that the website is accessible and representative of the destination. Our marketing team will talk about some of the data that we utilize when we target marketing efforts on diverse segments.

We are constantly looking from groups and leisure perspectives for DEI opportunities that we can tap into and we have hired a director of multicultural sales who started this year targeting diverse markets and trying to bring those audiences down to the

destination. We are continually out and about in the community, representing this shared community value and why tourism is so integral to our economy.

Workforce development is critical. I think obviously with most of the hoteliers, you are aware of the challenges we have. Our hospitality and tourism job fair is taking place next week. We have over 35 partners that have scheduled tables to present and hopefully get some candidates.

It's critical that, we focus on this area as we drive to try to get more people here so that we have the necessary resources to drive home the hospitality that people come to expect in Palm Beach County. Lastly, we have started recent years focusing more on these transformational events through restaurant month, which we have expanded significantly this year.

Next year we are going to also be showcasing shopping in our premier destination. We will continue to capitalize on these opportunities to target specific demographics and highlight some of the lesser-known features of the destination.

Segarra

Presentation of FY23 Marketing Plan

Pesquera

We can all say collectively the adversity of the last couple of years with the pandemic has made us stronger organizations. We see with the leisure and group campaigns that our focus in our community has rallied a lot of our resident’s support. And that's not just us, but the work that Sports, Film & TV Commission and Cultural Council are doing. It's getting awareness about what the tourism industry and the hospitality world have to do. Our commitment to our people has created the best teams that we ever had as a TDC organization.

The pandemic has changed the dynamics of the travel world. Our colleagues around the country have had to retool, change, and downsized again. It has become a more competitive marketplace. We are trying to maintain and expand the track record of success that we've had and our request to approve additional funds, which are elsewhere around the country and trickling down automatically into their marketing line.

The request is to release another $5M for sales and marketing activities. We are going to see an increase in room inventory over the next couple of years. 1,600 rooms which is an 8.5% increase.

Don Dufresne has mentioned before to look for occupancy. We are ranking between seventh and tenth place from an occupancy point of view. We need to improve that ranking because at some point the ADR is not going to necessarily sustain itself at the level we are talking about.

We are seeing an increase in air service, the great work that PBI is doing. An enhanced capability for precision audience targeting, our segmentation studies and the work that our digital teams are doing can focus and laser target individuals in geographic and demographic areas.

We want to maintain our share voice versus our competition, because while we have had a huge increase in bed tax, so has the rest of Florida. We have had a diminishing share of the total of Florida’s tourism market. The Tampa’s of the world, the Sarasota's of the world, and other places are developing at a faster pace than we are.

Our marketing investments have proven results. This is not going to be something where we just get a check, and we are going to go out there and spend it all. This is on a need basis. If people are not buying, we are not going to be putting messages out there unnecessarily.

Segarra

There are 10 opportunities, very specific to tackle immediate needs, and opportunities, and to start developing the path of the destination in certain trends, we must start taking action and developing a path to some of them.

One of the activities is traditional broadcast TV, knowing that we are going to have 1,600 new rooms coming into the destination in all the categories from luxury to limited services. The best way to do it is to increase and do something new, different that has never been done before in the TV opportunities. Not discounting the other type of connected TV.

Constantine

We would like to expand our reach with broadcast television. We have seen many other destinations in this space, and we must be there as well to compete at a national level.

We still see TV ads are the third top way that motivates travelers to come into an area and we will target the Midwest and the Mid Atlantic to grow business in those sectors. We just completed a new family video shoot for a family campaign with the messaging to drive that business.

This would run on our regional news stations to capture people when they're watching in their homes, and we could still also support with additional CTV connected TV since we know streaming is also a major factor.

We know travelers are looking for an authentic experience and to come away with an emotional connection to a destination when they come for a vacation. We would like to launch this regenerative travel campaign focused on sustainability. We would love to launch in partnership with ERM to make sure we are highlighting all of the different

natural areas from oceans, waterways, and the Everglades. We partner with Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Outdoor Outfitters, Marine Industries, and City and County Parks to highlight all the different assets that we have, and this serves to show residents that tourism is a benefit to the local community, while also communicating our values to our fly and drive market visitors

Cavers

On the sales side, we have a handful of opportunities, expanding brand presence in the multicultural market convention center, countywide promotion, incentive fund, expanding our scope of work with the international representation firms, and maintaining the destination servicing Just as an example of a multicultural market, expanding our brand presence, being competitive in the market with diverse organizations like LGBTQ, the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners, increasing our marketing activations and our media presence, and securing transformational events such as Black Enterprise Women in Power.

This is an opportunity to capture and secure more of those meetings and group business.

Weibull

We are asking for a release of $5M, we have a system in place that we are going to establish to make sure we're using the funds appropriately.

We have three stages. Right now, there is nothing that we see that indicates something is going to happen this fall or winter. We have surveys showing that people are ready to travel. 80% of the US population is excited to travel at this moment. If that changes, then we know that we need to curtail our messaging out there because it will fall on deaf ears. We have tools in place to determine the next 90 days. There's excitement to travel out there, we know that we need to get messaging out there immediately. We are continuously monitoring our brand performance.

Pesquera

I want to say thank you and acknowledge the Chairman of our Board, Mr. Jason Emmett, who is here with us. We have the resources to do this to continue this level of success. In another era, we would've said where do we get the money? But we have the money. This year we are going to end up with $78M in bed tax revenues, which is going to put us at a $13.5M level of reserve, 67%.

This is an opportunity for us to continue our level of success, to do a lot more partnerships with our friends here, and our colleagues around the industry, and to put us at a new level of success.

Commissioner Sachs

I want the board to understand that when we do the motion to approve this marketing plan it will be without the approval of additional funds at this time We do not have the time or the authority to review a budget change at this time.

Hostettler

When would the additional item come up?

Hutchinson

Probably we could review this again next month.

Pesquera

The fact that those funds already exist within our reserves, releasing them would be something that would be in the prerogative of this board.

Commissioner Sachs

If you would rather give more time to Discover The Palm Beaches to discuss it in greater depth, then we can put it at the November meeting.

Herman

My concern is that this was not properly noticed, the only thing on the agenda is the motion to approve the marketing plans. So there was no public notice of this particular action.

I believe this also has to go through the TDC Budget/Finance committee. I'm not sure if that was done as well for this.

Bronstien

One more month I don't think matters. But if we need to talk it through, I don't have a problem with it

Thompson

What needs to be done to make sure it's properly noticed?

Herman

Publish it on the agenda as a separate item.

Commissioner

Sachs

I would like to see the slides that you presented today and let the Budget and the Finance Committee review it and bring this back in November.

Pesquera

It is in the minutes of the last TDC meeting, we said given the circumstances and the exploding of reserve levels that we are all experiencing, we are intending to come back with a plan that would be between $3M and $5M.

In this day and age, speed to market is an important consideration, and we are certainly ready to work with everybody in implementing these plans. This is not something that is just a release of spending, but it is a thoughtful approach to continue on the track record

Commissioner Sachs

This has been very important to you and your team for some time. I think that presenting it pursuant to the legal counsel and pursuant to the review of the Budget and Finance Committee and properly noticed on the agenda, in an abundance of caution since it is very important, we should move it to the November meeting

Lawrence

From the perspective of another TDC agency, we share the concern that with the stimulus funds that are available to us this year, the drop off, the severe drop off next year in terms of market visibility. I think that these conversations are very important, especially given the reserve levels that we're getting at. A lot of the things that we are undertaking this year, we are not going to be able to maintain next year. We are thrilled to have the stimulus money, but I think a further discussion about how we can use some of these reserve dollars more effectively and get to market would benefit all of the agencies as we are thinking about continuing to be front and center in market.

The teams we have are exceptionally innovative and creative. We have had some opportunities in the past couple of years to work collaboratively together and I think that there are a lot more opportunities as I listen to Sports Commission talk about the FIFA possibility that is there, I'm urging us as a body and as agencies to work together to help make some of these things happen. Maybe that means freeing up some dollars to work collaboratively to help with bids and those sorts of things.

There is a lot that we could be doing and there are a lot of opportunities that could be lost if we are not on top of lead time, if we don't have some dollars that can help us collaboratively work together.

Baker

All of the agencies have had an opportunity to work with each other in the past and I'm very happy to hear that they are going to continue to do so. They all have marketing

dollars that are available if something comes up, spend those marketing dollars that you already have.

As the Chair and others suggested go to the Budget and Finance Committee, because that's our normal procedure, lay out what you are proposing to do and why you need additional dollars out of the reserve. We then bring it back to the TDC at the next board meeting. But there is nothing preventing any of these agencies from working together today to market and bring in a particular project into the county.

Hutchinson

On that subject and Dave's subject, Ms. Baker is reestablishing the agency head meetings. There is going to be one at the end of this month, this might be a good place to talk about those collaborations and ideas, and then those ideas can be brought back to the TDC Board meetings.

Bronstien

If we are doing a Budget and Finance Committee meeting, it should encompass a little more than just specifically talking about that topic. The good news is we have a lot of dry powder. We are in a good situation and today's point is, instead of just doing more of the same thing, we have opportunities to get out there, experiment, do some new initiatives, and take some new risks.

Pesquera

The good news is that the first month of FY2023 came up 30% ahead of forecast. The trend is continuing, unless there is something weird in the future that we do not know about, those reserve levels are going to continue to go up exponentially. We have the ideas, the research, and the precision targeting for new opportunities.

Bronstien

Not to capitalize off the disaster that struck on the West Coast. But the Midwest is typically Fort Myers’ West Coast market.

Pesquera

We certainly never want to take advantage of our friends and neighbors, and we feel sorry for Fort Myers. But there is an opportunity, for a hundred years people have traditionally driven down I 75 to the West Coast. There is a perception now that there are challenges on the West Coast of Florida.

This is an opportunity to deliver a powerful message to the Midwest, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and all that area if you want to think about Florida, we are here in a big way.

We have a unique opportunity and the Caribbean, Alabama, and everybody else is going to go after that opportunity as well.

Motion to approve Discover The Palm Beaches FY2023 Marketing plan excluding the $5M funding request for marketing stimulus was made by Daniel Hostettler and seconded by Roger Amidon, and table the $5M funding for the November TDC Board meeting. Motion carries 7 0 with Commissioner Adam Frankel and Don Dufresne absent.

7. BOARD COMMENTS

Commissioner Lambert

I realized that there was a focus on DEI in the previous months and it was just really wonderful to see that in all the presentations today.

8. PUBLIC COMMENTS

No public comments.

9. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 11:35 A.M.

The next Meeting will be on November 10, 2022.

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Tdc/tdcmtgs2022/Minutes 10.13.2022

4. CONSENT ITEMS

TO: Tourist Development Council

FROM: Jorge Pesquera,

President/CEO

DATE: October 31, 2022

RE

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Discover The Palm Beaches Monthly Activity Report October 2022

The following is a summary of DTPB activities in support of TDC Performance measures for the month of October 2022. this report demonstrates positive trends relative to owned visitor digital footprint, advertising impressions, social media engagement, and booked room nights for the Month of October.

September Hotel Performance

The number of room nights sold in was 345,161

Room nights sold were up 21.9% from 2021. Growth over 2021 ranked 2nd in the State

The Palm Beaches had 3.8% share of room nights sold in Florida, up from 3.6% last month and on par with last year

64,937 group room nights were sold, 8% higher than 2019

Groups accounted for 17.6% of total room nights sold, compared to 20.5% in 2019

Transient room nights sold increased by 6.5% from 2021 and up 29% from 2019

Occupancy ended the month at 62.0% up 21.8% from 2021 near the high set in 2017 at 63.5%

Occupancy ranked in 5th place and growth was 2nd in the State

Group occupancy was 13.4% and in 2017 was 22%

September 2022 Ranking

The Palm Beaches

(Volusia)

(Brevard)

(Collier)

(Monroe)

The average daily rate (ADR) was $171 up 12.2% from 2021

Transient ADR was $166 up 9% and Group ADR was $200 up 26% from 2021

Downtown WPB was $190 up 22% and Delray Beach was $193 up 10%

Palm Beach Gardens was $155 up 23% and Boca Raton was $167 up 28%

The Beaches was up only 2% at $363

RevPAR was $105, up 37% from 2021

Room night revenue was up 36.8% from 2021 and up 1% from August, generating $58.9 million

September Shared Lodging Performance

The number of booked listing increased 48% with total room nights sold up 43.5% to 106,000

ADR was $295 up 5.7% from 2021, $131 (per room equivalent)

Overall revenue was up 48% from 2021, generating $14 million

Demand is pacing down 5% for the fall

Revenue on books over the fall up 1%

September Total Lodging Performance

Total lodging room nights sold was 452,000 up 28% from 2021

Total lodging room night revenue was $72.9 million up 41% from 2021

Bed tax revenue is projected to be around $4.3 million

September CYTD Performance

Occupancy

Hotels 69.2% up 8.9% from 2021

Shared lodging 61.1% down 9.6% from 2021

Total 68% up 6% from 2021

ADR

Hotels $252 up 29% form 2021

Shared lodging $348 up 22.9% from 2021

Total $265 up 28.1% form 2021

Room Nights Sold

Hotels 3.51M up 10.1% from 2021

Shared lodging 1.17M up 30.4% from 2021

Total 4.66M up 15.3% from 2021

Room Night Revenue

Hotels $883 million up 42% from 2021

Shared lodging $184 million up 56.4% from 2021

Total $1.06 billion up 44.5% from 2021

Group Sales

PR Wins 9/23 – 10/6/22

Spatober coverage in prime local and regional outlets is helping to get the word out about the great relaxation deals available in Oct. throughout The Palm Beaches. Further, the destination's family friendly offerings were featured this week on PIX11 NY, reaching our core fly market.

Kelly Cavers' promotion to Chief Sales Officer was featured in top groups and meetings publications and coverage of The Palm Beaches continues to be top of mind with journalists in Brazil.

Enjoy!

The PR Team

Check out what the media is saying about The Palm Beaches!

Spatober

Family Travel

Articles: SEVERAL

Outlets: Palm Beach Illustrated (2.1K UVM) & Coffee With America, Lifestyle Today & Others (5M combined viewers and listeners)

Why is this a win? Several articles shine a light on the destination’s wellness offering. Local exposure for Spatober: Spa and Wellness Month, appears on Palm Beach Illustrated with a special call-out titled ‘Spatober Staycation’. The coverage includes mentions of participating partners: Tideline Ocean Resort,TheSeagateandmore.Nationally,TravelJournalistKatie McGrath creates a buzz across the News Media Group network for The Palm Beaches as a result of DTPB’s Satellite Media tour. The spa and wellness focused segment reached millions of householdswhileairinginout of statemarketssuchasNewYork, Los Angeles, Dallas, DC, Houston, Charlotte, and more, furthering the exposure of the substantial wellness offerings available throughout The Palm Beaches

Segment: Carly’s Picks for Fall & Winter Travel

Outlet: PIX11 New York (92K UVM)

Why is this a win? Lifestyle and family expert Carly Dorogi sets The Palm Beaches apart by naming it the perfect family destination. The segment highlights The Palm Beaches as the ‘gentler side of Florida’ and lists family friendly aspects such as cleaner sands, warmer waters, and fewer crowds. The segment draws attention from its New York audience our largest domestic market and encourages potential visitors to include The Palm Beaches as part of their next travel plans to Florida. As a bonus, a live QR code brings viewers to a corresponding article that links back to our website, providing easy access to more information.

International

Article: Palm Beach: 6 hotspots in the trendy region of Florida

Outlets: Viagem & Gastronomia (315.7K UVM), CNN Brasil (175K UVM) & Travelpedia (90K UVM)

Why is this a win: Broad coverage appears across several Brazilian outlets, furthering The Palm Beaches' reach in the international realm. In Viagem & Gastronomia/ CNN Brasil, fashion and lifestyle influencer Carol Toledo describes Palm Beach as paradisical, highlighting destination hotspots such as The Breakers. She draws attention to The Palm Beaches’ breathtaking views, fine cuisine, and trendy shopping experiences.ThearticlewassyndicatedtoCNNBrasil,increasing its reach, while Travelpedia informs readers of the abundance of outdoor wellness opportunities available in the destination

Groups & Meetings

Article: SEVERAL Outlets: PCMA Convene (53.6K UVM) & Meetings Today (55K UVM)

Why is this a win? Surrounding the recent press release announcement of Kelly Caver’s promotion with Discover the Palm Beaches, the team secured placements in two of the industry’s largest media outlets. Awareness of Kelly’s expertise and experience in the travel industry help augment The Palm Beaches’ reputation as a leading DMO with quality talent while reaching this key group of meeting planners and meeting professionals

Local initiatives like Spatober and The Palm Beaches Hospitality and Tourism Job Fair are the center of news coverage this week! DTPB's Heather Andrews was featured in a live studio segment on WPBF touting the opportunities at the career fair held this week at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport and DTPB's Erika Constatine was featured in a WPTV segment at PGA National highlighting Spatober.

Additional regional coverage of Spatober was featured in Hora Miami magazine and the PR team's latest press release, What's New In America's First Resort Destination has been picked up across multiple platforms, resulting in 181 million impressions from combined online and print efforts.

Enjoy!

The PR Team

Economic Impact

Event: Discover The Palm Beaches Hospitality and Tourism Job Fair

Outlets & Segments: South Florida Business and Wealth (SFB&W) (534 UVM), WPTV TV Channel 5 (50.8K UVM), NewsBreak (657K UVM), WFLX Fox 29 (6.4K UVM) & Palm Beach Post (69.4K UVM) WPBF (27K UVM)

Why is this a win? To help the hospitality industry fill open positions ahead of high season, the PR team pitched local outlets drumming up attention for DTPB’s upcoming Hospitality and Tourism Job Fair. Secured coverage lists up to 60 employers eager to connect with guests of all levels of experience and/ or links back to the job fair registration. Coverage across multiple outlets promotes a wide range of opportunities and highlights The Palm Beaches as an employment hub for a large variety of job seekers, with a quote in SFB&W from DTPB’s Jorge Pesquera. A segment with WPBF stars Heather Andrews promoting the event, further emphasizing that the fair is "…an opportunity for people to get back out into the workforce and to potentially grow, expand their horizons."

What's New

Articles: What’s New & Coming Soon in America’s First Resort Destination

Outlets & Publications: Yahoo! Canada (985K UVM), Morning Star (512K UVM), Fox 4 WDAF TV (69.4K UVM)

Why is this a win? DTPB’s 2022 What’s New press release appeared across multiple platforms, resulting in 181 million impressions from combined online and print efforts. The article presents an exciting display of developments, attractions, restaurants, and cultural exhibitions, directing attention from large numbers of potential visitors to The Palm Beaches.

Drive Market

Articles: Spa Time in The Palm Beaches & In The Best Palm Beach Style

Publication: HORA Miami (1,600 UVM, 3,500 Readers)

Why is this a win? HORA Miami Magazine gives Hispanic readers in our drive market an impression of The Palm Beaches’ heavily celebrated spa and resorts. The October issue features two articles, which resulted from a collaboration between the PR and Marketing teams, where we coordinated a stay at PGA National Resort and an experience at Palm Beach Marriot’s SiSpa. While one article draws awareness to PGA National Resort’s stylish renovation and overall offering, the other touts SiSpa as a participating spa during Spatober

Spatober

Articles: Spatober Offers Discounts Throughout Palm Beach County

Segment & Outlets: WPTV (24.8K UVM) Yahoo! News (13M UVM) Yahoo!Canada (985K UVM)

Why is this a win? The Spatober segment captures the attention of local audiences giving viewers a sneak peek of what they can expect while also touting PGA National Resort’s special offering and its renovation. DTPB’s Erika Constantine provides additional insight and highlights the importance of self care and wellness. The segment aired multiple times across the WPTV network and received syndication through additional Yahoo! networks, including Yahoo! Canada.

Term Definition

Actualized Room Nights Room night pickup from contracted groups, under the contract block, receiving incentive dollars

Advertising Impressions

Impressions refer to the amount of views an ad receives by consumers.

Average Daily Rate (ADR) Room revenue divided by rooms sold, displayed as the average rental rate for a single room.

Booked Room Nights The number of room nights contracted by DTPB between a meeting planner and a hotel.

Consumer & Travel Industry Database

Destination Review

Represents number of contacts in the DTPB electronic database as of a certain date. Includes: consumers, meeting planners, travel agents, tour/receptive operators, partners, members, vendors.

An invited Group of targeted and qualified, Meeting/Convention Professionals or Travel Trade Travel Influencers who have expressed interest and delivered an RFP for our consideration, and are brought to the destination to experience Palm Beaches visitation assets pertinent to theirs or their clients goals and interests, with the intent to influence their meetings and travel decisions to our Destination.

Digital Media Online advertising such as web banners, mobile, email, social media, search, etc.

DTPB Discover The Palm Beaches

Earned Media Impressions

Publicity gained through promotional efforts other than paid media advertising, which refers to publicity gained through advertising, Impressions refer to the amount of views an ad receives by consumers.

FY Fiscal Year (October 1 to September 30)

FYTD Fiscal Year-to-Date. Measures are calculated using the sum of the values from October 1 of the given fiscal year.

Groups Services

Occupancy (Occ)

Groups that DTPB has serviced and that are travelling in the month

Rooms sold divided by rooms available multiplied by 100. Occupancy is always expressed as a percentage of rooms occupied.

Paid Media Advertising and media coverage that has been payed to be distributed

Paid Website Traffic Marketing initiatives, such as pay per click (PPC) advertising, which focuses on driving traffic to a website

Percent Change

Amount of growth - up, flat, or down - this period versus same period last year (month or year to date). Calculated as ((TY LY) / LY).

Term Definition

RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room)

Rooms Sold

Sessions (formerly visitors)

Site Participation

Room revenue divided by rooms available.

The number of rooms nights sold or rented (excludes complimentary rooms).

Total number of visits to the DTPB website and micro sites (one individual may visit www.ThePalmBeaches.com 3 times which would result in 3 sessions).

Personalized and customized Individual visits to the Destination by either Meeting/Convention or Travel Trade planning professionals brought to the Palm Beaches to experience Palm Beaches visitation assets pertinent to theirs or their clients goals and interests, with the intent to influence their meetings and travel decisions to our Destination.

Social Media Engagement

Actions from fans/followers of DTPB through sharing, commenting, tweeting, pinning, liking, and watch content on DTPB social media outlets.

Traditional Media

Traditional media includes: Print, Broadcast (Radio/ Television), Out of Home (Billboards, Public Transit, etc.)

Twelve Month Moving Average

Unique Users/Visitors

Calculated using the sum of the values of the given month and of the preceding eleven months.

Represents the number of individuals (now called also: new users) to the DTPB website and micro sites (one individual may visit www.ThePalmBeaches.com 3 times which would result in 1 unique visitor).

YOY Year over Year A method of evaluating two or more measured events to compare the results at one time period with those from another time period (or series of time periods), on an annualized basis.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Council presented its FY23 Marketing Plan to the TDC board on October 13, which was unanimously approved.

ADVERTISING

The Council launched its Fall/Winter brand and Chicago advertising campaigns on October 6 and 10, respectively, across a wide range of digital, print, and social media platforms. The Chicago campaign runs through the holidays and is cobranded with Palm Beach International Airport.

In addition to launching these two campaigns, the Council and its agency started planning and approving creative and securing media for its next major campaign designed to attract travelers visiting Art Basel in December.

SHADES OF CULTURE

After spending the summer getting repaired and repainted, the Council’s giant Shades of Culture are back and better than ever. On October 26, they were placed at the newly renovated Maltz Jupiter Theatre as it launched its new show, Jersey Boys. The glasses will remain at the theatre throughout the show’s run, and the Council is working hard on additional placements throughout the destination this season.

PUBLIC

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National Media Outreach

The Council worked with its PR agency to gather information from cultural organizations on outdoor programming, activities, and events for a press release and national pitch effort. The press release featured 8 organizations. The agency conducted national outreach with plans to continue pitch efforts where applicable. The PR agency hosted Orlando Magazine editor Jennifer McKee for a FAM trip from October 1 3 focusing on a quick getaway theme. Jennifer visited six diverse

HIGHLIGHTS

organizations. The PR agency is monitoring coverage which is expected in December.

Local Media Outreach

The Council’s public relations consultant secured several prominent stories about the Council’s Contemporary Art of the Latin American Diaspora exhibition, which opened October 28:

• A story on WPBF TV Channel 25 (ABC) on October 14, featuring live in studio interviews with president and CEO Dave Lawrence and Palm Beach County artist Joseph Velasquez. The interviews are also expected to be included in the station’s separate Hispanic Heritage special.

• A front-page feature story about the exhibition published in Florida Weekly newspaper on October 27, featuring interviews with president and CEO Dave Lawrence, guest curator Juliana Forero, Ph. D., and Palm Beach County artists Dana Donaty and Gabino Castelán.

• Inclusion in South Florida PBS’s Hispanic Heritage themed episode of On The Town in The Palm Beaches, featuring interviews with guest curator Juliana Forero, Ph. D., and artists Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz (air date in early December)..

• Live interview on the Spanish-language radio station La Primera 104.1’s Vision Latina Radio Show with Dr. Forero and Palm Beach County artists Andrea Facusse and Juan Bernal (aired on October 28).

PARTNER COLLABORATIONS

The Council coordinated with Discover The Palm Beaches and the Palm Beach County Convention Center on a meeting and tour on October 18 for an international art event that is considering Palm Beach as a location. The Council also arranged a meeting and lunch for the group at the Norton Museum. The lead was introduced by the Council’s PR Agency.

The Council continued to work with Discover on two upcoming national events/activations in Chicago and New York City. The first is on November 3 at Union Station in Chicago. The Council hired a trio of local musicians to perform at the media reception. The Council’s PR agency is sharing media lists with Discover’s team to leverage contacts and exploring opportunities for deskside visits around the reception date to maximize exposure. A date and venue were also confirmed for the media reception in NYC on December 6 at Queensyard in Hudson Yards. The agencies are working on an activation component with Mounts Botanical Garden, as well as building the invitations and media lists.

The Council organized a kickoff meeting with Discover The Palm Beaches, PBC Sports Commission, PBC Film & Television Commission and the TDC on October 18 to plan the 2nd Arts & Tourism Summit on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. The group

HIGHLIGHTS

discussed the goals for the 2023 event on Aug. 29 30 at the Convention Center and made assignments to start selecting keynote speakers and workshop sessions.

CAPACITY BUILDING

The Council kicked off a new season of the Institute for Cultural Advancement (ICA). This is a capacity building series of workshops and learning sessions designed for creative professionals and staff at cultural organizations. The first session was a new event called “Coffee & Culture” for new staff at all levels. After a networking session, the Council provided an overview of its services and the sector in Palm Beach County. Representatives from the TDC also attended and provided an overview of the tourism agencies and bed tax allocation. More than 40 people attended.

CULTURAL CONCIERGE PROGRAM

In October the Cultural Council’s Visitor Information Center was restocked and reorganized to showcase new season brochures, rack cards, and destination guides. The program manager also provided the following services:

• Booked a guitarist for the One Seven Conference at PGA National

• Attending FRLA’s Business Mixer and Concierge Night event at Palm Beach Dramaworks

• Recorded a “Spotlight on Culture PBTV Watch Segment” for the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission

• Provided local performing arts venues information to a jazz artist from NYC

• Delivered destination brochures to TDC headquarters and Palm Health Foundation (for Max Planck Neuroarts Learning Panel gift bags)

• Attended the Riviera Beach Tourism Committee Meeting

• Found a DJ/emcee and musician for Visit Florida’s Florida Huddle (February 2023)

• Provided a list of tour/excursion options for visiting architects/designers from Illinois Institute of Technology’s Board of Trustees, who will be at The Breakers (February 2023)

• Provided art class venues information to the planner of the Pink Retreat (June 2023)

TDC Board Monthly Activity Report October 2022

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Sports Tourism Production Report (FY 22) October 1 , 2021 - September 30, 2022

Event Name Sport Event Dates Venue Room Nights

USTA National Women's 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 Clay Court Championships

Tennis October 1-2, 2021

Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center 270

Hardball 360 Fall Classic Baseball October 1-3, 2021 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 264

Cricket Hall of Fame Celebration Cricket October 2, 2021 Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton 74

Blue Line Hockey - Columbus Day Discovery Showdown Ice Hockey October 7-10, 2021

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) World Championship Weekend Baseball October 7-11, 2021

Palm Beach Ice Works & Palm Beach Skate Zone 581

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, & Santaluces Athletic Complex 10,728

Honda Classic High School Invitational Golf October 8-9, 2021 PGA National Resort & Spa 137

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Columbus Day Open Tennis October 9-11, 2021

ClubCorp Club Life Champions Classic Golf October 9-17, 2021

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) 14U World Championship Baseball October 14-18, 2021

Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Swim and Tennis Club, & Boca Lago Country Club 561

PGA National Resort & Spa 1,646

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 891

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer October 15-18, 2021 Dyer Park, Mirasol Park, PGA National Park, & The Gardens North County District Park 633

NPC Ultimate Grand Prix Fitness October 16, 2021 Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton 216

Lake Lytal Park & Okeeheelee Park 364

Okeeheelee Halloween Slam Baseball October 20-24, 2021

World Comes to the Palm Beaches Baseball October 27-31, 2021 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches and the Santaluces Athletic Complex. 1,568

Monster Mash Lax Clash Lacrosse October 30 -31, 2021 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 25

Johnny Bench Golf Classic Golf October 30-31, 2021 PGA National Resort & Spa 54

TimberTech Championship (PGA Tour Championship) Golf November 1-7, 2021 Old Course at Broken Sound Club 1,705

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Soccer Stadium 842

Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship Soccer November 1-7, 2021

St. Louis Cardinals Fantasy Camp Baseball November 3-8, 2021 Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 998

USTA Mother & Daughter Clay Court Nationals & USTA Men's 50+ Clay Court Nationals Tennis November 5-7 & November 16-21, 2021 Boynton Beach Tennis Center 237

Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Fall Classic Baseball November 6-20, 2021 Ballpark of The Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 8,023

Red Bull Pro Water ski Water ski November 6-7, 2021 Okeeheelee Park 22

Delray Beach Riptide Fall Shootout Lacrosse November 8-9, 2021

Optimist International Tournament of Champions Golf November 13-14, 2021

Seacrest Soccer Complex 973

PGA National Resort & Spa 290

NAIA Men's & Women's Soccer Championships Opening Rounds Soccer November 18 - 20, 2021 Keiser University 225

Paradise Classic Basketball November 19-22, 2021 FAU Arena 185

SoFlo Turkey Shootout Lacrosse November 20-21, 2021 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches N/A

Perfect Game South Florida Fall Invitational Baseball November 20-21, 2021 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 418

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Tournament of Champions Golf November 20-25, 2021

PGA National Resort & Spa 1,039

FAU Thanksgiving Tournament Basketball November 26-28, 2021 FAU Arena 165

Hurricane Junior Golf Tour Palm Beach Holiday Junior Open Golf November 27-28, 2021 Palm Beach National Golf and Country Club N/A

3v3 Live National Championships Soccer November 27-28, 2021

The Gardens North County District Park 2,568

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Sports Tourism Production Report (FY 22) October 1 , 2021 - September 30, 2022

Event Name Sport Event Dates Venue Room Nights

Babe Ruth League Board Meeting

Baseball & Softball November 27- December 3, 2021

Inaugural Perfect Game Hall of Fame Celebration Baseball December 2-3, 2021

Delray Beach Pickleball Classic Pickleball December 2-5, 2021

"Little Mo" Internationals in Florida Tennis December 3-8, 2021

Equestrian Sports Productions (ESP) Holiday & Horses Series

Equestrian Sports December 4, 2021January 1, 2022

USSSA Santa Slam Softball December 4-5, 2021

PGA National Resort & Spa 127

PGA National Resort & Spa 170

Delray Beach Tennis Center 699

PGA National Resort & Spa & Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center 1,603

Palm Beach International Equestrian Center 27,169

John Prince Park, Lake Charleston Park, & Seminole Palms Park 162

Lou Groza Award Celebration Football December 8, 2021 Virtual Event N/A

Battle Youth National Championship Football December 7-11, 2021 Village Park 755

Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon Running December 10-12, 2021

USA Cricket Open Cricket December 16-17, 2021

Meyer Park Amphitheatre / City of West Palm Beach 2,047

Maq Cricket Stadium 135

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl Football December 18, 2021 FAU Stadium 1,861

West Palm Beach Invitational Basketball December 18-21, 2021 Keiser University 1,158

FAU Pre-Christmas Tournament Basketball December 19-20, 2021 FAU Arena N/A

US Kids Golf Foundation Holiday Classic Golf December 21-22, 2021

Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament (HJGT)

PGA National Holiday Open Golf December 21-22, 2021

College Swim Training Swimming December 26, 2021January 15, 2022

Holiday Basketball Classic of The Palm Beaches Basketball December 27-30, 2021

Winter Equestrian Festival Equestrian Sports January 5 - April 3, 2022

Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase Soccer January 6-9, 2022

AC Delray Rush Cup Soccer January 8-9, 2022

PGA National Resort & Spa 536

PGA National Resort & Spa N/A

Multiple Aquatic Venues throughout Palm Beach County 2,384

The Benjamin School N/A

Palm Beach International Equestrian Center 85,328

The Gardens North County District Park & Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 6,334

Seacrest Soccer Complex N/A

NexStar Lacrosse National Recruiting Showcase Lacrosse January 8-9, 2022 Caloosa Park TBD

Junior Honda Classic Golf January 8-9, 2022

Florida Lax Festival Lacrosse January 8-9, 2022

College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) Horse Show

Equestrian Sports January 14-16, 2022

USA BMX Sunshine State Nationals BMX January 14-16, 2022

PGA National Resort & Spa 320

Lake Lytal Park N/A

Jim Brandon Equestrian Center 81

Okeeheelee BMX Track 2,343

Game Day USA Junior All-American Games Baseball January 14-16, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 515

American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) State Games Soccer January 14-16, 2022

Wellington Soccer Shootout Soccer January 14-17, 2022

Florida RUSH Ice Hockey January 14-17, 2022

South Florida Deka-Fit Endurance Sports January 15, 2022

Eye of the Hurricane Lacrosse January 15-16, 2022

Okeeheelee Park 336

Village Park Athletic Complex 235

Palm Beach Skate Zone & Palm Beach Ice Works 2,669

FAU Stadium N/A

The Gardens North County District Park 350

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Sports Tourism Production Report (FY 22) October 1 , 2021 - September 30, 2022

Event Name Sport Event Dates Venue Room Nights

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters

Pickleball January 18-23, 2022

Varsity Spirit - Aloha Spirit Championships Cheerleading January 23, 2022

Patch Reef Park 3,120

Palm Beach Atlantic University N/A

Tigers Camp Baseball January 23-29, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 262

Gainbridge LPGA (LPGA Tour) Golf January 24-30, 2022

Les Grandes Dames USTA Senior Women's Tennis Tournament Tennis January 25-29, 2022

Florida Junior Tour Golf February 5-6, 2022

Gauntlet of Polo Polo February 6 - April 24, 2022

Boca Rio Golf Club 1,338

Palm Beach Gardens Tenns Center 104

Indian Spring Country Club 51

International Polo Club N/A

Paradise Invitational Golf February 7-8, 2022 Osprey Point Golf Course 194

FAU First Pitch Classic Softball February 10-13, 2022

Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com Tennis February 11 - 20, 2022

East End Volleyball Sunshine Series Beach Volleyball February 12-13, 2022

Varsity Spirit - Spirit Sports West Palm Beach Nationals Cheerleading February 12-13, 2022

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Softball Stadium 246

Delray Beach Tennis Center 976

Singer Island Municipal Beach in the City of Riviera Beach 68

South Florida Fairgrounds 205

Winter Invitational Statewide Artistic Swimming Competition Artistic Swimming February 12-13, 2022 Lake Lytal Aquatic Complex 251

Bermuda Women's National Team vs Keiser University Soccer February 13, 2022

The Gardens North County District Park N/A

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) International Four-Ball Golf February 16-17, 2022 Wanderers Club 31

USA BMX Florida State Championship BMX February 18-20, 2022 Okeeheelee Park - BMX Track 862

Jupiter President's Day Cup Soccer February 18-20, 2022

Jupiter Community Park N/A

East Coast Elite League Playoffs Ice Hockey February 18-21, 2022 Palm Beach Ice Works 675

The Honda Classic (PGA Tour) Golf February 21-27, 2022

FAU "Strikeout Cancer" Tournament Softball February 24-27, 2022

Florida Elite Travel LacrosseSeacrest Lacrosse Spring Break Lacrosse February 26-27 & March 13-17, 2022

Major League Baseball (MLB) Meetings Baseball February 28 - March 9, 2022

FAU Parent Weekends Softball Tournament Softball March 3-6, 2022

Florida State Youth Soccer Association (FYSA)

Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer March 4-6, 2022

United States Amateur Basketball (USAB) Wellington March Madness Basketball March 5-6, 2022

Bill Bone Pro-Am Cycling Series Cycling March 5-6, 2022

Palm Beach Challenge & International Baseball Festival Baseball

Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida (SAHOF) State Championships - 10U A Division Ice Hockey

March 7-28, 2022

March 11-13, 2022

Southern Invitational Golf March 14-15, 2022

Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training Baseball

March 17 - April 6, 2022

Excel Play the Beach Extreme Showcase Ice Hockey March 18-20, 2022

PGA National Resort & Spa 10,565

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Softball Stadium 261

Seacrest Soccer Complex & Hilltopper Stadium 1,650

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 106

FAU Softball Stadium 288

The Gardens North County District Park, Dyer Park, Mirasol Park, & PGA National Park 43

Multiple gymnasiums throughout Palm Beach County 310

Various locations in Palm Beach County 401

Santaluces Athletic Complex 4,818

Palm Beach Skate Zone & Palm Beach Ice Works 193

The Falls Club of The Palm Beaches 93

Roger Dean Cheverolet Stadium & Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 14,810

Palm Beach Skate Zone N/A

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Sports Tourism Production Report (FY 22) October 1 , 2021 - September

30, 2022

Event Name Sport Event Dates Venue Room Nights

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Delray Beach Pickleball Open

Pickleball March 22-27, 2022

Delray Beach Tennis Center 2,285

Sports Conference Football March 20-30, 2022 Various locations 1,799

USTA Women's National Clay Court Championships Tennis March 29 - April 3, 2022

Banana Ball World Tour Baseball

April 1-2, 2022

Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame Multi-sport April 3, 2022

Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center 325

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 1,674

Palm Beach Kennel Club & Entertainment Complex N/A

Hardball 360 Spring Training Baseball April 6-10, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 278

Play at the Plate - Palm Beach Classic Baseball April 7-10, 2022

Roger Dean Cheverolet Stadium & Santaluces Athletic Compex 334

Lexus International Gay Polo Tournament Polo April 7-10, 2022 International Polo Club 304

Officer John Scollo Memorial Softbal Softball April 8-9, 2022

Florida Complex League Baseball April 8 - September 10, 2022

AAU Karate Florida Gold Karate Championships Karate April 9, 2022

Village Park Athletic Complex 288

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 5,728

Palm Beach Atlantic University 145

Baseball Canada Junior National Team Training Camp Baseball April 12-24, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 190

ESP Spring Series - USEF Premier “AA” and Jumper Level 6 & FEI 13 Equestrian Sports April 13-17 & 20-24, 2022 Equestrian Village 10,876

RUSH Spring Showcase Ice Hockey April 15-17, 2022

Florida Junior Tour Golf April 16-17, 2022

Conference USA Women's Golf Championship Golf April 17-20, 2022

Delray Beach International Tennis Federation (ITF) Championships Tennis April 21-30, 2022

Palm Beach Ice Works & Palm Beach Skate Zone 20

Indian Spring Country Club 48

PGA National Resort & Spa 478

Multiple tennis facilities throughout Palm Beach County 432

Orange Bowl Board Retreat Football April 22-23, 2022 Hilton West Palm Beach 34

Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament Exotic Bass Roundup Fishing April 23, 2022 Lake Ida Park 18

"Little Mo" East Regionals Tennis April 23-25, 2022

United States Amateur Basketball (USAB) Jupiter Jam Basketball April 23-24, 2022

Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center 263

Multiple Courts in Palm Beach County N/A

Palm Beaches Spartan Sprint Weekend Endurance Sports April 23-24, 2022 Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park 4,171

Sun Conference Men's Golf Championship Golf April 23-26, 2022

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Championship Tennis April 23 - May 7, 2022

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Championship Tennis April 30 - May 14, 2022

USSSA Beast of the Southeast Softball April 29 - May 1

Women's Tackle Football League (WTFL) Palm Beach Coyotes Football April 30, May 21, & June 4, 2022

The Sun Conference Baseball Championship Baseball May 5-8, 2022

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Cup Soccer May 6-8, 2022

USTA PIM Tennis May 7-9, 2022

NPC Florida Grand Prix Bodybuilding May 7-9, 2022

PGA National Resort & Spa 76

Multiple tennis facilities throughout Palm Beach County 4,557

Multiple tennis facilities throughout Palm Beach County 4,283

Lake Lytal Park, Okeeheelee Park, John Prince Park, & Lake Charleston Park 154

Harold Grimes Memorial Park N/A

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 387

Joseph R. Russo Athletic Complex, Lilac Park, Mirasol Park, PGA National Park, & The Gardens North County District Park 127

Delray Beach Tennis Center & Delray Swim and Tennis Club 61

Boynton Beach High School 195

Palm Beach County

Sports Commission

Sports Tourism Production Report (FY 22) October 1 , 2021 - September 30, 2022

Event Name Sport Event Dates Venue Room Nights

Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Kia Playoffs

Bowling May 8 & 15, 2022 Bowlero 266

Briana Marie Cox Memorial NIT (National Invitational Tournament) Softball May 14-15, 2022

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship Golf May 15-18, 2022

Sunshine State Games Lacrosse Lacrosse May 20-22, 2022

YellowTennisBall.com Jr Championships Tennis May 21-23, 2022

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Women's Shootout Golf May 21-22, 2022

African American Golfers Hall of Fame Golf May 27-30, 2022

Lake Lytal, Okeeheelee, John Prince, Lake Charleston, & Seminole Palms Parks 172

PGA National Resort & Spa 1,226

Village Park Athletic Complex 1,002

Wycliffe Country Club 82

Indian Spring Country Club 29

Eastpointe Country Club 146

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) TaylorMade Invitational Golf May 27-30, 2022 Jupiter Hills Club 263

Baseball Factory Memorial Day Classic Baseball May 27-30, 2022

Play Hockey - Sunshine Invitational Ice Hockey May 27-30, 2022

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium N/A

Palm Beach Ice Works & Palm Beach Skate Zone 371

Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches Baseball June 1 - August 4, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, Lilac Park, & Gardens Park 1,334

Florida State League Baseball June 1 - September 10, 2022

South Florida Collegiate Baseball League Baseball June 2- July 25,2022

Florida State Golden Gloves Championship Boxing June 3-5, 2022

Prospect Wire Southeast Championship Baseball June 3-8, 2022

U.S. Open Qualifying Golf June 6, 2022

Prospect Select National Showcase Palm Beach Classic Baseball June 10-14, 2022

USSSA Swamp Classic Softball June 11-12, 2022

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 1,672

Miller Park, Spanish River High School, Palm Beach Gardens High School, Dick Brown Park, & Santaluces Athletic Complex 2,300

Palm Beach Boxing Center 73

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 455

The Club at Admiral's Cove N/A

Ballpark of The Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, & Santaluces Athletic Complex 5,439

Lake Catherine Sportsplex, Mirasol Park, PGA National Park, Palm Beach Gardens High School 384

Prospect Select - Futures Baseball June 16-19, 2022 Ballpark of The Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, & Santaluces Athletic Complex 682

SoFlo Summer Shootout Lacrosse June 18-19, 2022

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 14

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Girls Championship Golf June 20-24, 2022 The Loxahatchee Club 362

Perfect Game Ultimate Baseball Championship Baseball June 20-23, 2022

Cal Ripken Baseball Rookie & T-Ball Championship Baseball June 22-26,2022

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) 105th Amateur Championship Golf June 23-26, 2022

Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour Summer National Championship Golf June 23-26, 2022

Big Dog Fat Cat KDW Shootout Fishing June 24-25, 2022

I Do Beach Tennis - ITF Beach Tennis June 24-26, 2022

USA BMX Gold Cup BMX June 24-26, 2022

Prospect Select World Series Baseball June 27-July 1, 2022

Kids Fitness Festival of The Palm Beaches Multi-sport June 29, 2022

Cal Ripken Baseball 9U-11U State Championship Baseball June 29 - July 3, 2022

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 1,026

Gardens Park 1,513

The Bear's Club and Lost Tree Club 513

PGA National Resort & Spa 1,206

Sailfish Marina 621

Singer Island Municipal Beach in the City of Riviera Beach 505

Okeeheelee BMX Track 99

Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 1,040

Jim Brandon Equestrian Center N/A

Okeeheelee Park 396

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Sports Tourism Production Report (FY 22) October 1 , 2021 - September 30, 2022

Event Name Sport Event Dates Venue Room Nights

YTH Youth Soccer All-American Series Soccer July 1 -3, 2022 Gardens North County District Park 697

Perfect Game 13U WWBA National Championship Baseball July 2-6, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 2,610

Perfect Game Endless Summer Classic Baseball July 7-10, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 522

Perfect Game 18U World Series Baseball July 8-12, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 653

Varsity Spirit Kicking Camp presented by the Lou Groza Award & Kohls Kicking Football July 9-10, 2022 Somerset Academy Canyons N/A

USTA Girls 12's National Clay Court Championship Tennis July 10-17, 2022 Polo Club of Boca Raton 596

USTA Boys 18's & 16's National Clay Court Championship Tennis July 10-17, 2022

Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Swim and Tennis Club, Broken Sound, Boca West, & multipe courts throughout the county 2,898

Perfect Game 16U Florida Elite Championship Baseball July 11-14, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 435

Prospect Select - The Wave Invitational Baseball July 15-19, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 1,074

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) Florida Invitationals Baseball July 20-22 & July 26-28, 2022 Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 1,012

Perfect Game 13U National Showcase & Perfect Game 14U National Showcase Baseball July 23-25 & July 29-31, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches 1,441

NAIA Women's Soccer Invitational Soccer August 5-7 & August 18-21, 2022 Keiser University 254

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Florida Junior Team Championship Golf August 6-7, 2022 Indian Spring Country Club 130

NAIA Volleyball Classic Volleyball August 18-20, 2022 Keiser University 441

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Summer Smash Open Tennis August 20-22 & August 27-29, 2022

Delray Beach Swim & Tennis Club, Boca West Country Club, & Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center 309 International Tennis Federation (ITF) BT50 & BTF 100 Beach Tennis August 24-28, 2022 Singer Island Municipal Beach in the City of Riviera Beach 1,363

Prospect Select - Skinner Strong Invitational Baseball September 2-5, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 93

Spartan DEKA Fit Fitness September 3-4, 2022 Palm Beach County Convention Center 963

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sunshine State Open Tennis September 17-19, 2022

Delray Beach Swim & Tennis Club, Boca West Country Club, & Boynton Beach Tennis Center 112

Prospect Select Fall Classic & Florida Select Baseball September 16-18, 2022 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium 311

NAIA ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Regionals Tennis September 22-25 2022 Patch Reef Park 125

International Waterski & Wakeboarding Federation (IWWF) Pan American Cable Championships Wakeboarding September 22-25, 2022 Shark Wave Park 134

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Pam McCloskey-Brosnihan Open Golf September 24-25, 2022

Quail Ridge Country Club 48

Performance Measure Detail

Palm Beach County Sports Commission

FY 2022

Performance Measure

Sports-related room nights

2022

Budget Actual Sport 235,000 293,822

USTA National Women's 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 Clay Court Championships Tennis 270

Hardball 360 Fall Classic Baseball 264

Cricket Hall of Fame Celebration Cricket 74

Blue Line Hockey - Columbus Day Discovery Showdown Ice Hockey 581

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) World Championship Week Baseball 10,728

Honda Classic High School Invitational Golf 137

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Columbus Day Open Tennis 561

ClubCorp Club Life Champions Classic Golf 1,646

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) 14U World Championship Baseball 891

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) - Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer 633

NPC Ultimate Grand Prix Fitness 216

Okeeheelee Halloween Slam Baseball 364

World Comes to the Palm Beaches Baseball 1,568

Monster Mash Lax Clash Lacrosse 25

Johnny Bench Golf Classic Golf 54

TimberTech Championship (PGA Tour Championship) Golf 1,705

Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship Soccer 842

St. Louis Cardinals Fantasy Camp Baseball 998

USTA Mother & Daughter Clay Court Nationals/USTA Men's 50+ Clay Court Nationals Tennis 237

Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Fall Classic Baseball 8,023

Red Bull Pro Water ski Water ski 22

Delray Beach Riptide Fall Shootout Lacrosse 973

Optimist International Tournament of Champions Golf 290

NAIA Men's & Women's Soccer Championships Opening Rounds Soccer 225

Paradise Classic Basketball 185

SoFlo Turkey Shootout Lacrosse N/A

Perfect Game South Florida Fall Invitational Baseball 418

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Tournament of Champions Golf 1,039

FAU Thanksgiving Tournament Basketball 165

Hurricane Junior Golf Tour - Palm Beach Holiday Junior Open Golf N/A

3v3 Live National Championships Soccer 2,568

Babe Ruth League Board Meeting Baseball & Softball 127

Inaugural Perfect Game Hall of Fame Celebration Baseball 170

Delray Beach Pickleball Classic Pickleball 699

Little Mo" Internationals in Florida Tennis 1,603

Equestrian Sports Productions (ESP) Holiday & Horses Series Equestrian Sports 27,169

USSSA Santa Slam Softball 162

Lou Groza Award Celebration Football N/A

Battle Youth National Championship Football 755

Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon Running 2,047

USA Cricket Open Cricket 135

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl Football 1,861

West Palm Beach Invitational Basketball 1,158

FAU Pre-Christmas Tournament Basketball N/A

US Kids Golf Foundation Holiday Classic Golf 536

Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament (HJGT) PGA National Holiday Open Golf TBD

College Swim Training Swimming 2,384

Holiday Basketball Classic of The Palm Beaches Basketball N/A

Winter Equestrian Festival Equestrian Sports 85,328

Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase Soccer 6,334

AC Delray Rush Cup Soccer N/A

NexStar Lacrosse National Recruiting Showcase Lacrosse N/A

Junior Honda Classic Golf 320

Florida Lax Festival Lacrosse N/A

College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) Horse Show Equestrian Sports 81

USA BMX Sunshine State Nationals BMX 2,343

Game Day USA Junior All-American Games Baseball 515

American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) State Games Soccer 336

Wellington Soccer Shootout Soccer 235

Florida RUSH Ice Hockey 2,669

South Florida Deka-Fit Endurance Sports N/A

Eye of the Hurricane Lacrosse 350

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters Pickleball 3,120

Varsity Spirit - Aloha Spirit Championships Cheerleading N/A

Tigers Camp Baseball 262

Gainbridge LPGA (LPGA Tour) Golf 1,338

Les Grandes Dames USTA Senior Women's Tennis Tournament Tennis 104

Florida Junior Tour Golf 51

Gauntlet of Polo Polo N/A

Paradise Invitational Golf 194

FAU First Pitch Classic Softball 246

Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com (ATP Tour) Tennis 976

East End Volleyball Sunshine Series Beach Volleyball 68

Varsity Spirit - Spirit Sports - West Palm Beach Nationals Cheerleading 205

Winter Invitational Statewide Artistic Swimming Competition Artistic Swimming 251

Bermuda Women's National Team vs Keiser University Soccer N/A

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) International Four-Ball Golf 31

USA BMX Florida State Championship BMX 862

Jupiter President's Day Cup Soccer N/A

East Coast Elite League Playoffs Ice Hockey 675

The Honda Classic (PGA Tour) Golf 10,565

FAU "Strikeout Cancer" Tournament Softball 261

Florida Elite Travel Lacrosse - Seacrest Lacrosse Spring Break Lacrosse 1,650

Major League Baseball (MLB) Meetings Baseball 106

FAU Parent Weekends Softball Tournament Softball 288

Florida State Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer 43

United States Amateur Basketball (USAB) Wellington March Madness Basketball 310

Bill Bone Pro-Am Cycling Series Cycling 401

Palm Beach Challenge & International Baseball Festival Baseball 4,818

Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida Championships - 10U A Division Ice Hockey 193

Southern Invitational Golf 93

Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training Baseball 14,810

Excel Play the Beach Extreme Showcase Ice Hockey N/A Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Delray Beach Pickleball Open Pickleball 2,285 Sports Conference Football 1,799

USTA Women's National Clay Court Championships Tennis 325

Banana Ball World Tour Baseball 1,674

Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame Multi-sport N/A Hardball 360 Spring Training Baseball 278

Play at the Plate - Palm Beach Classic Baseball 334

Lexus International Gay Polo Tournament Polo 304

Officer John Scollo Memorial Softbal Softball 288

Florida Complex League Baseball 5,728

AAU Karate Florida Gold Karate Championships Karate 145

Baseball Canada Junior National Team Training Camp Baseball 190

ESP Spring Series - USEF Premier “AA” and Jumper Level 6 & FEI 13

Equestrian Sports 10,876

RUSH Spring Showcase Ice Hockey 20

Florida Junior Tour Golf 48

Conference USA Women's Golf Championship Golf 478

Delray Beach International Tennis Federation (ITF) Championships Tennis 432

Orange Bowl Board Retreat Football 34

Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament - Exotic Bass Roundup Fishing 18

"Little Mo" East Regionals Tennis 263

United States Amateur Basketball (USAB) Jupiter Jam Basketball N/A

Palm Beaches Spartan Sprint Weekend Endurance Sports 4,171

Sun Conference Men's Golf Championship Golf 76

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Championship Tennis 4,557

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Championship Tennis 4,283

USSSA Beast of the Southeast Softball 154

Women's Tackle Football League (WTFL) Palm Beach Coyotes Football N/A

The Sun Conference Baseball Championship Baseball 387

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Cup Soccer 127

USTA PIM Tennis 61

NPC Florida Grand Prix Bodybuilding 195

Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Kia Playoffs Bowling 266

Briana Marie Cox Memorial NIT (National Invitational Tournament) Softball 172

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship Golf 1,226

Sunshine State Games Lacrosse Lacrosse 1,002

YellowTennisBall.com Jr Championships Tennis 82

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Women's Shootout Golf 29

African American Golfers Hall of Fame Golf 146

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) TaylorMade Invitational Golf 263

Baseball Factory Memorial Day Classic Baseball N/A

Play Hockey - Sunshine Invitational Ice Hockey 371

Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches Baseball 1,334

Florida State League Baseball 1,672

South Florida Collegiate Baseball League Baseball 2,300

Florida State Golden Gloves Championship Boxing 73

Prospect Wire Southeast Championship Baseball 455

U.S. Open Qualifying Golf N/A

Prospect Select National Showcase - Palm Beach Classic Baseball 5,439

USSSA Swamp Classic Softball 384

Prospect Select - Futures Baseball 682

SoFlo Summer Shootout Lacrosse 14

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Girls Championship Golf 362

Perfect Game Ultimate Baseball Championship Baseball 1,026

Cal Ripken Baseball Rookie & T-Ball Championship Baseball 1,513

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) 105th Amateur Championship Golf 513

Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour Summer National Championship Golf 1,206

Big Dog Fat Cat KDW Shootout Fishing 621

I Do Beach Tennis - ITF Beach Tennis 505

USA BMX Gold Cup BMX 99

Prospect Select World Series Baseball 1,040

Kids Fitness Festival of The Palm Beaches Multi-sport N/A

Cal Ripken Baseball 9U-11U State Championship Baseball 396

YTH Youth Soccer All-American Series Soccer 697

Perfect Game 13U WWBA National Championship Baseball 2,610

Perfect Game Endless Summer Classic Baseball 522

Perfect Game 18U World Series Baseball 653

Varsity Spirit Kicking Camp presented by the Lou Groza Award & Kohls Kicking Football N/A

USTA Girls 12's National Clay Court Championship Tennis 596

USTA Boys 18's & 16's National Clay Court Championship Tennis 2,898

Perfect Game 16U Florida Elite Championship Baseball 435

Prospect Select - The Wave Invitational Baseball 1,074

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) Florida Invitationals Baseball 1,012

Perfect Game 13U National Showcase & Perfect Game 14U National Showcase Baseball 1,441

NAIA Women's Soccer Invitational Soccer 254

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) - Florida Junior Team Championship Golf 130

NAIA Volleyball Classic Volleyball 441

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Summer Smash Open Tennis 309

International Tennis Federation (ITF) BT50 & BTF 100 Beach Tennis 1,363

Prospect Select - Skinner Strong Invitational Baseball 93

Spartan DEKA Fit Fitness 963

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sunshine State Open Tennis 112

Prospect Select Fall Classic & Florida Select Baseball 311

NAIA ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Regionals Tennis 125

IWWF Pan American Cable Championships Wakeboarding 134

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Pam McCloskey-Brosnihan Open Golf 48

Performance Measure

New Sporting Event Room Nights

Cricket Hall of Fame Celebration

Budget Actual

Sport 30,000 78,863

Cricket 74

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) World Championship Week Baseball 10,728

ClubCorp Club Life Champions Classic Golf 1,646

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) 14U World Championship Baseball 891

World Comes to the Palm Beaches Baseball 1,568

Johnny Bench Golf Classic Golf 54

Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship Soccer 842

St. Louis Cardinals Fantasy Camp Baseball 998

USTA Mother & Daughter Clay Court Nationals/USTA Men's 50+ Clay Court Nationals Tennis 237

Red Bull Pro Water ski Water ski 22

Delray Beach Riptide Fall Shootout Lacrosse 973

NAIA Men's & Women's Soccer Championships Opening Rounds Soccer 225

Paradise Classic Basketball 185

Perfect Game South Florida Fall Invitational Baseball 418

FAU Thanksgiving Tournament Basketball 165

3v3 Live National Championships Soccer 2,568

Babe Ruth League Board Meeting Baseball & Softball 127

Inaugural Perfect Game Hall of Fame Celebration Baseball 170

Delray Beach Pickleball Classic Pickleball 699

Little Mo" Internationals in Florida Tennis 1,603

Battle Youth National Championship Football 755

USA Cricket Open Cricket 135

West Palm Beach Invitational Basketball 1,158

College Swim Training Swimming 2,384

Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase Soccer 6,334

USA BMX Sunshine State Nationals BMX 2,343

American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) State Games Soccer 336

Florida RUSH Ice Hockey 2,669

South Florida Deka-Fit Endurance Sports N/A

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters Pickleball 3,120

Varsity Spirit - Aloha Spirit Championships Cheerleading N/A

Tigers Camp Baseball 262

Gainbridge LPGA (LPGA Tour) Golf 1,338

Les Grandes Dames USTA Senior Women's Tennis Tournament Tennis 104

FAU First Pitch Classic Softball 246

Varsity Spirit - Spirit Sports - West Palm Beach Nationals Cheerleading 205

Winter Invitational Statewide Artistic Swimming Competition Artistic Swimming 251

Bermuda Women's National Team vs Keiser University Soccer N/A

USA BMX Florida State Championship BMX 862

East Coast Elite League Playoffs Ice Hockey 675

FAU "Strikeout Cancer" Tournament Softball 261

Florida Elite Travel Lacrosse - Seacrest Lacrosse Spring Break Lacrosse 1,650

Major League Baseball (MLB) Meetings Baseball 106

FAU Parent Weekends Softball Tournament Softball 288

Florida State Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) - Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer 43

Bill Bone Pro-Am Cycling Series Cycling 401

Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida (SAHOF) State Championships 10U A Division Ice Hockey 193

Excel Play the Beach Extreme Showcase Ice Hockey N/A

USTA Women's National Clay Court Championships Tennis 325

Banana Ball World Tour Baseball 1,674

Baseball Canada Junior National Team Training Camp Baseball 190

RUSH Spring Showcase Ice Hockey 20

Conference USA Women's Golf Championship Golf 478

Orange Bowl Board Retreat Football 34

The Sun Conference Men's Golf Championship Golf 76

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Championship Tennis 4,557

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Championship Tennis 4,283

Women's Tackle Football League (WTFL) - Palm Beach Coyotes Football N/A

Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Kia Playoffs Bowling 266

Briana Marie Cox Memorial NIT (National Invitational Tournament) Softball 172

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship Golf 1,226

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Women's Shootout Golf 29

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) TaylorMade Invitational Golf 263

Play Hockey - Sunshine Invitational Ice Hockey 371

Florida State Golden Gloves Championship Boxing 73

Prospect Wire Southeast Championship Baseball 455

Prospect Select - Futures Baseball 682

SoFlo Summer Shootout Lacrosse 14

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Girls Championship Golf 362

Cal Ripken Baseball Rookie & T-Ball Championship Baseball 1,513

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) 105th Amateur Championship Golf 513

Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour Summer National Championship Golf 1,206

I Do Beach Tennis - ITF Beach Tennis 505

USA BMX Gold Cup BMX 99

Prospect Select World Series Baseball 1,040

Cal Ripken Baseball 9U-11U State Championship Baseball 396

YTH Youth Soccer All-American Series Soccer 697

Perfect Game Endless Summer Classic Baseball 522

Perfect Game 18U World Series Baseball 653

Varsity Spirit Kicking Camp presented by the Lou Groza Award & Kohls Kicking Football N/A

Perfect Game 16U Florida Elite Championship Baseball 435

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) Florida Invitationals Baseball 1,012

Perfect Game 13U National Showcase & Perfect Game 14U National Showcase Baseball 1,441

NAIA Women's Soccer Invitational Soccer 254

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) - Florida Junior Team Championship Golf 130

International Tennis Federation (ITF) BT50 & BTF 100 Beach Tennis 1,363

Spartan DEKA Fit Fitness 963

NAIA ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Regionals Tennis 125

IWWF Pan American Cable Championships Wakeboarding 134

Performance Measure

Submit or assist in the submission of event/activity bids.

USA Gymnastics Rhythmic Development Championships

USA Gymnastics Trampoline & Tumbling Stars & Stripes Championships

Gymnastics

Gymnastics

Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) Trampoline & Tumbling World Cup Gymnastics Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championships Volleyball

Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship Soccer

Conference USA Men's Golf Championship Golf

Conference USA Women's Golf Championship Golf

Perfect Game WWBA Underclass World Championship Baseball Battle Youth Nationals Football International Rush Cup Soccer Soccer Management Company (SMC) First Responder Sports Softball Tournament Soccer

First Responder Games - Softball Classic Softball

American Cornhole League (ACL) Regional Championships Cornhole Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying Tie Tennis

Wolverhampton Wanderers Post World Cup Training Soccer

Minority Baseball Prospects Baseball

Budget Actual Sport 100 102

IWWF Pan American Cable Championships Cable Wakeboarding

Sport Fishing Championship Fishing

US Fast Pitch Association State Championships Softball

US Fast Pitch Association Regional Softball

US Fast Pitch Association National Championships Softball

NAIA Women's Lacrosse Championship Lacrosse

USA Flag Football Junior Flag International Cup Flag Football

USA Football The One Flag Football Championship Flag Football

USA BMX Gold Cup Regionals BMX

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) World Pickleball Open Pickleball ClubCorp Women's Tennis Championship Tennis

ClubCorp Club Life Champions Classic Golf

The Spring Games Softball Elite Development Program (EDP) Soccer Playoffs Soccer

Grenada & St. Lucia U15 & U18 Team Training Soccer

USA Ultimate Beach Nationals Ultimate USA Ultimate Club Championships Ultimate Best In the US Baseball Showcase Baseball Balling on the Beach High School Team Camp Basketball

Ripken Select Baseball Baseball Albion Showcase Soccer Epson Tour Golf

East Coast Women's Pro Golf Tour Golf

APP Tour - Delray Beach Open Pickleball Pickleball

APP Boca Raton International Masters Pickleball Pickleball

YTH Soccer Super Cup Soccer

Developmental Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase Soccer

Baseball Factory Christmas Showcase Baseball

PlayHockey Sunshine Inviational Ice Hockey

YTH Soccer All American Series Soccer

Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament Exotic Bass Roundup Exotic Football USA Field Hockey National Hockey Festival National Football

SMP Events - Girls Academy National Recruiting Event Soccer

SMP Events Lacrosse America Summer Series Event Lacrosse

Sunshine State Games Lacrosse Lacrosse

FC Cincinnati MLS Preseason Training Soccer

Florida Golden Gloves Boxing

Under Armour Junior Tour Summer National Chamionship Golf Sports ETA (Events & Tourism Association) Chief Executive Summit Sports Conference

C.F. Pachuca Preseason Training Soccer

Perfect Game WWBA Florida Invitationals Baseball

Winter Invitational Statewide Artistic Swimming Competition Artistic Swimming

Germany Women's Volleyball National Team Training

Volleyball

Southern Invitational Golf

Florida Sports Foundation - Florida Sports Summit Sports Conference

USA BMX Florida State Championship BMX

Bermuda Women's National Team (Soccer) Training and Scrimmage Soccer

NYC FC (MLS Team) Preseason Team Training Preseason Football

Varsity Spirit Aloha Spirit Nationals Cheerleading

Perfect Game 18U World Series Baseball

Perfect Game WWBA World Championship Baseball

Perfect Game 13U National Showcase Baseball

Perfect Game 14U National Showcase Baseball

Perfect Game 14U World Championship Baseball

Perfect Game WWBA Freshman World Championship Baseball

Perfect Game 13U World Championship Baseball

Perfect Game WWBA 13U National Championship Baseball

Perfect Game Ultimate Baseball Championship Baseball

Perfect Game 16U Florida Elite Championship Baseball

Perfect Game Softball Combine Softball

Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Florida Gold Karate Championships Karate

Miracle League Allstar Game Baseball

United States Speciality Sports Association (USSSA) Basketball National Championships Basketball

Next Level Greats South Florida 7v7 Flag Football

Spartan DEKA Fit Fitness

USA Powerlifting Florida State Championships Powerlifting

World Breaking Classic Breaking

FAU Paradise Invitational (Women's College Golf) Golf

CF Montreal Preseason Training (MLS Team) Training Football

Perfect Game Hall of Fame & Celebrity Golf Invitational Baseball

Federation of International Polo (FIP) Polo World Championship Polo

Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Fall Classic Baseball

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Tournament of Champions Golf

3v3 Live National Championship Soccer

USA BMX Sunshine State Nationals BMX

Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida (SAHOF) State Championships - 10U A Division Ice Hockey

Banana Ball World Tour Baseball

Play at the Plate Baseball & Pickleball

Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament -Exotic Bass Roundup Fishing

Palm Beaches Spartan Sprint Weekend Endurance Sports

The Sun Conference Baseball Championship Baseball

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Championship Tennis

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Championship Tennis

Prospect Select - World Series Baseball

USA Water Ski National Championships Water Ski NCAA Division I Women's Golf Regional Championship Golf

Performance Measure 2022

Organize site visits to recruit events/activities

Budget Actual Sport 34 40

Perfect Game Baseball & Softball

International Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) Cable Wakeboarding Conference USA Beach Volleyball

The Sun Conference Baseball & Golf USA Gymnastics Gymnastics

Florida Sports Foundation Sports Summit

Ripken Baseball Baseball

Spring Break Sports Tennis

THE Spring Games, LLC Softball

Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Baseball

Minority Baseball Report Baseball

Elite Tournaments Lacrosse & Soccer Onside Entertainment Soccer

U.S. Soccer Federation Soccer Compete Sports Diversity Multi-Sports

United States Gay Sports Network Sports Media

International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (Soccer) Soccer

Women's Flag Football League Flag Football

USA Raquetball Raquetball

Sunshine State Events, LLC Lacrosse

United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) Basketball

The National Junior Tour, LLC Golf Blue Star Lacrosse Lacrosse

PFX Athletics Softball

African American Golf Expo & Forum Golf

International Tennis Federation Tennis & Beach Tennis United States Tennis Association (USTA) Tennis National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Golf

The Miracle League Baseball - Special Needs

Wolverhampton Wanderers (English Premier League) Soccer

CF Montreal - Major League Soccer Soccer Play at the Plate Baseball & Pickleball NWA Racing R/C (remote control cars)

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Footbal (CONCACAF) Soccer

US Youth Soccer Association Soccer

Development Player League (DPL) Soccer

United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Multi-Sports Caribbean Baseball Organization Baseball

United States Polo Association (USPA) Polo

NFL Flag Football Flag Football

USTA National Women's 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 Clay Court Championships Tennis

Hardball 360 Fall Classic Baseball

Cricket Hall of Fame Celebration Cricket

Blue Line Hockey - Columbus Day Discovery Showdown Ice Hockey

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) World Championship Week Baseball

Honda Classic High School Invitational Golf

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Columbus Day Open Tennis

ClubCorp Club Life Champions Classic Golf

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) 14U World Championship Baseball

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) - Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer

NPC Ultimate Grand Prix Fitness

Okeeheelee Halloween Slam Baseball

World Comes to the Palm Beaches Baseball Monster Mash Lax Clash Lacrosse

Johnny Bench Golf Classic Golf

TimberTech Championship (PGA Tour Championship) Golf

Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship Soccer

St. Louis Cardinals Fantasy Camp Baseball

USTA Mother & Daughter Clay Court Nationals/USTA Men's 50+ Clay Court Nationals Tennis

Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Fall Classic Baseball

Red Bull Pro Water ski Water ski

Delray Beach Riptide Fall Shootout Lacrosse

Optimist International Tournament of Champions Golf

NAIA Men's & Women's Soccer Championships Opening Rounds Soccer

Paradise Classic Basketball

SoFlo Turkey Shootout Lacrosse

Perfect Game South Florida Fall Invitational Baseball

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Tournament of Champions Golf

FAU Thanksgiving Tournament Basketball

Hurricane Junior Golf Tour - Palm Beach Holiday Junior Open Golf

3v3 Live National Championships Soccer

Budget Actual Sport 148 178

Babe Ruth League Board Meeting Baseball & Softball

Inaugural Perfect Game Hall of Fame Celebration Baseball

Sports events hosted by the PBCSC

Performance Measure 2022

Delray Beach Pickleball Classic

Pickleball

Little Mo" Internationals in Florida Tennis

Equestrian Sports Productions (ESP) Holiday & Horses Series Equestrian Sports

USSSA Santa Slam Softball

Lou Groza Award Celebration Football

Battle Youth National Championship Football Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon Running USA Cricket Open Cricket RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl Football

West Palm Beach Invitational Basketball

FAU Pre-Christmas Tournament Basketball

US Kids Golf Foundation Holiday Classic Golf

Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament (HJGT) PGA National Holiday Open Golf

College Swim Training Swimming

Holiday Basketball Classic of The Palm Beaches Basketball

Winter Equestrian Festival Equestrian Sports

Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase Soccer

AC Delray Rush Cup Soccer

NexStar Lacrosse National Recruiting Showcase Lacrosse

Junior Honda Classic Golf

Florida Lax Festival Lacrosse

College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) Horse Show Equestrian Sports USA BMX Sunshine State Nationals BMX

Game Day USA Junior All-American Games Baseball

American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) State Games Soccer

Wellington Soccer Shootout Soccer

Florida RUSH Ice Hockey

South Florida Deka-Fit Endurance Sports Eye of the Hurricane Lacrosse

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters Pickleball

Varsity Spirit - Aloha Spirit Championships Cheerleading

Tigers Camp Baseball

Gainbridge LPGA (LPGA Tour) Golf

Les Grandes Dames USTA Senior Women's Tennis Tournament Tennis

Florida Junior Tour Golf Gauntlet of Polo Polo Paradise Invitational Golf

FAU First Pitch Classic Softball Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com (ATP Tour) Tennis

East End Volleyball Sunshine Series Beach Volleyball

Varsity Spirit - Spirit Sports - West Palm Beach Nationals Cheerleading

Winter Invitational Statewide Artistic Swimming Competition Artistic Swimming

Bermuda Women's National Team vs Keiser University Soccer

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) International Four-Ball Golf

USA BMX Florida State Championship BMX

Jupiter President's Day Cup Soccer

East Coast Elite League Playoffs Ice Hockey

The Honda Classic (PGA Tour) Golf

FAU "Strikeout Cancer" Tournament Softball

Florida Elite Travel Lacrosse - Seacrest Lacrosse Spring Break Lacrosse

Major League Baseball (MLB) Meetings Baseball

FAU Parent Weekends Softball Tournament Softball

Florida State Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Gardens Classic Soccer

United States Amateur Basketball (USAB) Wellington March Madness Basketball

Bill Bone Pro-Am Cycling Series Cycling

Palm Beach Challenge & International Baseball Festival Baseball

Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida Championships - 10U A Division Ice Hockey

Southern Invitational Golf

Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training Baseball Excel Play the Beach Extreme Showcase Ice Hockey

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Delray Beach Pickleball Open Pickleball Sports Conference Football

USTA Women's National Clay Court Championships Tennis

Banana Ball World Tour Baseball

Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame Multi-sport

Hardball 360 Spring Training Baseball

Play at the Plate - Palm Beach Classic Baseball

Lexus International Gay Polo Tournament Polo

Officer John Scollo Memorial Softbal Softball Florida Complex League Baseball

AAU Karate Florida Gold Karate Championships Karate

Baseball Canada Junior National Team Training Camp Baseball

ESP Spring Series - USEF Premier “AA” and Jumper Level 6 & FEI 13

Equestrian Sports

RUSH Spring Showcase Ice Hockey

Florida Junior Tour Golf

Conference USA Women's Golf Championship Golf

Delray Beach International Tennis Federation (ITF) Championships Tennis

Orange Bowl Board Retreat Football

Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament - Exotic Bass Roundup Fishing

"Little Mo" East Regionals Tennis

United States Amateur Basketball (USAB) Jupiter Jam Basketball

Palm Beaches Spartan Sprint Weekend Endurance Sports

Sun Conference Men's Golf Championship Golf

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Championship Tennis

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Championship Tennis

USSSA Beast of the Southeast Softball

Women's Tackle Football League (WTFL) Palm Beach Coyotes Football

The Sun Conference Baseball Championship Baseball

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Cup Soccer

USTA PIM Tennis

NPC Florida Grand Prix Bodybuilding

Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Kia Playoffs Bowling

Briana Marie Cox Memorial NIT (National Invitational Tournament) Softball

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship Golf

Sunshine State Games Lacrosse Lacrosse YellowTennisBall.com Jr Championships Tennis

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Women's Shootout Golf

African American Golfers Hall of Fame Golf

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) TaylorMade Invitational Golf

Baseball Factory Memorial Day Classic Baseball

Play Hockey - Sunshine Invitational Ice Hockey

Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches Baseball

Florida State League Baseball

South Florida Collegiate Baseball League Baseball

Florida State Golden Gloves Championship Boxing

Prospect Wire Southeast Championship Baseball

U.S. Open Qualifying Golf

Prospect Select National Showcase - Palm Beach Classic Baseball

USSSA Swamp Classic Softball

Prospect Select - Futures Baseball

SoFlo Summer Shootout Lacrosse

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Girls Championship Golf

Perfect Game Ultimate Baseball Championship Baseball

Cal Ripken Baseball Rookie & T-Ball Championship Baseball

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) 105th Amateur Championship Golf

Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour Summer National Championship Golf

Big Dog Fat Cat KDW Shootout Fishing

I Do Beach Tennis - ITF Beach Tennis

USA BMX Gold Cup BMX

Prospect Select World Series Baseball

Kids Fitness Festival of The Palm Beaches Multi-sport

Cal Ripken Baseball 9U-11U State Championship Baseball

YTH Youth Soccer All-American Series Soccer

Perfect Game 13U WWBA National Championship Baseball

Perfect Game Endless Summer Classic Baseball

Perfect Game 18U World Series Baseball

Varsity Spirit Kicking Camp presented by the Lou Groza Award & Kohls Kicking Football

USTA Girls 12's National Clay Court Championship Tennis

USTA Boys 18's & 16's National Clay Court Championship Tennis

Perfect Game 16U Florida Elite Championship Baseball

Prospect Select - The Wave Invitational Baseball

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) Florida Invitationals Baseball

Perfect Game 13U National Showcase & Perfect Game 14U National Showcase Baseball

NAIA Women's Soccer Invitational Soccer

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) - Florida Junior Team Championship Golf

NAIA Volleyball Classic Volleyball

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Summer Smash Open Tennis International Tennis Federation (ITF) BT50 & BTF 100 Beach Tennis

Prospect Select - Skinner Strong Invitational Baseball

Spartan DEKA Fit Fitness

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sunshine State Open Tennis

Prospect Select Fall Classic & Florida Select Baseball

NAIA ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Regionals Tennis

IWWF Pan American Cable Championships Wakeboarding

Performance Measure

Lou Groza Award - ESPN College Football Award Show ESPN

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl ESPN

TimberTech Championship (PGA TOUR Champions) Golf Channel

Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio (LPGA TOUR) Golf Channel

The Honda Classic (PGA TOUR) Golf Channel/NBC U.S. Open Qualifying Golf Channel

Winter Equestrian Festival NBC Sports Network

Gauntlet of Polo - U.S Open Polo Championship CBS Sports Network Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com (ATP Tour) Tennis Channel

2022

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Pam McCloskey-Brosnihan Open Golf Budget Actual Outlet 19 19

USTA Boys 18's & 16's Clay Court National Championships

FOX College Sports Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters CBS Sports Network Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Delray Beach Pickleball Open CBS Sports Network

Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training ESPN/MLB Network/Fox Sports NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Golf Channel

Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Kia Playoffs FOX

Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tournament of Champions BOX

Banana Ball World Tour ESPN+

Sports Tourism Performance

Fiscal Year 2022

Our Sports Commission hosted 178 events in FY 22, which nearly matches our

previous, pre-pandemic, record setting year of 2019

The Sports Commission’s event portfolio represents over 40 different sport disciplines in FY22

Sports Commission Event Portfolio (20-year span)

trackable room nights

Sports Commission Room Night Production (20-year span)

1 out of every 3.73 sports

room nights was created from a new event hosted by our Sports Commission (78,863 room nights via new events)

related

19 different sports events delivered nationally televised broadcasts to

The Palm Beaches in FY 22

Events & Operations

Event Support

Boca Raton Bowl

 Continued follow up with county golf courses to find a suitable venue for event  Review results of transportation RFP and determine service provider  Finalize team/band hotels to be used for 2022 game

Perfect Game WWBA

Championship Weekend

 Work with PBC Parks & Recreation to secure additional fields for increased number of teams  Ensure everything is finalized at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium and Ballpark of the Palm Beaches for event

Jackson T. Stephens Cup  Secure suitable parking near Seminole Golf Club for volunteers  Assist in the recruitment of volunteers through PBCSC databases  Assist with other local approvals as needed

Lou Groza Award  Distribute weekly Stars of the Week to highlight top kickers

Men’s Senior Baseball League

Classic  Work Gardens North District Park to secure additional fields for increased number of teams

Fall

Conference USA Women’s Golf Championship  Submit a hotel RFP

Battle Youth National Championship  Submit a hotel RFP • Columbus Day Discovery Showdown • World Comes to the Palm Beaches • Perfect Game WWBA World Championship • USTA Columbus Day Open • TimberTech Championship • ClubCorp Champions Classic • Men’s Senior Baseball League • 3v3 Live National Championship

Finalizing Contract Obligations

• Holiday Basketball Classic of the Palm Beaches

• Hardball 360 Fall Classic

• FYSA Palm Beach Gardens Classic

• Monster Mash Lax Clash

• USTA Men’s 50 Clay Court Championship

• USTA National Men’s 70,85,90 Clay Court Championship

• Delray Beach Pickleball Classic

• Okeeheelee Halloween Slam

Grants

1. Category G Grants

a. Equestrian Holiday & Horses Circuit (November 30, 2022 – January 1, 2023) – Wellington International - $20,000 12,375 room nights

b. “Little Mo” Internationals in Florida (December 2 7, 2022) – Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center, PGA National Resort - $12,500 1,500 room nights

c. Battle Youth National Championship (December 5 18, 2022) – Village Park, Boca Raton High School- $50,000 NEW 6,250 room nights

d. Garden of life Palm Beaches Marathon (December 10 11, 2022) – Meyer Park Amphitheatre$15,000 2,160 room nights

e. EDP Soccer Playoffs (December 17 18, 2022) – The Gardens North County District Park - $10,000 NEW 1,000 room nights

f. DPL Winter Showcase (January 5 8, 2023) – The Gardens North County District Park, Joe Russo Athletic Complex, Ballpark of the Palm Beaches - $50,000 6,580 room nights

g. Winter Equestrian Festival (January 5 – April 3, 2023) – Wellington International - $125,000 172,782 room nights

h. Florida RUSH (January 13 16, 2023) – Palm Beach Skate Zone – TBD

i. Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters (January 18 22, 2023) – Patch Reef Park - $25,000 2,500 room nights

Sports-Development

Sports Development Executive Summary

In FY 23, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission (PBCSC) is deploying an aggressive sales and sports development effort to grow the number of sports tourisms generating events taking place in The Palm Beaches. The PBCSC continues to cultivate relationships with event owners, as well as identify, solicit, secure, and retain sports events to grow room night actualization. Below is a recap of sports development efforts that have taken place during the start of FY23.

Event Bids & Development

A primary mechanism for event solicitation is through the Event Bid and Development process. To recognize potential bid opportunities, the PBCSC will be at the forefront of the industry and engage with event owners.

Bid submission is a highly effective tool to recruit sporting events. Attached is a comprehensive list of the bids that have been submitted in FY 23, and below is a breakdown of the development efforts over the past month:

• International Tennis Federation Seniors Championships

o May of 2024

o 850 projected participants

o 3,000 projected room nights

• Varsity Spirit West Palm Beach Nationals

o February 11 12, 2023

o 2,000 projected participants

o 400 projected room nights

• Toronto FC (MLS) Preseason Training

o January 6 31, 2023

o 50 projected participants

o 600 projected room nights

• Washington Spirit Preseason Training

o February 6 15, 2023

o 50 projected participants

o 450 projected room nights

• US Women’s Youth National Team U16s Training Camp

o January 26 February 2, 2023

o 40 projected participants

o 200 projected room nights

Event Site Visits

When trying to bring events to Palm Beach County, engaging event rights holders to conduct a site visit or familiarization tour is one of the most beneficial event development strategies. Site visits allow for an event owner to explore potential sports venues while experiencing Palm Beach County’s tourism assets, such as hotels, restaurants, and attractions. Attached is a comprehensive list of the site visits that have been conducted in FY 23, and below is a breakdown of site visits conducted over the past month:

• United States Tennis Federation (USTA) – Billie Jean King Cup – Delray Beach Tennis Center, The Opal Grand, Aloft Delray Beach, Courtyard Marriott Delray Becah, Embassy Suites Boca

• Under Armour Junior Golf Tour – Under Armour Junior Tour Summer Nationals – PGA National Resort & Spa

• United Soccer League – USL Training – The Gardens North County District Park

• Toronto FC – Toronto FC Preseason Training – The Gardens North County District Park, Rinker Athletic Complex, FAU, The Canopy Hotel, PGA National Resort, Hilton WPB

• Legit Ballers / NFLPA – NFLPA 7v7 Flag Football – The Gardens North County District Park, PGA National Park, Village Park, Wellington High School

TEAMS Virtual Conference

Palm Beach County Sports Commission participated in the TEAMS Conference. TEAMS is the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports event industry, presented by Sports Travel Magazine. TEAMS attracts more than 1,000 attendees including CEO’s, executive directors, and event managers from sports organizations as well as representatives from sports commissions and convention bureaus, corporate sponsors, event suppliers and other hospitality industry opinion leaders. Palm Beach County will be hosting the TEAMS Conference in 2023.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission discussed event hosting opportunities with the following event owners at Connect Sports Virtual Marketplace:

NetLynx Sports

International Senior Softball

RCX Sports

3STEP Sports

Premier Soccer Services

USA Water Polo

East Coast Championships

Tygtal Exposure & Sports Consulting

USA Field Hockey

USA Table Tennis

World Wake Association

USA Gymnastics

Ripken Baseball American Jump Rope Federation Perfect Game

U90C Sports Elite Promotions Group Apex Championships RDU Sports

GWN Events

Teqball USA

Twisted Cat

Cool Events

Skate IDSA USA Baseball EVP Tour

Racelookup Foundation

Florida Sports Foundation NAGAAA

Compete Sports Diversity USA Badminton

We Build You Play Sports Elite Tournaments Junior Sports Association

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Site Visits -

FY23

Organization Event Location Site Visit Date

United

Palm Beach County Sports Commission / Palm Beach Gardens High School

Delray Beach Tennis Center, The Opal Grand, Aloft Delray Beach, Courtyard Marriott Delray Beach, Embassy Suites Boca 10/27-10/28/2022

The Holiday Basketball Classic of the Palm Beaches Palm Beach Gardens High School, DoubleTree PBG 10/20/2022

Legit Ballers / NFLPA NFLPA 7v7 Flag Football

The Gardens North County District Park, FAU, Rinker Athletic Complex, The Canopy Hotel, PGA National Resort, Hilton WPB 10/12/2022

The Gardens North County District Park, PGA National Park, Village Park, Wellington High School 10/6/2022

States Tennis Federation Billie Jean King Cup

Under Armour Junior Tour Under Armour Junior Tour Summer Nationals PGA National Resort 10/20/2022

United Soccer League USL Training The Gardens North County District Park 10/19/2022 Toronto FC Toronto FC Preseason Training

Communications-Digital Marketing

Marketing & Promotions

• Designed and/or distributed E Blasts

o Press releases published to PalmBeachSports.com

• XII FIP World Polo Championship Brings Polo’s Biggest Stage to The Palm Beaches

• Inner City Youth Golfers’ to Honor Sports Commission Senior Director

• World’s Top 54 Senior Golfers To Compete in TimberTech Championship

• Watch: The Palm Beach County Sports Commission's End of Year Video for 2022

Social Media & Digital Advertising

Social Media:

• Internally managing the PBCSC social media engagement

• Efficiently managing HubSpot marketing software to track our social media engagement, email distribution and more

Top performing social media posts:

• Inner City Youth Golfers’ Inc Community Giants announcement (Facebook)

• Lou Groza Award Save the Date (Twitter)

• FIP World Polo Championships comes to The Palm Beaches (LinkedIn)

• Astros make it to the World Series (Instagram)

ADVERTISING - FIP Polo World Championship

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission created a co branded banner that is hanging on the hospital in Wellington to help promote the FIP World Polo Championships. An ad is also in the event program promoting The Palm Beaches as a premier sports tourism destination.

ADVERTISING Holiday and Horses

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission will be represented in the Holiday and Horses promotional materials will the below ad.

XII FIP World Polo Championship Brings Polo’s Biggest Stage to The Palm Beaches

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – The Palm Beach County Sports Commission will host the XII Federation of International Polo (FIP) World Polo Championship in the United States for only the second time in the event's history and the first time in 24 years. This FIP World Polo Championship is the sport of polo’s biggest stage and will attract the best players from around the world to the National Polo Center in the Village of Wellington from October 29 – November 6, 2022.

The FIP World Polo Championship is an international competition that brings together polo players from all over the world. Representing the top 10 goal to 14 goal teams from across the globe, eight countries will contend for the highest honor in international polo competition during the XII FIP World Polo Championship.

The XII FIP World Polo Championship semi-finals and finals will be televised on ESPN. This event will also air live on Global Polo TV (GPTV), the world’s premier digital destination for polo. All games are internationally distributed to more than 150 nations.

Nearly 200 participants, which include the polo players along with their families and equestrian sports support staff, will travel to The Palm Beaches. The players and their support teams are expected to stay in Palm Beach County for between two and three weeks. In addition to the players, over 200 event related exhibitors, sponsors, and representatives from the FIP and IOC (International Olympic Committee) will attend. Moreover, this event is expected to draw approximately 2,500 traveling spectators and polo enthusiasts, which originate primarily from Latin American nations, Europe, and across the host nation (U.S.).

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission expects this event will create over 4,000 overnight accommodations for The Palm Beaches. Additionally, more than $5 million in economic impact is projected for Palm Beach County.

This event was secured through a bid submitted by the United States Polo Association (USPA)/ U.S. Polo Assn. A determining factor in winning this bid was the National Polo Center (NPC), which is in the Village of Wellington and will serve as the primary venue. Spanning nearly 250 acres, NPC is the largest and most spectator friendly polo facility in the United States. NPC currently features five polo fields to accommodate the XII FIP World Polo Championship. The Valiente Polo Farm will also serve as a host site.

“We are putting in a lot of resources to make this a world class event,” shared FIP United States Ambassador and USPA President Tony Coppola via press release. “No stone has been left unturned. The string of horses we are going to provide will be great and the facilities will be fantastic and at their prime. The USPA’s goal is to make this a world class tournament and showcase what we have now that we own NPC.”

Inner City Youth Golfers to Honor

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Senior Director with Community Giant Award

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Inner City Youth Golfers', Inc. has announced its 2022 Community Giant's Class. Among those being recognized with the honor is Palm Beach County Sports Commission Senior Director Michael Zeff.

While in the role as Senior Director of the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, Michael has done considerable work to form community partnerships and cultivate new opportunities for the youth of Palm Beach County through sport. Michael is intricately involved in the Sports Commission’s Palm Beach Sports Gives community initiatives and annual Kids Fitness Festival, introducing several thousand children each year to both traditional and non traditional sports. Michael was responsible for the creation of the Palm Beach County Sports Commission’s annual Back to School Football Fun Fest, created in partnership with the Miami Dolphins, Baptist Health, and Spirit of Giving, to provide school supplies to children in need and to emphasize education, physical fitness, and positive choices for youth in a safe and fun sports environment.

“Michael is one of the finest people our prestigious award can be given to for his dedication and overall commitment to our youth for many years,” said ICYG Executive Director Esmeralda H. Knowles.

Palm Beach County Mayor Robert Weinroth, Palm Beach County Sports Commission board members Stephanie Prince Springmyer (Market Manager & Vice President of ESPN West Palm/Good Karma Brands) and Reggie Laroche (Assistant Vice President of Baptist Health Orthopedic Care) will also be celebrated on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Eastpointe Country Club in Jupiter, FL.

Palm Beach County Mayor Robert Weinroth will be recognized for his outstanding leadership of tourism growth and sports development and his unwavering dedication to the Palm Beach County community.

Inner City Youth Golfers', Inc. was started with the vision of helping to make inner cities better places to live, work, shop, and enjoy life a little bit better through the sport of golf. “Golf is the Carrot & Education is the Key” is implemented through the establishment of the “Malachi and Essie Knowles Scholarship Fund.” Its corporate office is in Riviera Beach, FL (USA) where the first program was started at John F. Kennedy Middle Magnet School, followed by West Palm Beach Housing Authority Golf & Tennis (Bear Lakes Country Club), Palm Beach County Urban League, Riviera Beach Academic Summer Camp, and Indiantown Youth Club.

ICYG is specifically an academic excellence and golf program that uses excitement, etiquette, rules, behavior, dress, manners, and speech about golf to help inner city children focus on the positive, mold them into good citizens and make them future role models. Golf is provided on a scheduled basis after school, on selected Saturdays and holidays. School Teachers, law enforcement officials, and community role models serve as mentors while professional and amateur golfers provide golf instructions as generally prescribed by the PGA, LPGA, and USGA.

From left to right: Michael Zeff, Martha Clark, Malachi Knowles, Esmeralda H. Knowles, and George Linley at the 2021 African American Golfers Hall of Fame celebration.

World’s Top 54 Senior Golfers To Compete in TimberTech Championship

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – PGA Tour Champions will return to Palm Beach County for the 16th annual TimberTech Championship from October 31 November 6. This year’s event will remain in Boca Raton but will shift to Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club while its longtime host, the Broken Sound Club’s Old Course, undergoes renovations.

As the longest running professional golf tournament in Palm Beach County, the TimberTech Championship will act as the second event in the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs, attracting the world’s top 54 senior golfers. The golfers will compete for their share of the $2.2 million prize money and a spot in the season ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

The TimberTech Championship is expected to attract another star studded field, headlined by defending champion Steven Alker. Prior to Alker, the previous three TimberTech Championship winners were former major champions: Darren Clarke (2020), Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer (2019), and Mark Calcavecchia (2018).

Langer and Clarke, who recently became the fourth player to sweep The Open Championship and the Senior Open Championship, are expected to play in the TimberTech Championship, along with Padraig Harrington, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and Colin Montgomerie.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission projects the tournament will again create a strong economic impact for Palm Beach County. In 2021 the event attracted spectators from around the world and generated nearly $1.2 million in visitor spending for Palm Beach County. In addition to the in person attendance, viewers from around the world will see The Palm Beaches showcased each day with television coverage provided by the Golf Channel.

With a PGA Tour Champions fixture on The Palm Beaches’ professional golf resume that also includes a PGA Tour event (The Honda Classic), it is easy to see why Palm Beach County is Florida's Golf Capital®. The Palm Beaches are home to over 160 picturesque golf courses and a year round climate that makes it the perfect place to play. Palm Beach County has also been home to many premier amateur golf events including the Walker Cup and several NCAA national and regional championships.

For tickets to the 2022 TimberTech Championship, please click here.

VIRTUAL EVENT STUDIO OPENS AT MIZNER PARK IN BOCA RATON

Palm Beach County has a revolutionary new way to host events and create captivating content with stunning visuals. The Boca Raton Virtual Event Studio is a 100% done for you event venue, combined with a full service broadcast studio team.

The newly built 4,000 square foot facility will feature a state of the art 24x10' LED Video Wall. This new technology replaces the traditional green screen and gives production teams the ability to create visual effects in real-time without costly real-scene and on-location production.

This hybrid event/production studio is designed to host live shows, corporate events, keynote presentations and conferences, providing clients the option to host intimate audiences or go 100% virtual.

Located at Mizner Park in the City of Boca Raton, the Virtual Event Studio is powered by Groove.cm, Media Zone and XBlack Visuals offering a concierge and luxury approach to events and studio productions. Reserve this venue for your next event at MediaZoneStudios.com

JOSE FELICIANO DOCUM

The documentary film Behind This Guitar, chronicles the 55+ year career of nine time Grammy winner, Feliciano, from his humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to the world stage and a career that spans over half a century garnering nine Grammy awards. Family and friends along with Emilio Estefan Jr., Gloria Estefan himself tell the compelling story of the man who not only climbed the mountain of super stardom but defied the odds by simply making it to his first birthday.

The film is an Official Selection for several high profile film festivals including SXSW, Santa Barbara, Miami, Nashville along with Melbourne and Madrid International

The production team includes Emmy nominated, writer, producer, director, actor and host of the Student Showcase of Films, Frank Licari and was co directed by Helen Murphy and Khoa Le resulting in a compelling story of a blind Puerto Rican singer.

YOU, ME & MY EX ONE HAPPY FAMILY

From cohabiting, matching tattoos, raising children and the constant need to include their past partner in their current relationships, the couples on TLC’s You, Me and My Ex create and break rules on how to live their lives.

Season 1 showed us five couples attempt to bridge the gap between their past and present lives and bring their families together in some of the most unconventional ways. On the upcoming second season, we can expect another round of love, disagreements, shared spaces, conflicted feelings, and compromise as a new cast of couples come together. You may also notice a familiar background, as Boca Raton’s Red Reef Park was recently selected as a backdrop. To find out more on film friendly production locations in Palm Beach County, FL visit pbfilm.com/locations. Stream season one on demand and check your local listings for more information about the season two premiere.

COLLEGE TOUR IN THE PALM BEACHES

Amazon Prime’s television series The College Tour features The Palm Beaches during its recent visit to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton. FAU was originally featured in Season 3 of The College Tour, but crews circled back to spotlight a new student while highlighting some of what makes the area a great place to pursue higher education. The new segment introduces viewers to a second-year psychology major who shares her favorite things about the campus, Boca Raton and the surrounding area.

Crews filmed at South Beach Park, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center and Mizner Park in Boca Raton, as well as downtown Delray Beach. Watch the full episode on Amazon Prime or via The College Tour app. You can also watch a two minute clip on YouTube via https:// bit.ly/3TMNGmu.

ROAD TO BOCA BOWL, SEASON NINE

The RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl is played at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. ESPN Events, along with original league partners Conference USA (CUSA), American Athletic Conference (AAC) and Mid American Conference (MAC), launched the original competition in 2014. After expanding their conference agreements, participation was opened to include teams from all of the Group of 5 conferences Sun Belt Conference and Mountain West as well as CUSA, AAC, and MAC plus independents Army and Liberty alternating each year. Congratulations to the 2022 Roofclaim.com Boca Raton Bowl Idol Winner, Jillian Flaherty who will perform the National Anthem at the 2022 Roofclaim.com Boca Raton Bowl. Mark your calendars to watch the game on ESPN on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at 7pm.

JUST BRING YOUR GAME

FOCUS ON FILM

A FILM FESTIVAL WITH PURPOSE

Manny Mendez and Vic James started their journey in 2014 as two artists that wanted to use their craft as a tool to fuel and supplement their recovery. Together, they created The Art of Recovery Film Festival & Art Exhibit. This festival is in support of creatives, like themselves, who used artistic mediums to communicate through sobriety what they may not have been able to convey with words alone. Bringing together talent from across the country, the 6th annual festival is guaranteed to make headlines once again. On November 18th 19th, in conjunction with the Wellington Film Festival, The Art of Recovery Film Festival & Art Exhibit fundraiser will be at Stonzek Theater in Lake Worth, Florida. There you can find a combination of film, paintings, photography, and culture focusing on mental health, addiction and reminding everyone that recovery is possible. See more at www.theartofrecoveryfilmfestival.com.

SWEENEY TODD AT LYNN

The eight-time, Tony Award winning, including “Best Musical”, dark comedy Sweeny Todd recently performed at The Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL and has been deemed a bloody success! Assistant Professor of Drama and Head of Musical Theatre, Michael Hunsaker served as the director of the production with music and lyrics by composer Stephen Sondheim and story by Hugh Wheeler. The plot is one of an exiled barber seeking revenge against the judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife in 19th century London. The retaliation leads Todd to open a barbershop above Mrs. Lovett’s failing pie shop. And the desire for decimation inspires a special ingredient to be included into Mrs. Lovett's meat pies. The original 1979 musical was adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp in 2007 that netted $150M worldwide and has become a classic.

Top level sports are a huge deal in The Palm Beaches. Major League Baseball’s Spring Training brings World Series Champions, Houston Astros and other teams to warm up for the regular season. World class golf tournaments are live and in person at The Honda Classic and PGA champions battle it out at the Timber Tech event in Boca Raton. In fact, there are so many top level sports available in The Palm Beaches, there is an entire television series dedicated to it. In a new Just Bring Your Game television series, sponsored in part by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, you’ll see shows about golf, baseball, soccer, polo, equestrian, tennis, pickleball and even ice sports. Don’t miss the four episode series coming soon to The PalmBeaches TV.

LOU GROZA AWARD

Save the date! The 2022 Lou Groza Award celebration takes place Monday, December 5 at the West Palm Beach Marriott. During the past 20 years, many things have helped shape college football into the game that it is today. Near the top of that list is the increased importance of the kicking game. The Lou Groza winner announcement is made during the Home Depot College Football Awards which airs live on ESPN on December 5, 2022, where college football's brightest stars will be honored for their performance on and off the field. The Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award is a program of the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, a private, not for profit organization contracted by Palm Beach County to promote and market the County as a sports and sports tourism destination. For more information, please visit www.palmbeachsports.com

WELLINGTON FILM FESTIVAL

The Wellington Film Festival is a diverse showcase of films. With nearly 30 recognition categories, a primary goal of the festival is to provide a venue for student film artists and enthusiasts to have their work screened and featured in a film festival and film premiere setting. Now in its 6th year, the upcoming 2022 festival scheduled for November 18th 19th, will be held in person with attendees enjoying events in Wellington and the surrounding areas. This year, they will also partner with The Art of Recovery Film Festival & Art Exhibit, where there will be a combination of film, photography and paintings depicting mental health, substance use and recovery. This festival will feature both regional films local to Florida and international films as well and will reach audiences worldwide as there will now be a new free live stream option. For more event information, visit https:// filmfreeway.com/WellingtonFilmFestival

MURDER UNDER FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

A production team from New York, came to stay and record at The Palm Beaches this summer; they visited the Office of the State’s Attorney to record an interview regarding one of the cases highlighted in the show Murder Under the Friday Night Lights

Murder Under the Friday Night Lights is a documentary that shows the shocking, tragic crimes that rocked and divided tight knit high schools for football devoted communities when football is the town's lifeblood and real blood is spilled. Season 2 was officially renewed and premiers November 16, 2022. This true crime docuseries airs on the Discovery Network and can be streamed through most major streaming platforms

JAPANESE-INSPIRED BACKDROP IN PBC

The cast and crew of Puffin Iron visited The Palm Beaches to recreate the iconic training scenes from the famous black and white Japanese films of the 1960’s throughout the beautiful Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach

The independent comedy sports movie is about two out of shape guys who run out of money and resort to competing in a heavyweight lifting contest in hopes of winning the cash prize. The production team is especially proud of their work and enjoyed their experience in The Palm Beaches. The production team celebrated when Kevin Bright, the co creator of FRIENDS, join them as executive producer. Mr. Bright cited his admiration for the “Cheech & Chong” franchise as one of his reasons for joining the project. Other executive producers include Enzo di Bonaventura, Jasmina Proturovic, and Harry Rosado along with co directors Grant Rosado and Chris Rodriguez. The film stars Alexis Baca, Dennis Mallen and Denia Aponte

FRANK LICARI SHOWS OFF PALM BEACH COUNTY’S LATIN STYLE

On the Town in the Palm Beaches with Frank Licari just wrapped an upbeat look at Central and South American “Latin Style” for the first episode of Season 6. Licari and crew feature the sights, sounds, tastes and fashions that have their roots in Colombia, Brazil, Cuba and other Latin countries. Frank even tried on a 100 pound dress Brazilian dancers wear. The episode highlights the many cultures with in the County’s Hispanic community. “I learned so much about the differences here,” Producer Sally Lewis Heims says. OTT’s Latin style episode airs in December on South Florida PBS. Future episodes will feature family friendly fun, a Palm Beach County wellness tour and a look at European cultures. For more fun watch past OTT episodes on the Palm Beaches TV website Video on Demand section.

FLASHBACK FEATURE: FOLKS!

20 years ago, Briny Breezes and Boca Raton hosted scenes of the movie Folks! A 1992 comedy drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff and written by Robert Klane, starring Tom Selleck as a selfish successful young adult who takes in his parents, played by Don Ameche and Ann Jackson after their house burns down. Though critics at the time did not give the film a great rating, here at The Palm Beaches, we assure you it wasn't due to the scenery! Fun trivia facts about this film, Tom Selleck shaved off his trademark mustache for this movie, and he believes this was one of the factors that impacted the film's success.

LOCATION SPOTLIGHT SHOPPING IN THE PALM BEACHES

Antique Row will delight shoppers of historic items, with 40 shops full of 1 17th through 20th century antiques and lauded by Architectural Digest as one of the east coast’s premier antique shopping districts where some of the world’s best designers shop for clients along Dixie Highway in WPB.

Clematis Street is a strollers paradise in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach. The scene starts at Flagler Drive and the Intracoastal Waterway, travelling west you’ll find colorful boutiques, historic landmarks, live music, art galleries, furniture stores along with wine bars, breweries and restaurants. Just a few blocks away is the Square where shopping gets creative and a mix of old world and contemporary vibes collide. The two story, open air environment is textured with lush landscaping and beautiful hardscaping. There’s so many interesting angles at the Square and the entire property is an Instagram-worthy location.

Luxury and lifestyle brands will want to explore The Royal Poinciana Plaza with a variety of high end stores, two perfectly landscaped courtyards with outdoor furniture that invites people to relax and take in the beauty of the gardens and classic mid century architecture. To find the perfect backdrop for your project, visit our online database of film friendly locations online at pbfilm.com/locations.

EDUCATION CORNER PAST WINNERS—WHERE ARE THEY NOW

As the 28th Annual Student Showcase of Films (SSOF) gets underway, we are taking a look back at a few of our past winners and where they are now.

In 2000, Kelsey Scott was a student at Florida State University (FSU) and won first place in the College Feature Short Category for her film Buse. Today she is an award winning actress known for her work in Insecure, How to Get Away with Murder, 12 Years a Slave, and Fear of the Walking Dead: Passage.

Lee Cipolla entered the SSOF competition as a high school student in 2002 and took first place for his film Taken Away. After graduating from the University of Central Florida, he worked on high profile projects as an editor and has brought his personal scripts to life. He is known for his newest project Rally Caps starring Judd Hirsch and Shift with Danny Glover and Leo Olivia

Taking third place in the college feature category in 2003 for the project titled A Work in Progress was Wes Ball from FSU. Ball’s early work concentrated in animation and visual effects which caught the attention of 20th Century Fox executives and he was offered to direct The Maze Runner. He is known for the Maze Runner trilogy, Phoenix Forgotten and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

The Student Showcase of Films is Now Open for Entries! Go to pbfilm.com/ for rules and details.

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Robert S. Weinroth, Mayor | Gregg K. Weiss, Vice Mayor

Maria G. Marino | Dave Kerner | Maria Sachs | Melissa McKinlay | Mack Bernard Verdenia Baker, County Administrator

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Production Activity Report

For September 2022

Variance Explanations

Percentage change variances of ± 10% in performance statistics are explained in this section

Historical Context (COVID-19): Please refer to the March 2020 - December 2021 Production Activity Reports for a full timeline of the pandemic’s impact on Palm Beach County’s production industry.

1. Production Revenue: A 16% YTD increase in Total Productions is due to production companies undertaking projects with larger budgets. Members of the production community continue to express that the volume of business is nearly back to pre pandemic levels, noting that current projects are of high impact.

2. Total Hotel Room Nights: A 14% YTD decrease in Total Hotel Room Nights is due to having fewer visiting productions coming to our County now that states like California and New York have reopened. The FTC is currently monitoring a visiting production that has been working in our County since Labor Day and will be here through March 2023. Once that production’s hotel room nights are added to the count, we anticipate seeing these numbers improve.

3. Total Productions: A 23% YTD decrease in Total Productions is due to production rich states like California and New York reopening after their lengthy COVID 19 shutdowns. The Palm Beaches largely benefited from those shutdowns in 2021, resulting in higher production activity in the preceding year. This decrease is a natural correction from the higher than usual production activity that occurred in 2021. That said, there were 14 productions that received permits during September 2022, which is the same number of permits issued in September 2021.

4. Total Leads: A 27% decrease is a correction from the unusually high production activity that occurred during the first quarter of 2021, as noted above. Recently, FTC Staff met with state Film Commissioner Niki Welge to better understand the challenges related to Leads. Ms. Welge explained that they too have seen a sharp decrease in inquiries, pointing to technology and the ease for location managers to do it themselves virtually. The FTC plans to attend production related conferences and/or events in 2023 to generate new leads to our County.

5. Total Lead Responses: A 27% decrease in Total Lead Responses goes hand in hand with the decrease in Total Leads (as described above). Leads are handled carefully, providing specific resource information tailored to each project to include a customized Locations Package, if applicable.

6. Lead Conversions: A 48% YTD decrease in Lead Conversions can be attributed to a few reasons: 1) there are some leads where the locations requested are for private properties, and productions have not confirmed whether they utilized our recommendations; 2) Leads coming from the state office are looking for locations that are specifically out of our region, and/or 3) there have been cancellations of projects due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic and the spread of the BA.2 subvariant. Also, a decrease in Total Leads - as noted above - will contribute to the decrease in Lead Conversions.

7. Website Unique Visitors: A 15% decrease in Website Unique Visitors is a 10 percentage point increase from the previous month (August 2022). Earlier in the year, Website Unique Visitors was down nearly 40%. To that point, FTC Staff remains focused on sharing content and marketing materials that drive traffic back to the FTC website whenever possible.

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Sharp Entertainment LLC New York, NY

September 2022 Permits & Shot No Permits

The Palm Beach County exterior property surrounding the 1916 Courthouse-300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 90 Day Fiance 5 1 10 0 3 Travelodge by Wyndham

22-222 9 Sharp Entertainment LLC New York, NY

22-223

Revised 9 Tasharazzi Photography Lake Worth, FL

Singer Island/Riviera Beach Municipal Beach2511 Ocean Avenue, Singer Island, FL 33404 Bicentennial Park At Marina Village-190 E 13th St, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 90 Day Fiance 5 4 10 0 3 Travelodge by Wyndham

Gulfstream Park-4489 N Ocean Blvd, Delray Beach, FL 33483 Beach Pumpkin Patch 4 2 2 0 0 N/A

1- Dubois Park-19075 Dubois Rd, Jupiter, FL 33477

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Revised 9

22-225 9

ITV US Holdings, Inc. & its subsidiaries Including High Noon Entertainment Jupiter, FL

ITV US Holdings, Inc. & its subsidiaries Including High Noon Entertainment Jupiter, FL

2- Jupiter Beach Park1375 Jupiter Beach Rd, Jupiter, FL 33477 Once Upon A Time In Jupiter 5 1 12 0 0 N/A

The public sidewalks along Love St. and Clemons St. Jupiter, FL 33477 Once Upon A Time In Jupiter 5 1 12 0 0 N/A

22-226 9 Tiburoso Films LLC Tallahassee , FL

Anchor Park-340 S Ocean Blvd, Delray Beach, FL 33483 Worthing Park-150 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444 Lori Berman Campaign Shoot 2 1 10 0 0 N/A

22-227 9 Monica Sanchiz West Palm Beach, FL

22-228 9 Monica Sanchiz West Palm Beach, FL

Juno Beach Park and Pier-14775 SR A1A, Juno Beach, FL 33408 CORRE 11 1 5 5 0 N/A

The public sidewalks on Northwood Rd. from Broadway to US Hwy 1 , West Palm Beach, FL 33407 CORRE 11 1 5 5 0 N/A

22-229 9 Monica Sanchiz West Palm Beach, FL

1-Juno Beach Town Hall: 340 Ocean Dr, Juno Beach, FL 33408

2-Juno Beach Public Beach Access, JB-6: 398 Mercury Rd, Juno Beach, FL 33408 CORRE 11 1 5 5 0 N/A

22-230 9 Unfelt LLC Sunny Isles Beach, FL

OCEANFRONT PARK 6415 N OCEAN BLV OCEAN RIDGE FL 33435 Unfelt ? 1 15 0 0 N/A

Gulfstream Park-4489 N Ocean Blvd, Delray Beach, FL 33483 Under My Implants 5 1 2 1 0 N/A 22-232 9 Orensis Films Bradenton, FL

22-231 9 Well World TV Delray Beach, FL

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Unfelt LLC Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Park Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33483

Old Dixie Hwy, Delray Beach, FL 33483 (AREAS) The Call 7 2 13 13 0 N/A

Patch Reef Park-2000 Yamato Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Kia Delray commercial shoot 2 2 15 0 0 N/A 22-233 9 Signature Paradise Realty International Boca Raton, FL Carousel at Sugar Sand Park Photo for Boca Life Magazine Article 4 0 0 0 0 N/A 22-234 9 WIZARD STUDIOS LLC North Palm Beach, FL

Jamey Stillings Photography Inc. Santa Fe, NM

Waterway near Square Grouper, 1111 Love St, Jupiter, FL 33477, and the intracoastal waters in all directions Once Upon A Time In Jupiter

private home:714 Berkeley St, Boca Raton FL 33487 Unfelt

Worth Clock Tower and surrounding sidewalks and walkways on S. Ocean Blvd.

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0 0 0 0 N/A

5 20 2 0 N/A

FAU Owls FootballCBS Sports - FAU vs UCF

10 2 25 15 0 N/A

Palm Beach Convention Center

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS REPORT-BUDGET COMPARISON

For the 12 Months Ending September 2022

Period To Date

Year To Date

OPERATING REVENUE

SPACE RENTAL 168,630 140,000 28,630 2,431,212 1,832,000 599,212 2,431,212 1,832,000 599,212

ADVERTISING INCOME 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0

NET BUILDING SERVICES REVENUE 38,335 19,200 19,135 562,939 330,200 232,739 562,939 330,200 232,739

NET F&B REVENUE 210,457 174,800 35,657 1,275,181 1,037,000 238,181 1,275,181 1,037,000 238,181

NET PARKING 25,732 15,300 10,432 616,156 342,000 274,156 616,156 342,000 274,156

NET EXHIBITOR SERVICES 18,625 38,000 (19,375) 116,948 121,000 (4,052) 116,948 121,000 (4,052)

NET AUDIO VISUAL 31,303 36,100 (4,797) 428,978 270,300 158,678 428,978 270,300 158,678

NET MISC INCOME(EXPENSE) (7,301) (6,430) (871) 271,764 (32,500) 304,264 271,764 (32,500) 304,264

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 485,781 416,970 68,811 5,703,178 3,900,000 1,803,178 5,703,178 3,900,000 1,803,178

OPERATING EXPENSES

EXECUTIVE 89,318 77,330 (11,988) 433,192 435,000 1,809 433,192 435,000 1,809

MARKETING 53,739 61,340 7,601 401,060 493,000 91,940 401,060 493,000 91,940

FINANCE 22,471 27,320 4,849 134,154 272,000 137,846 134,154 272,000 137,846

EVENT PRODUCTION 42,212 34,970 (7,242) 302,487 349,000 46,513 302,487 349,000 46,513

OPERATIONS - ADMIN/OVRHEAD 204,725 201,270 (3,455) 1,980,828 2,432,000 451,172 1,980,828 2,432,000 451,172

OPERATIONS - SECURITY 31,906 28,790 (3,116) 299,599 361,000 61,401 299,599 361,000 61,401

OPERATIONS - IT 13,209 18,260 5,051 139,536 234,000 94,464 139,536 234,000 94,464

OPERATIONS - PARKING 22,054 24,290 2,236 252,183 345,000 92,817 252,183 345,000 92,817 OVERHEAD 70,014 56,440 26,426 397,786 379,000 21,214 397,786 379,000 21,214

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 549,648 530,010 20,362 4,340,825 5,300,000 999,176 4,340,825 5,300,000 999,176

NET OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) (63,867) (113,040) 49,173 1,362,353 (1,400,000) 2,762,353 1,362,353 (1,400,000) 2,762,353

OPERATIONAL CAPITAL EXPENSES 0 10,000 (10,000) 26,949 50,000 (23,051) 26,949 50,000 (23,051)

NET OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) AFTER CAP-X (63,867) (123,040) 59,173 1,335,404 (1,450,000) 2,785,404 1,335,404 (1,450,000) 2,785,404

Balance Brought Forward 1,897,742 (1,897,742) 1,897,742 (1,897,742)

Transfers In 1st Cent Fund 1,500,000 (1,500,000) 1,500,000 (1,500,000)

Statutory Holdback (210,659) 210,659 (210,659) 210,659

Pool Investment Interest Income 2,959 5,264 (2,305) 13,780 63,162 (49,382) 13,780 63,162 (49,382)

City of WPB Contributions 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000

Statutory Holdback Return PYF

Total Direct County Revenue* 2,959 5,264 (2,305) 263,780 3,500,245 (3,236,465) 263,780 3,500,245 (3,236,465)

Direct County Expenses

Legal Services 417 417 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000

Insurance & Surety Bonds 47,500 47,500 495,610 570,000 74,390 495,610 570,000 74,390

Inspector General Fee 1,313 1,313 4,492 15,750 11,258 4,492 15,750 11,258

Materials/Supplies Operating/Other 525 525 6,300 6,300 6,300 6,300

Operating Expenses Indirect 42,419 21,887 (20,532) 121,318 262,638 141,320 121,318 262,638 141,320

PBCCC Incentive Funding 11,256 14,333 3,077 65,676 172,000 106,324 65,676 172,000 106,324

Total Direct County Expenses* 53,675 85,974 32,299 687,096 1,031,688 344,592 687,096 1,031,688 344,592

Net Income (Loss) (114,583) (203,751) 89,167 912,088 1,018,557 (106,469) 912,088 1,018,557 (106,469)

Palm Beach Convention Center

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS REPORT-PRIOR YEAR COMPARISON

For the Ten Months Ending July 2022

Period To Date Year To Date

Actual YTD Actual YTD Current Year Prior Year Variance Current Year Prior Year Variance

OPERATING REVENUE

SPACE RENTAL 168,630 84,375 84,255 2,431,212 1,097,308 1,333,904

ADVERTISING INCOME 0 0 0 0 10,000 (10,000)

NET BUILDING SERVICES REVENUE 38,335 5,683 32,651 562,939 252,441 310,498

NET F&B REVENUE 210,457 11,961 198,496 1,275,181 46,103 1,229,078

NET PARKING 25,732 4,188 21,543 616,156 250,318 365,837

NET EXHIBITOR SERVICES 18,625 3,636 14,989 116,948 61,537 55,411

NET AUDIO VISUAL 31,303 13,512 17,791 428,978 172,964 256,015

NET MISC INCOME(EXPENSE) (7,301) 3,024 (10,325) 271,764 107,785 163,979

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 485,781 126,379 359,400 5,703,178 1,998,456 3,704,722

OPERATING EXPENSES

EXECUTIVE 89,318 29,221 (60,097) 433,192 304,739 (128,452)

MARKETING 53,739 31,524 (22,215) 401,060 330,830 (70,230)

FINANCE 22,471 5,250 (17,221) 134,154 95,012 (39,142)

EVENT PRODUCTION 42,212 26,301 (15,911) 302,487 234,824 (67,663)

OPERATIONS - ADMIN/OVRHEAD 204,725 174,261 (30,463) 1,980,828 1,537,390 (443,438)

OPERATIONS - SECURITY 31,906 13,769 (18,137) 299,599 227,102 (72,498)

OPERATIONS - IT 13,209 12,660 (549) 139,536 152,594 13,059

OPERATIONS - PARKING 22,054 18,047 (4,007) 252,183 228,063 (24,120) OVERHEAD 70,014 42,814 12,800 397,786 348,831 (8,955)

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 549,648 353,847 (155,800) 4,340,825 3,459,385 (841,439)

NET OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) (63,867) (227,468) 163,601 1,362,353 (1,460,929) 2,823,282

OPERATIONAL CAPITAL EXPENSES 0 4,419 (4,419) 26,949 (8,058) 35,008

NET OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) AFTER CAP-X (63,867) (231,887) 168,020 1,335,404 (1,452,871) 2,788,275

COUNTY FUNDING ACTIVITY

FUNDING RECEIVED FROM COUNTY 785,258 651,346 133,912 4,191,563 3,451,327 740,237 FUNDING PAID TO COUNTY (821,711) (521,615) (300,096) (5,703,178) (1,998,456) (3,704,721)

TOTAL NET COUNTY FUNDING ACTIVITY (36,453) 129,731 (166,184) (1,511,615) 1,452,871 2,964,486

NET F&B OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) AFTER COUNTY FUNDING (100,320) (102,156) 1,836 (176,211) - (176,211)

Frag Swap

TDC Marketing Report – November 2022

November Events

11/11/22 11/12/22 200 Consumer Definite

Home Design Outdoor Living Expo 11/11/22 11/13/22 1,200 Consumer Definite Jeudy Wedding Reception 11/11/22 11/11/22 250 Banquet Definite NABITA Annual Conference 11/13/22 11/18/22 600 Conference Definite

Broad Arrow Group Car Auction 11/14/22 11/21/22 1,200 Consumer Definite

Cheney Brothers 11/18/22 11/18/22 300 Meeting Definite

Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Latino Americana 11/25/22 11/27/22 1,500 Meeting Definite Chamber of Commerce 11/29/22 11/29/22 250 Banquet Tentative

Social Media

Social Media Followers

Facebook 8,694 (September) to 8,696 (October)

Instagram 2,430 (September) to 2,447 (October)

LinkedIn 418 (September) to 455 (October)

Instagram Monthly Total

Interactions 183 (September) to 202 (October)

Impressions 5,533 (September) to 5,212 (October)

Reach 664 (September) to 814 (October)

Generate Profile Visits 313 (September) to 284 (October)

Facebook Monthly Total

People Reached 1,200 (September) to 1,684 (October)

Post Engagements 14,102 (September) to 1,622 (October) Page Likes 22 (September) to 12 (October)

LinkedIn Profile Views 80 (September) to 79 (October) Engagements 69 (September) to 91 (October) Impressions 2,803 (September) to 3,149 (October) Connections 339 (September)

Google Analytics

Media

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Kids to be treated like A list celebs as the walk the red carpet WPTV [google.com] WPTV ... tuxedos, gowns, and even a 100 foot red carpet at the Little Smiles Stars Ball happening this weekend at the Palm Beach County Convention Center

Developer touts growth in West Palm to Palm Beach Chamber breakfast crowd [google.com] Palm Beach Daily News ... to West Palm Beach in 2011 to take the lead on executing the West Palm Beach Hilton project next to the Palm Beach County Convention Center

Kids walking the red carpet like A list celebrities Yahoo News [google.com] Yahoo News ... WPTV's T.A. Walker is shining the light on the LIttle Smiles Stars Ball happening this weekend at the Palm Beach County Convention Center

October 2022 Project Status Report

Department of Environmental Resources Management

Sawfish Island Restoration Project: Sand is being moved from Sawfish Island in Jupiter to the Tarpon Cove Restoration Project in West Palm Beach At Sawfish, the sand is placed into a surge pile where the excavator then moves the material via conveyor system onto a barge for transport. The barge is then pushed by a tug boat 15 miles to the Tarpon Cove site where the spoil is beneficially re used to create additional seagrass habitat in the LWL The contractor is able to move approximately 350 cubic yards of material with each trip and there is a total of 18,000 cubic yards of sand to be moved

SOUTHERN BLVD BRIDGE REEF

Weeding for the Birds: ERM staff hosted volunteer events at two Lake Worth Lagoon (LWL) nesting bird islands. Volunteers from the County’s Adventure Awaits series, Audubon Everglades, and the El Cid Neighbors traveled by kayak to Bryant Park and by boat to Tarpon Cove They worked extremely hard using their hands and various tools to remove large amounts of crow’s foot grass and other weeds from the bird nesting mounds These community weeding efforts were developed to maintain clean open habitat for the continued nesting, foraging, and fledging success of three protected bird species: American Oystercatchers, Least Terns, and Black Skimmers.

Southern Blvd. Bridge Reef: While the grand opening of the new Southern Blvd. drawbridge is certainly exciting to drivers and pedestrians, what happened to the temporary bridge is even cooler for the environment Over 1,000 tons of the temporary roadway was recently placed on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway just south of the bridge. This artificial reef area, which has been receiving bridge material since 2018, is a popular inshore fishing location and now offers additional habitat for species like jacks, sheepshead, and permit This project has been a mutually beneficial and successful partnership between ERM and the Florida Department of Transportation.

WEEDING FOR THE BIRDS

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners

Robert S. Weinroth, Mayor, Gregg K. Weiss, Vice Mayor, Maria G. Marino, Dave Kerner, Maria Sachs, Melissa McKinlay, Mack Bernard

SAWFISH ISLAND

Tarpon Cove Seagrass: With the help of a County volunteer, ERM staff collected samples of three species of seagrass to be documented and vouchered with a Florida herbarium These species are the first to be vouchered in the LWL in over 20 years and the first species to be vouchered at a LWL restoration site The Tarpon Cove Habitat Restoration Project has thus far created approximately 7 acres of new seagrass habitat. This summer, ERM biologists conducted a preliminary seagrass survey and observed all three of seagrass species in the shallow areas around the islands, with some areas showing up to 31% seagrass coverage

KAYAK TOUR FOR MIGRANT EDUCATION

Burn Presentation: ERM staff gave a presentation to the Palm Beach Pack and Paddle Club about the use of prescribed fire to manage natural landscapes, and how Palm Beach County is restoring natural fire return intervals to promote biodiversity within its preserve system Participants learned about the history of fire in Florida, considerations that go into planning a prescribed burn, and strategies for burning in the wildland-urban interface.

Hike Through the Dead Woods: ERM staff and volunteers transformed North Jupiter Flatwoods Natural Area into the Dead Woods for a fun Halloween “haunted” hike Over 300 brave souls enjoyed this free, family friendly event! A boo tiful time was had by all

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Program: Nine students from the Migrant Education Program were led on a kayak trip around Winding Waters Natural Area by ERM staff and volunteers from Sierra Club's PBC Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO) What began as a stormy morning for these new paddlers opened up to sunny skies and perfect paddling weather. The youth were given an overview of the restoration work that went into recreating the wetlands, and got a firsthand view of the diverse native flora and fauna! A picnic lunch outside at Dyer Park topped off the day

Sea Turtle Nesting Season: October 31st marked the official last day of sea turtle nesting season in southeast Florida Although the season is technically coming to an end, there are still nests incubating on the beaches of Palm Beach County Green turtles nest slightly later in the season compared to other species, typically beginning in June and ending around late September Some of the green nests laid later in the season could remain on the beach to incubate until around mid December

UPCOMING ERM EVENTS

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners

Robert S. Weinroth, Mayor, Gregg K. Weiss, Vice Mayor, Maria G. Marino, Dave Kerner, Maria Sachs, Melissa McKinlay, Mack Bernard

Prescribed

Adventure Awaits: Register NOW for a FREE event at PBCERM EVENTBRITE COM!

November 9: SUNSET HIKE at Pondhawk

November 10: WILDFLOWER WALK at Cypress Creek

November 17: BIO BLITZ at Loxahatchee Slough

October 27: EVENING BUGGY BIO BLITZ at Pine Glades

PADDLE GRASS

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

TRAFFIC REPORT

for the period ended September 2022

Sept 2022 Sept 2021

Percent Change

12 Months ended Sept 2022

12 Months ended Sept 2021 Percent Change

Total Passengers 397,355 351,774 13.0% 6,525,846 4,264,037 53.0%

Total Estimated Seat Capacity (1) 484,894 437,731 10.8% 7,825,620 6,112,645 28.0%

Estimated Load Factor (2) 81.9% 80.4% 1.6% 83.4% 69.8% 13.6%

Total Cargo Tons (3) 2,315 2,430 -4.7% 30,559 31,155 -1.9%

Landed Weight (thousands of lbs) 249,404 223,660 11.5% 3,835,445 3,032,890 26.5%

Air Carrier Operations (4) 3,380 3,026 11.7% 51,620 41,312 25.0%

GA & Other Operations (5) 5,726 6,206 -7.7% 121,337 105,677 14.8%

Total Operations (5) 9,106 9,232 -1.4% 172,957 146,989 17.7%

(1) Estimated Seat Capacity; Adjusted Innovata/OAG Scheduled seats, actual capacity may vary

(2) Percentage Change in load factor is stated in absolute difference

(3) Freight plus mail in US Tons

(4) Landings plus Takeoffs, includes cargo carriers

(5) Per FAA Tower

Palm Beach County Department of Airports 846 PBIA, West Palm Beach , FL 33406-1470 www.pbia.org

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

ENPLANEMENT TRAFFIC REPORT for the period ended September 2022

Airline Percentage of Market

12 Months ended Sept 2022 Enplaned Passengers Market Share Enplaned Passengers Market Share

Sept 2022

Total Enplaned Passengers 201,952 100.00% 3,262,870 100.00%

Delta Air Lines 65,040 32.21% 832,189 25.50%

JetBlue Airways 55,092 27.28% 872,698 26.75%

American Airlines 39,752 19.68% 658,931 20.19%

United 18,355 9.09% 384,711 11.79%

Southwest Airlines 13,597 6.73% 200,262 6.14%

Allegiant Air, LLC 3,926 1.94% 60,757 1.86%

Avelo Airlines Inc 2,914 1.44% 28,946 0.89%

Frontier Airlines 2,190 1.08% 162,023 4.97%

Sun Country, Inc. a Minnesota 574 0.28% 10,308 0.32%

Bahamasair 512 0.25% 7,413 0.23%

Spirit Airlines 0.00% 26,557 0.81%

Air Canada - 0.00% 13,642 0.42%

Breeze Aviation Group, Inc. 0.00% 4,099 0.13%

Swift Air 0.00% 334 0.01%

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

TRAFFIC REPORT for the period ended September 2022

Change in Enplanements by Airline

Change in Month to Month enplanements Enplaned Passengers Enplaned Passengers Change Percentage Change

Sept 2022 Sept 2021

Total Enplaned Passengers 201,952 174,849 27,103 15.5%

Delta Air Lines 65,040 44,627 20,413 45.7%

JetBlue Airways 55,092 43,150 11,942 27.7%

American Airlines 39,752 42,134 (2,382) -5.7%

United 18,355 19,283 (928) -4.8%

Southwest Airlines 13,597 14,256 (659) -4.6%

Allegiant Air, LLC 3,926 3,773 153 4.1%

Avelo Airlines Inc 2,914 2,914 n/a

Frontier Airlines 2,190 4,969 (2,779) -55.9%

Sun Country, Inc. a Minnesota 574 137 437 319.0%

Bahamasair 512 386 126 32.6%

Spirit Airlines 2,134 (2,134) -100.0%

AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL

Monthly Airport Traffic Statistics

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America Palm Beach International Airport for the period ended September 2022 Sept 2022 Sept 2021

Passenger Aircraft 3,220 2,860 Cargo Aircraft 160 166

Total Air Transport Movements 3,380 3,026 General Aviation and Other Aircraft Movements 5,726 6,206 Total Aircraft Movements* 9,106 9,232

International Passengers (enplaned + deplaned) 916 692

Domestic Passengers (enplaned + deplaned) 396,439 351,082

Total Terminal Passengers 397,355 351,774

International Cargo (loaded + unloaded)** Domestic Cargo (loaded + unloaded)** 2,105 2,209 Total Cargo (loaded + unloaded)** 2,105 2,209

* Per FAA Tower ** In metric tons as required by ACI reporting standards includes Mail plus Freight

CONTRACT/VENDOR

SPORTS COMMISSION

FY2023 CONTRACT TRACKING REPORT

CONTRACTURAL EFF DATE EXP DATE RENEWAL (and/or) EXPENSES STATUS

$7,529,171 10/1/22 9/30/27 (2022-1019)

CULTURAL COUNCIL $14,454,719 10/1/22 9/30/27 (R2022-1017)

FILM & TV COMMISSION $3,173,063 10/1/22 9/30/27 (2022-1018)

DPBC $31,327,073 10/1/22 9/30/27 (2022-1024)

SUBCONTRACTS OVER $100,000

PBCFTC Olympusat

$590,000, 118,000 annually 8/1/22 7/30/27 initial five yr. agreement Pd in monthly installments

DPBC-Simpleview, LLC $106,012 annually, pd 10/1/22 9/30/23 4-1 yr renewals Web Based Services monthly at $8,834.33. R2022 0636

DPBC-Zimmerman, LLC $840,000 annually 10/1/22 9/30/27 1- 5yr. agreement R2018-1121 -Creative Design pd mo. $70,000

DPBC-Madden Preprint Media, LLC $146,650 phase 1 10/1/22 9/30/24 initial 2yr agreement with Website Design $98,760 phase 2 2 additional 2yr. renewals Pd monthly at $8,230

$192,000 @ $16,000 mo. 10/1/18 9/30/23 one (1) 2-yr renewal R2018 1120 Public Relations optional services not to one (1) 1 yr renewal with ext. for COVID

DPBC-Zimmerman Agency LLC

exceed $58,000 for a total of $250,000 R2021-0160 Contract Extension 9/30/21 3/31/21 1st Amendment Covid Extension R2021-0866 4/1/21 3/31/22 2nd Amendment one (1) 1-yr extension R2022-0637 4/1/22 9/30/23 3RD Amendment

Culture-Push, Inc. Marketing Services $201,000 annual fee not to 10/1/21 9/30/22 Initial 1 yr. with 2, 2yr. renewals (R2021 0401) exceed $300,000 including travel (R2022 0788) and other out of pocket 10/1/22 9/30/2024 2nd renewal of 2yrs

DPBC-Professional $175,000 10/1/19 9/30/22 In negotiation Convention Management Amended 9/13/2020 Association (PCMA) decrease amount to (sole Source) $133,500

DPBC-Brand USA $400,000 Fall 2021 Fall 2022

CONVENTION CENTER

CC-Management Oakview Group not to exceed $202,180 7/1/17 9/30/23 Extended

CC-F&B Oakview Group (OVG) Benefits received 10/1/15 9/30/22 (2022-0948) $260,000 over term

DPBC - FOREIGN MARKETING

DPBC-Vox International, Inc. $30,000 annually 2/18/19 2/17/20 initial term, 4-1yr renewals (Canada) 2/18/20 2/17/21 1st of 4-1yr. renewals 2/18/21 9/30/21 10/1/21 2/1/23 2nd of 4 1yr renewals

DPBC-LMG Management $30,000 annually 2/18/19 2/17/20 initial term, 4-1yr renewals (Germany) 2/18/20 2/17/21 1st of 4 1yr. renewals

2/18/21 9/30/21 10/1/21 2/1/23 2nd of 4 1yr renewals

DPBC_Interamerican Network Communicacao $30,000 annually E Marketing LTDA

2/18/19 2/17/20 initial term, 4-1yr renewals 2/18/20 2/17/21 On hold 1st of 4 1yr. renewals

DPBC-AviaReps $30,000 annually, each 2/18/19 2/17/20 initial term, 4 1yr renewals (Mexico)

2/18/20 2/17/21 1st of 4 1yr. renewals 2/18/21 9/30/21 10/1/21 2/1/23 2nd of 4-1yr. renewal Colombia $30,000 annually 10/1/21 2/1/23 2nd of 4-1yr. renewal

O:TDC/Tdcmtgs2022/ContractTrackingReport/Tracking Report Oct.

5. BUSINESS

To: Tourist Development Council

Fr: Emanuel Perry EP

Date: November 8, 2022

Topic: TDC Dashboard November Report Activity September and FYTD 2022

Bed Tax Collections

September 2022 collected in October @ $4M compared to the same month last year @ $3M was an increase of 34%. Actual September was 23% above Budget and (1%) below than the prior month @ $4M. Actual September was 63% higher than 2019, a new record for any September since reporting started.

FYTD 22 Collections @ $78M, were higher than last fiscal year to date’s $51M by 53%, reflecting a strong recovery from the pandemic. Fiscal Year to Date collections at $78M are pacing 56% ahead of the Approved Budget. FYTD collections of $78M, 44% higher than our Record 2019.

Highlights Key Room Metrics:

Rooms Sold for Sept 345,216 24% higher than last year. Rooms Available for Sept 556,800 2% higher than last year Hotel Rooms Active Today in the County 18,560

Occupancy Sept 2022 62.0% up 21.8% over last year Occupancy Sept 2021 50.9% Occupancy Sept 2018 60.2% Average Daily Rate Sept $170.76, 12.2% higher than Last Year; 44% above 2019 Revenue/Available Room Sept 22 $105.86 higher than the prior September by 36.6%

Hotel Room Net Sales FY23 Year over Year Sept

Increased 38% @ $56M vs $41M

Non Hotel Room Sales FY23 Year over Year Sept Increased 30% @ $9.5M vs $7.3M

Hotel Room Net Sales FYTD 2022

Non Hotel Room Sales FYTD 2022

FYTD 2022 Taxable Revenues Fiscal Year over FY2021

Increased 55% @ $1B vs $697M

Increased 22% @ $195M vs $159M

Increased 49% @ $1 28B vs $857M

FYTD 2022 Taxable Revenues Fiscal Year over FY2019 Increased 45% @ $1 28B vs $880M

Palm Beach International Traffic

Total Passengers Sept. 2022 397,355 13% higher than Sept. 2021

Total Estimated Seat Capacity 484,894 11% higher than Sept. 2021

PBI Passengers 12 Month Rolling 6,525,846 53% increase to last year same period.

Leisure & Hospitality Employment for Sept. 92,100 14% higher than the same month last year

Hotel Employment 10,200 13% higher than last year

F&B 63,000 16% higher than last year

Arts & Entertainment 18,900 6% higher than last year

5.A.1

Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council 2195 Southern Boulevard, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 D (561) 233 3130 D FACSIMILE (561) 233 3113

Tourist Development Council Dashboard

Tourist Development Council Dashboard

Current Month 2023 vs. 2019 Fiscal Month 5.A.1

Month- Net Rental Revenue Net Non-Hotel Room Revenues Net Hotel Room Revenues

$2,955,369

$35,361,528 $56,544,384

$9,498,683 $0 $10,000,000 $20,000,000 $30,000,000 $40,000,000 $50,000,000 $60,000,000 $70,000,000 Sep-18 Sept-22

September 2022 Net Hotel Sales increased 60% over Year 2019, Non-Hotel Sales increased 221% over Year 2019

$3,997,667 $2,987,573 $0 $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $3,000,000 $3,500,000 $4,000,000 $4,500,000 Sep-18

Sept-22

September Collections for October 2022 were 62% above September FY19. This was a Record, the highest FY September of Collections ever, 53% above September FY22.

September 2022 Hotel Room Nights Sold increased 13% over FY 2019 for the same month.

September 2022 Hotel Room Nights Available for Sale increased 12% over Year 2019. 18,560 Rooms Open.

September 2022 Passengers through PBI increased 10% over FY 2019 for the same month September 2022 Est. Seat Capacity at PBI increased 3% over FY 2019 for same month

$10,000,000 $20,000,000 $30,000,000 $40,000,000 $50,000,000 $60,000,000 $70,000,000 $80,000,000 $90,000,000

1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 4,500,000 5,000,000 5,500,000 6,000,000

PALM BEACH COUNTY

Tourist Development Council Bed Tax Collections

GROSS COLLECTIONS

YR TO YR YTD (COLLECTION) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 % CHANGE % CHANGE

MONTH: INDUSTRY

SEP (OCT) 1,405,509 1,370,952 1,621,608 1,973,649 2,178,273 2,438,227 2,461,559 2,214,097 1,978,098 2,987,573 3,997,667 33.81% 33.81% OCT (NOV) 1,785,170 1,635,182 1,857,806 1,989,072 2,725,682 3,083,157 3,303,783 3,314,441 1,996,505 4,522,098 N/A N/A

NOV (DEC) 1,794,668 2,516,341 2,751,115 3,640,904 3,594,244 4,200,587 4,035,601 4,372,073 2,444,609 5,595,556 N/A N/A

DEC (JAN) 3,187,043 3,323,289 3,785,958 4,777,922 4,875,807 5,731,320 5,630,298 6,089,984 3,800,639 7,958,732 N/A N/A

JAN (FEB) 3,453,672 3,576,572 5,065,319 5,005,030 5,159,226 5,870,815 6,219,210 6,889,246 4,140,905 7,641,298 N/A N/A

FEB (MAR) 4,006,494 5,107,085 6,140,424 6,621,872 6,436,528 7,435,071 7,025,626 7,788,461 5,016,312 9,940,983 N/A N/A

MAR (APR) 4,656,021 4,746,723 6,690,922 7,868,716 7,734,850 7,768,676 7,895,698 4,406,423 7,334,261 11,422,604 N/A N/A

APR (MAY) 2,851,113 3,408,662 4,416,637 4,257,059 4,453,561 5,266,893 5,369,516 1,044,080 6,190,058 8,585,252 N/A N/A

MAY (JUN) 2,125,978 2,480,364 3,002,756 3,231,119 3,314,631 3,532,056 3,673,563 1,567,309 5,145,606 6,198,430 N/A N/A

JUN (JUL) 1,830,471 1,910,875 2,512,755 2,643,059 2,933,218 3,031,361 2,883,950 1,877,388 4,579,048 4,488,164 N/A N/A

JUL (AUG) 1,818,223 1,795,741 2,468,872 2,802,300 2,902,478 2,814,249 3,122,264 1,908,008 4,730,560 4,425,280 N/A N/A AUG (SEP) 1,609,331 1,970,481 2,422,236 2,307,485 2,226,361 2,655,543 2,581,689 1,840,212 3,648,087 4,051,190 N/A N/A TOTAL FISCAL $30,523,693 $33,842,267 $42,736,409 $47,118,186 $48,534,859 $53,827,955 $54,202,757 $43,311,723 $51,004,689 $77,817,161 $3,997,667 N/A N/A

NET COLLECTIONS

MONTH: INDUSTRY YR TO YR YTD (COLLECTION) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 % CHANGE % CHANGE SEP(OCT) 1,384,427 1,350,387 1,597,284 1,944,045 2,145,599 2,401,654 2,424,636 2,180,886 1,948,426 2,942,759 3,937,702 33.81% 33.81% OCT (NOV) 1,758,392 1,610,654 1,829,939 1,959,236 2,684,797 3,036,909 3,254,226 3,264,725 1,966,557 4,454,267 N/A N/A NOV (DEC) 1,767,748 2,478,596 2,709,849 3,586,290 3,540,330 4,137,578 3,975,067 4,306,492 2,407,940 5,511,623 N/A N/A DEC (JAN) 3,139,237 3,273,440 3,729,168 4,706,253 4,802,670 5,645,350 5,545,843 5,998,634 3,743,630 7,839,351 N/A N/A

JAN (FEB) 3,401,867 3,522,924 4,989,339 4,929,954 5,081,838 5,782,752 6,125,922 6,785,908 4,078,792 7,526,678 N/A N/A

FEB (MAR) 3,946,397 5,030,479 6,048,317 6,522,543 6,339,980 7,323,545 6,920,242 7,671,634 4,941,067 9,791,868 N/A N/A

MAR (APR) 4,586,181 4,675,522 6,590,558 7,750,685 7,618,827 7,652,146 7,777,262 4,340,327 7,224,248 11,251,265 N/A N/A

APR (MAY) 2,808,346 3,357,532 4,350,388 4,193,203 4,386,757 5,187,889 5,288,974 1,028,419 6,097,207 8,456,473 N/A N/A

MAY (JUN) 2,094,088 2,443,159 2,957,714 3,182,652 3,264,911 3,479,075 3,618,460 1,543,799 5,068,422 6,105,454 N/A N/A

JUN (JUL) 1,803,014 1,882,212 2,475,064 2,603,413 2,889,219 2,985,891 2,840,691 1,849,227 4,510,362 4,420,841 N/A N/A JUL (AUG) 1,790,950 1,768,805 2,431,839 2,760,266 2,858,941 2,772,036 3,075,430 1,879,388 4,659,602 4,358,901 N/A N/A

AUG (SEP) 1,585,191 1,940,924 2,385,903 2,272,873 2,192,966 2,615,710 2,542,964 1,812,609 3,593,366 3,990,422 N/A N/A

TOTAL FISCAL $30,065,838 $33,334,633 $42,095,363 $46,411,412 $47,806,836 $53,020,535 $53,389,716 $42,662,047 $50,239,619 $76,649,903 $3,937,702 N/A N/A

Bed Taxes Collections (Gross)

September September % / YTD YTD % 2022 2021 Var. / 2022 2021 Var. $3,997,667 $2,987,573 33.81% / $3,997,667 $2,987,573 33.81%

$140.00 $145.00 $150.00 $155.00 $160.00 $165.00 $170.00 $175.00 2022 2021

Monthly STR September September % September September % September September % Occupancy Occupancy Var. ADR ADR Var. Rev Par Rev Par Var. 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 62.0% 50.9% 21.8% $170.76 $152.22 12.2% $105.86 $77.47 36.6% YTD STR January thru December

September September % September September % September September % Occupancy Occupancy Var. ADR ADR Var. Rev Par Rev Par Var. 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 69.2% 63.6% 8.7% $251.57 $195.18 28.9% $174.20 $124.11 40.4% Employment September September % 2022 2021 Var. 92,100 81,000 13.7%

MeetingDatesarenormallythesecondThursdayofeachmonthunlesschangedbytheTDCBoard. Please note that these meetings start at 9:00 am and are held at 2195 Southern Boulevard in the Dave Burke Board Room first floor. There are no meetings scheduled for MARCH or AUGUST 2023. Meeting dates and locations may be changed at the request of the TDC Board, and these will be published in advance.

2023 TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL BOARD MEETING

January 12, 2023

February 9, 2023

March 9, 2023 No Meeting **

April 14, 2023*

May 11, 2023

June 8, 2023

July 13, 2023

August 10, 2023 No Meeting

September 14, 2023

October 12, 2023

November 9, 2023 December 14, 2023

* A day later than usual

** No Meeting March 2023 Legislative Session from 03/07/2023 to 5/05/2023

Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council 2195 Southern Boulevard, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 D (561) 233 3130 D FACSIMILE (561) 233 3113

Grant Summary

FY '23

Event Sport Location Date Recmd. $ Proj. Room Nights

Equestrian Holiday & Horses Circuit (FY 23)

Equestrian Wellington International

November 30, 2022 ‐January 1, 2023 Up to $20,000 12,375

"Little Mo" Internationals (FY 23)

Tennis Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center, PGA National Resort

December 2‐7,2022 $12,500 1,500

Battle Youth National Championships

New (FY 23)

Garden of Life Palm Beaches

Marathon (FY 23)

EDP Soccer Playoffs New (FY 23)

Football Village Park, Boca Raton High School

December 5‐18, 2022 $50,000 6,250

Running Meyer Park Amphitheatre

December 10‐11, 2022 $15,000 2,160

Soccer The Gardens North County District Park

Just Bring Your Game

December 17‐18, 2022 $10,000 1,000

Palm Beach County Sports Commission

2195 Southern Blvd., Suite 550 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

Event Sport Location Date Recmd. $ Proj. Room Nights

DPL Winter Showcase (FY 23)

Soccer

The Gardens North County District Park, Joe Russo Athletic Complex, Ballpark of the Palm Beach

Winter Equestrian Festival (FY 23)

Equestrian Wellington International

January 5‐8, 2023 $50,000 6,580

Florida Rush NEW (FY 23)

Hockey Palm Beach Skate Zone, Palm Beach Ice Works

January 5 ‐ April 3, 2023 $125,000 172,782

January 13‐16, 2022 $25,000 3,000

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters (FY 23)

Pickleball Patch Reef Park

January 18‐22, 2022 $25,000 2,500

Just Bring Your Game

Palm Beach County Sports Commission

2195 Southern Blvd., Suite 550 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Equestrian Holiday & Horses Circuit

The Equestrian Holiday & Horses Circuit is a competition held in December in advance of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) that has appeal to domestic and international riders. This event has become both as a stand alone event, as well as a method to expand the equestrian season in advance of WEF. It is the desire of Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) to establish this showjumping series to the highest level in equestrian sport, known as a 5 star Event.

The event, held at the Wellington International Equestrian, will span from November 30, 2022 January 1, 2023. Over 1,000 equestrian athletes are expected to participate. The Holidays & Horses Circuit is well suited to expand Wellington’s equestrian season by increasing the stay of WEF participants and attracting new equine athletes to Palm Beach County.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDS

2021 $20,000 2020 $12,500 2019 $14,955 2018 $15,000 2017 $14,732

EVENT DESCRIPTION

CATEGORY G GRANT APPLICATION REQUEST SUMMARY

“Little Mo” Internationals in Florida

The “Little Mo” Internationals in Florida will take place on the tennis courts at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center (main host site), and PGA National Resort from December 2 7, 2022. This youth tennis tournament will feature both boys and girls in 5 different age groups (12u, 11u, 10u, 9u, and 8u). The tournament will feature singles, doubles, and mixed doubles competitions for each age group. Approximately 500 athletes from more than 60 countries are expected to compete. A total of 25 tennis courts will be utilized. International Tennis Federation (ITF) rules will apply.

The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation conducts “Little Mo” tournaments throughout the country. This includes 18 sectionals, 4 regionals (one in Palm Beach County), 1 national, and 3 international tournaments. This event will represent the 15th “Little Mo” Internationals.

GRANTEE

Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation, Inc.

CONTACT Carol Weyman / (214) 704 7239

BID/GRANT Grant

GRANT FUNDS REQUESTED $15,000 GRANT FUNDS RECOMMENDED $12,500 (FY 23)

APPLICABLE CATEGORIES

Sanction Fees, Site Fees, Officials, Awards (non monetary), Equipment, Rentals, Insurance, Security, Labor, Marketing (out of County), Event Production Materials

MEDIA COVERAGE PLANNED International

MARKETING PLAN

EVENT OWNER ESTIMATES

SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS

PRIOR EVENT HISTORY

The Foundation partners with 200 different tennis federations around the globe to market the event. Print and online advertisements are strategically placed within industry publications The Foundation implements direct marketing campaigns through emails and phone to a database of more than 3,000 tennis players, located across the globe. The Foundation collaborates with other organizations to share resources, which maintains an international database that exceeds 12,000.

Estimated Economic Impact $1,603,918

Estimated Room Nights – 1,500

Benefits will be negotiated depending on the grant awarded. Generic benefits include logo and link to the event website, recognition on all collateral materials, opportunity to have a display booth during the event, inclusion of marketing materials on the player’s packet, and opportunity to display signage on the tennis courts.

21 – 1,603 20 – Canceled due to Covid 19 17 – 1,337 Room Nights 19 – 1,467 Room Nights 16 – 1,142 Room Nights 18 – 1,154 Room Nights 15 – 1,406 Room Nights

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDS 21 $12,500 20 N/A 17 $10,000 19 $10,000 16 $9,000 18 $10,000 15 $9,000

Event Proposal

Event Name: Battle Youth National Championship

Event Owner: Youth National Championship, LLC

Funding Request: $100,000

Recommendation: $50,000

Proposed Dates: December 4 17, 2022

Sport: Football Level of Competition: Amateur Age Range: Youth (6U – 14U)

Proposed Venue: Village Park, Wellington; Boca Raton High School

Attendees: 150 Youth Football Teams (90% of teams are from outside of FL) For 135 traveling teams, below are projections for attendees: 4,050 visiting players (avg. 30 players per team) 810 visiting coaches (6 coaches per team) 3,780 visiting spectators (avg. 28 spectators per team)

Estimated # of Room Nights: *8,640 total room nights (projected by Sports Commission) 2,160 rooms (8,640 traveling participants / 4 per room) 2,160 rooms * 4 nights = 8,640 room nights

*14,520 room nights projected in grant application by the event owner *6,250 room nights - Category G Contracted Amount

Estimated Economic Impact: $6,048,000 projected by Sports Commission $7,738,939 projected by event owner

Palm Beach County Sports Commission 2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

Event

Description:

The Battle Youth National Championships has become one of the nation’s most prestigious events for youth tackle football. The Battle Youth National Championship is an elite playoff series that was created to provide a platform for non all star youth football teams to compete at a national level in a well organized and professional manner. The Youth National Championship crowns a true “National Champion” at every age level from 6U 14U.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission is relocating the Battle Youth National Championships from Broward County (Miramar Regional Park & Pembrooke Pines High School) to The Palm Beaches (Village Park in Wellington & Boca Raton High School). As the largest youth football event taking place annually in the United States, a total of 150 teams will compete in a variety of age groups ranging from 6U 14U

The Battle Youth National Championships is a 13 day event, which takes place from December 4 17 This invitation only event will have two (2) separate divisions of competition for the first time. The event will feature 80 teams compete during the first week (Division 1) and 70 teams during the second week (Division 2). This expansion will double the number of participating teams.

Teams are divided into two (2) divisions based on age groups. The first division of teams play games and compete for national championships from December 5 10, 2022. The second division of teams contest for national championships from December 12 17, 2022. The tournament style football championship will take place at Village Park in Wellington for round robin, pool play. Boca Raton High School will be the site for championship games. Games take place continuously throughout the day (beginning at 9am and concluding at 10pm.

Teams are guaranteed 4 games, with the top 2 teams in each division playing for a championship. Each team in every age group plays the “round robin” format to determine the teams that qualify for the championships, which is scheduled on the weekend. Teams that do not qualify for the weekend typically are in the host city over four (4) nights. Those that do qualify for the championship weekend are typically in the host city for 5 6 nights.

Development of the Youth Football National Championship: Youth football teams could not compete on a national stage, until 2017. There was no way for a youth football team to contend for an undisputed National Championship, prior to 2017. League champions were determined, but never a true National Champion. However, in 2017, the youth football landscaped changed. The Youth Football Championship (YNC) was formed by coaches, parents, and industry leaders to provide the best teams a legitimate platform to compete for a coveted YNC National Championship title.

Pop Warner is a leading youth football organization, which was founded in 1929, and continues to grow and serve the sport. However, only all star teams, which are formed after the season, compete on a statewide or national level. The Youth Football Championship (YNC) provides the only platform for youth football teams to compete for a national title.

Palm Beach County Sports Commission 2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

Event History:

This is the sixth year of the Battle Youth National Championship, and the first to be held exclusively in Palm Beach County. The inaugural Battle Youth National Championship took place in Broward County in 2017. The event took place in Broward County at Miramar Regional Park and Pembrooke Pines High School each year until 2020, when it moved to the IMG Academy, due to Covid 19. Last year, the event was scheduled to take place in Miramar Regional Park in Broward County and Traz Powell Stadium in Dade County. Due to Covid 19, Broward County declined access to the field three weeks before the beginning of games. The Village of Wellington granted access to Village Park, which became a substitute for Miramar Park. Since most of the team reservations were already secured in Broward County the hotel room night generation in Palm Beach County only totaled 755.

In December 2022, Palm Beach County will be the sole home for the Battle Youth National Championship. Village Park in Wellington and Boca Raton High School will serve as venues. The event will also expand to two weeks for the first time, allowing for two divisions and twice as many teams. The hotel room night generation is expected to be drastically more in 2022, due to the event’s expansion.

In 2021, pool play games were played at Village Park in Wellington, with the championship games played in Miami. Previously, the event was held at the IMG Academy in Bradenton and Broward County. The one week event in 2021 generated a projected 755 room nights. The goal is to make Palm Beach County to permanent long term home of this event.

Marketing / Media Impact

The games are live streamed, with negotiations ongoing with ESPN and CBS Sports. The 2021 event surpassed 10 million views across all channels.

Event Schedule

December 4, 2022 Division 1 Team Certification & Welcome

December 5, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 6, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 7, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 8, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 9, 2022 Championship Games, Boca Raton High School

December 10, 2022 Championship Games, Boca Raton High School

December 11, 2022 Division 2 Team Certification & Welcome

December 12, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 13, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 14, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 15, 2022 Pool Play 9am – 10pm, Village Park

December 16, 2022 Championship Games, Boca Raton High School

December 17, 2022 Championship Games, Boca Raton High School

Palm Beach County Sports Commission 2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

PBCSC Responsibilities:

• Operational and logistical support

• Volunteer recruitment

• Coordination between the Village of Wellington and Boca Raton High School

• Procurement of necessary football fields

• Financial support to offset costs help offset event related expenses

Primary Benefits:

• Substantial room night generation for the shoulder season

• This event will take place within the Village of Wellington, which has shown an eagerness to partner on tourism events and has a great lineage of youth football.

• This event represents a new sports market for the Palm Beach County Sports Commission

• Palm Beach County would be home to one of the largest non, all star youth football tournament in the nation (based on team and athlete participation)

• Youth tackle football does not traditionally lend itself to travel sports, since teams don’t typically play multiple games during a week. This is a rare event to host a youth tackle football product that creates tourism.

Palm Beach County Sports Commission

2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

Photos from Battle Youth National Championship – Village Park, 2021

CATEGORY G GRANT APPLICATION REQUEST SUMMARY

EVENT DESCRIPTION Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon

The Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon is a weekend long running, fitness, and entertainment festival consisting of a full and half marathon, 5K, relay race, and fitness expo from December 10 11, 2022. The racecourse will utilize West Palm Beach, with the main location being the Meyer Amphitheatre. The race is estimated to include over 5,000 runners, with one third coming from out of Palm Beach County. In addition to the various races, the weekend will consist of a fitness expo, taking place at Restoration Hardware in Downtown West Palm Beach. The marathon will serve as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon. As part of the title sponsorship with Garden of Life, they will bring in affiliates and members from around the country to enhance the overall event impact. GRANTEE Palm Beaches Marathon,

Sanction Fees, Site Fees, Officials, Awards (non monetary), Equipment, Rentals, Insurance, Security, Labor, Marketing (out of County), Event Production Materials

MARKETING PLAN

EVENT OWNER ESTIMATES

SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS

PRIOR EVENT HISTORY

Geo targeted ads on other race websites during summer/fall Promotion at events/expos during summer/fall Social Media, Internet, Print Collateral Local television/radio partnerships

Estimated Economic Impact – $1,179,494

Estimated Room Nights – 2,160

Name/logo in email, printed ads, flyers, and website Logo on back of event t shirt Hospitality to all surrounding events Signage on start/finish chute Social Media Thank You posts 10 entries for any distance

’21 – 2,047 Room Nights ’20 – Canceled due to COVID 19

’19 1,919 Room Nights ’18 – 1,993 Room Nights ’17 1,609 Room Nights

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDS

’21 $15,000

’20 – Canceled due to COVID 19

’19 – $15,000

’18 – $15,000

’17 – $15,000

EVENT DESCRIPTION

EDP Soccer Playoffs

Palm Beach County will be home to the EDP Florida League Soccer Fall Playoffs. The Fall Playoffs will consist of 48 soccer teams competing in age divisions that range from 9U to 14U. Each team will have 3 games guaranteed, two group games on Saturday and one more group game on Sunday. Top winners of each 4 team group will advance to the finals. Over 768 athletes, 100 coaches and 1,000 spectators will participate. The event is scheduled to take place December 17 18, 2022, at The Gardens North County District Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

Founded in 1999, Elite Development Program (EDP) is one of the largest organizers of youth soccer leagues and tournaments in the U.S. EDP operates youth leagues for boys and girls ages 8 19. EDP runs over 20 tournaments each year, more than 5,000 teams participate in EDP’s leagues, and more than 170,000 players compete in EDP tournaments annually. EDP Florida Competitive League consists of teams from north, central, south and west Florida.

Event Name: Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase

Bid Organization: Palm Beach County Sports Commission

Event Owner: Development Player League

Event Organizer: Elite Tournaments & Development Player League

Grant Funding: $50,000 from Category G grant (Based on grant scale of 5,000 room nights) $10,000 (maximum for FSF Funds)

Proposed Dates: January 5 – 8, 2023

Sport: Soccer

Level of Competition: Amateur

Age Range: 13U – 19U

Proposed Venue: The Gardens North County District Park / Palm Beach Gardens (7 fields) Joe Russo Athletic Complex / Palm Beach Gardens (2 fields) Ballpark of the Palm Beaches (5 fields)

Attendees: 236 youth girls’ soccer teams (36 teams, 630 athletes, & 72 coaches, and 945 spectators from Florida) (200 teams, 3,600 players, 400 coaches & 5,400 spectators)

Estimated # of Room Nights: 6,580 projected total room nights 1,880 rooms * 3.5 nights = 6,580 room nights

Estimated Economic Impact: $5.2 million of direct visitor spending per year

Palm Beach County Sports Commission 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125

Event Description:

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission has submitted a bid to host the Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase for the second straight year. This massive girls’ soccer tournament is scheduled to take place on January 5 8, 2023. The Development Player League (DPL) is one of the most renowned organizations for girls’ soccer, which focuses on creating a high level of competition and playing more meaningful games with highly professional game day environments. The DPL League organizes three national events, which include a winter showcase, spring showcase, and summer showcase. The DPL is sanctioned nationwide by the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA).

The Development Player League (DPL) Winter Showcase consists of 236 girls’ soccer teams competing in age divisions that range from 13U to 19U. Over 4,000 athletes, 400 coaches, and 6,000 spectators will participate, making this one of the largest girls’ soccer events taking place in the United States. The Palm Beach County Sports Commission has sourced 14 multipurpose fields to accommodate the 472 youth soccer games that will take place during this event. The host venues include: The Gardens North County District Park (7 soccer fields), Joe Russo Athletic Complex (2 soccer fields), and the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches (5 soccer fields).

Considering more than 11,000 visitors will be traveling from across the United States, the tourism effects will be significant. The event is expected to create 6,580 hotel room nights and more than $5 million in direct visitor spending. Hotels throughout Palm Beach County will benefit from this national event.

Elite Tournaments is the event production company sourced by the Development Player League (DPL.) Elite Tournaments is a leading provider of full service event management and specializes in lacrosse and soccer events.

If the bid is successful, Palm Beach County would host the Development Player League (DPL) for the second time. Each soccer team that falls under the DPL umbrella is required to participate in one of the three DPL national showcases that are staged annually. Being accepted as a DPL club is a laborious process and the requirement of participation in a national showcase is mandated.

Palm Beach County Sports Commission

1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125

Event History:

The Development Player League (DPL) was founded in 2017. The inaugural DPL National Showcases were created in 2019 and took place in Dallas, TX. Halpern Travel, which is based in Salem, MA, is the official housing bureau for DPL events. Halpern Travel reported that more than 8,000 hotel room nights were actualized from 2019 DPL Showcases in Dallas.

*The Palm Beach County Sports Commission hosted the DPL Winter Showcase for the first time on January 6 9, 2022. The event generated 6,334 hotel room nights at 52 hotels, located from Jupiter to Boca Raton. An additional 884 hotels were reported at hotels located in Broward and Martin counties.

About Development Player League (DPL):

The Development Player League (DPL) was created, after the shutdown of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, to fill a void and includes some of the top soccer programs around the United States. The league creates a highly professional training environment and establishes connectivity between club soccer and Development Academy soccer.

The DPL became sanctioned nationwide by the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) ahead of the 2019 season, which helped players in the league remain eligible for high school soccer. USSSA is a multisport organization with over 4,000,000 members in sports, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, golf, martial arts and more.

DPL provides a development structure that focuses on playing more meaningful games with highly professional game day environment, more training, high level coaching, and great exposure in major college showcases. The Development Player League consists of nearly 90 soccer clubs totaling over 500 teams throughout the United States.

Benefits:

The event has potential to generate over 6,500 room nights and more than $5 million in direct visitor spending to Palm Beach County’s tourism economy.

Room nights will be delivered countywide, to nearly 30 hotels (from Jupiter to Boca Raton).

The event opened a new door of opportunity within the youth soccer space.

Elite Tournaments has been sourced to assist with production needs for the DPL Winter Showcase. Elite Tournaments also produces and makes site decisions for some of the nation’s largest events, which just recently included the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Associations (IWLCA) President’s Cup (world’s largest lacrosse showcase that took place in The Palm Beaches, in 2019).

DPL is a youth soccer organization solely for girls, which provides a structure that focuses on playing meaningful games with professional game day environments, high‐level coaching, and exposure in major college showcases.

Development Player League

• DPL was founded in 2017, after the shutdown of the US Soccer Development Academy

• DPL creates connectivity between club soccer and development academies

• DPL consists of nearly 90 soccer clubs totaling over 500 teams throughout the United States.

• DPL became sanctioned nationwide by the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) in 2019

DPL has outsourced Elite Tournaments, which is a leading event management and production company within the sports

event industry, to organize its national showcases

Our Sports Commission has submitted a bid to host the DPL Winter Showcase for the second straight year.

• The Gardens North County District Park – 7

• Joe Russo Athletic Complex – 2

• Ballpark of the Palm Beaches ‐ 5

Soccer will be a major vehicle for sports tourism during the fall of

Memorandum

Date: 8/15/2022

To: Sports Commission Grant Committee

From:

George Linley

Subject: Winter Equestrian Festival - Room Night and Economic Impact Reports

Equestrian showjumping represents the largest sports tourism generator in The Palm Beaches and one of the grandest economic sports engines for the state of Florida. The Winter Equestrian Festival, which took place at Wellington International, formerly the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, from January 5 – April 3, 2022. The Winter Equestrian Festival generated an unmatched level of tourism impacts to Palm Beach County, Florida.

The Winter Equestrian Festival consists of the nation’s premier equestrian showjumping events for children, juniors, adults, amateurs, and professionals (ages 6 to 70 years) in more than 55 unique divisions of competition. The Winter Equestrian Festival continues to be longest running and largest equestrian sports event in the world.

The Winter Equestrian Festival continues to be the most robust sports event, from an economic impact perspective, that takes place annually in The Palm Beaches. Throughout the 12 weeks of FEI (International Federation for Equestrian Sports) and USEF (United States Equestrian Federation) sanctioned events along with other global competitions, more than 20,000 participants visited Palm Beach County.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission contracted with Stronge Properties, LLC, and Florida Atlantic University to conduct an economic impact study and collect hotel room night data for this event. Per the economic and tourism impact report, the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival generated $152.1 million in total horse related spending and $31.6 million in visitor expenditures. The report also shows that 195,671 paid room nights were created at seasonal rentals and hotels. This is the largest level of overnight accommodations created in the event’s history.

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CATEGORY G GRANT APPLICATION REQUEST SUMMARY

EVENT DESCRIPTION Winter Equestrian Festival

The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) provides the largest economic and tourism impact, compared to any other annual sports event in Palm Beach County. In 2023, the Winter Equestrian, which is taking place at Wellington International (formerly the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center), from scheduled from January 4 – April 2, 2023.

The Winter Equestrian Festival is the longest running equestrian event in the world, attracting national and international equine athletes. Last year, WEF brought 7,000+ horses and 6,000+ riders from all 50 U.S states and 42 nations. Participants will compete in Jumpers, Hunters, and Dressage classifications with prize money exceeding $9 million. The substantial purse prize attracts more Olympic class and international riders.

In addition to Olympic caliber competition, WEF hosts the nation’s premier competition for children, juniors, adults and amateurs; for riders from 6 to 70 years old in more than 55 unique divisions of competition. WEF is a season of intense competition with thousands of competitors and spectators in attendance. Each week is considered an individual horse show, with more than 20,000 visitors (exhibitors, horse owners, trainers, riders, & support personnel) in attendance within 18 competition rings throughout the state of the art equestrian show complex.

TOURISM

Estimated Economic Impact $175 million is 2 year average (per economic impact study)

SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS

Estimated Room Nights – 172,782 is 2 year average (per economic impact study)

Sponsorship benefits:

(4) 2’ x 8’ banners located in the International Arena (8) 3’ x 7’ banners in the Jumper Annex rings (12) 3’ x 7’ banners in High Traffic Areas

PBCSC logo and link on the event website Recognition on scoreboard, souvenir program & prize list Public address announcements throughout the event (4) :30 second commercial for jumbotron and live streaming Naming rights opportunity for a Gran Prix division Opportunity for award presentation at Grand Prix division Opportunity to provide (2) custom jumps in competition rings Opportunity to provide gift/promo item for rider welcome bags

Opportunity to host a media event

Advertisement in an official WEF weekly email blast Access to a 10’ x 10’ exhibitor booth on opening night Recognition in all print media (newspapers, magazines, press releases & ads) (2) Full page color ads in the WEF Prize List (2) Full page color ads in the WEF Program Invitations to the sponsor reception

Destination branded jumps to be displayed during the season (1) One table of six (6) guests for the WEF season in the International Club

PRIOR EVENT HISTORY

195,671 room nights reported in addition to $152.1 million in total horse related spending and $31.6 million in visitor related spending from the most recent study that was completed in 2021.

149,894 room nights reported in addition to $132.6 million in total horse related spending and $35.6 million in visitor related spending from the most recent study that was completed in 2021.

183,182 room nights reported in addition to $138 million in total horse related spending and $34 million in visitor related spending from the study that was completed in 2020.

125,805 room nights reported in addition to $75 million of economic impact from the most recent independent study that was completed in 2019.

130,193 room nights reported in addition to $89,813,160 of economic impact from the independent study completed in 2018.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDS

2017 $120,000 2021 $110,000 2016 $100,000 2020 $125,000 2015 $40,000 2019 $120,000 2014 $25,000 2018 $120,000 2013 $25,000

2022 $125,000

PALM BEACH COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE 2022 WINTER

EQUESTRIAN

PREPARED BY:

FESTIVAL

PREPARED FOR:

William B Stronge, PhD Palm Beach County Sports Commission

Rupert Rhodd, PhD

June, 2022

George Linley, Executive Director

PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS 9

AVERAGE HORSE EXPENDITURE 10

TOTAL HORSE EXPENDITURE 11 Direct & Indirect Horse Expenditures 12

JOBS CREATED AND LABOR EARNINGS 13 V. TOURIST EXPENDITURES BY WEF 2022 NONRESIDENT PARTICIPANTS

VISITOR CHARACTERISTICS 144

AVERAGE TOURIST EXPENDITURES 14

TOTAL TOURISM EXPENDITURES 15 Direct and Indirect Expenditures 15

JOBS CREATED AND LABOR EARNINGS ............................................................................................................................................................ 17

PAID ROOM NIGHTS OCCUPIED BY 2022 WEF NON RESIDENT VISITORS 17 VI. TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 2022 WEF ....................................................................................................... 18

I. Introduction

This report contains the results of a study of the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Palm Beach County, Florida. The purpose of the study was to estimate the economic impact of the WEF on the Palm Beach County Economy, including the impact on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment (jobs) and labor earnings (wages and salaries, plus supplements to wages and salaries, plus proprietors’ income).

The report was prepared for the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The Sports Commission is a private, not f or p rofit organization contracted by Palm Beach County to promote and market the County as a sports and sports tourism destination. The Commission attracts sports events and activities to the County to create economic impacts, stimulate tourist tax revenues and maximize utilization of sport venues.

The report contains six sections. Following this Introduction in Section I, Section II is an Executive Summary that highlights key findings of the study. Section III provides details of an extensive comprehensive internet survey of WEF 2022 participants, including riders, trainers and horse owners. This section includes the response rate to the survey.

The purpose of the survey was to collect data on the spending in Palm Beach County by nonresident participants. Spending by nonresidents is usually financed by income earned outside Palm Beach County. Such spending represents new money being injected in the economy which causes it to expand.

Nonresident participants impact the Palm Beach economy by making horse expenditures and by making tourist expenditures, that is, expenditures on lodging, dining, recreation and local transportation, shopping that are typical of visitors to the county.

Section IV contains a summary of the analysis undertaken of the data on horse expenditures obtained from the survey follows in Section IV. Non resident participants also make tourist expenditures such as those on lodging, dining, shopping, local transportation etc. in Palm Beach County during the WEF and an analysis of these expenditures. A summary of the analysis of tourist expenditures is given in Section V. The last section of the report (VI) contains the total economic impact of the 2022 WEF, which is the sum of the impacts of horse expenditures and visitor expenditures. It also contains the impact of WEF visitors on paid room nights in the Palm Beach County lodging industry.

The authors of this report have extensive experience in economic impact studies of local and regional economies. We would like to note that the equestrian industry is extremely complex regarding accurately assessing its economic impact. For this reason, we would like to thank the riders, owners and production staff who provided information during the course of our research. The riders, horse owners and trainers especially provided valuable information for the internet survey.

II. Executive Summary

1. The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is the largest, annual equestrian competition in the world with nearly 7,000 horses coming from over 42 countries and all 50 US states. WEF normally has 12 consecutive weeks of US Equestrian Federation (USEF) and Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) sanctioned competitions that begin in early January, and end in early April.

2. The spending of nonresidents, because of their participation in the 2022 WEF, contributed $303.6 million to Palm Beach County GDP and supported 3,064 jobs. It resulted in labor earnings of $89.4 million with an average earnings per job of $29,178.

3. Most of the contribution to GDP ($252.1 million or 83.0 percent) was due to their Horse expenditures. Tourist expenditures on lodging, food and so contributed $31.6 million (17.0 percent).

4. The data used to generate the economic impact estimates for this study were obtained from an internet survey of almost 3,000 email addresses obtained from Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) who produce the WEFs. The response rate to the survey was 32.0 per cent (817 returned questionnaires).1 This was greater than our targets of a 20 percent response rate and at least 400 completed surveys returned.

5. The questionnaire was developed using previous studies and input from persons familiar with the equestrian industry.

6. Direct horse expenditures amounted to $152.1 million or $31,586 per horse. These expenditures stabling, feed, training, supplements, and paid local horse transportation among other items. The direct expenditures stimulated indirect expenditures in the local supply chains and expenditures of the increased earnings of workers throughout the local economy which together amounted $100.0 million. The total of the direct and indirect expenditures was $252.1 million, namely, the contribution to the GDP of Palm Beach County. The direct horse expenditures also created labor earnings of $74.9 million and 2,565 jobs across all industries in the local economy. The average earnings per job was $29,201.

7. Direct tourist expenditures were made by non resident participants on items such as lodging dining and groceries, entertainment, shopping, paid local transportation and other items. Direct tourist expenditures amounted to $31.6 million or $20,061 per visiting party. Variation among tourist parties reflected differences in party sizes and differences in lengths of stay. The average party size was 2.5 persons, and the average length of stay was 74 nights. Another factor was the share of visitors who paid for their lodging (6.8 percent). Some visitors stayed with family or friends, and some received free lodging.

8. WEF 2022 participants generated 195,671 paid room nights for the Palm Beach County lodging industry.

III. Description of the Internet Survey

The economic impact of WEF 2022 results from the expenditures made in connection with the Festival by participants, namely riders, owners, and trainers. Data were collected by means of an internet survey sent to email addresses. There is also an economic impact from the expenditures made by attendees at show jumping events. They were invited to sign on to a web site and fill out an internet survey. The internet surveys used Survey Monkey software. This survey will be analyzed in a future report.

An internet survey sent out by email has several advantages when compared with traditional mail surveys, telephone surveys and personal interview surveys. It is the least costly and fastest among the different methods. The questionnaire is self administered (as is also true of a traditional mail survey) avoiding the costs of interviewers. The questionnaire is delivered to respondents almost instantly. Respondents can fill out the questionnaire quickly by clicking a mouse for most questions and contact information is provided for those who might have questions. Branching among questions on the questionnaire is seamless to respondents since earlier answers can direct the respondent to the appropriate section of the questionnaire instantly. Reminders can be sent to non respondents by clicking a button. 1

A database of almost 3,000 unduplicated email addresses of participants was obtained from ESP Productions who produce WEF. The entries in the database contained information supplied by the participants as they registered as riders, owners, or trainers. Participants could register for more than one registration category, and this resulted in duplicate emails which were removed from the sample surveyed. A total of 2,919 email addresses were contacted. The Survey Monkey software indicated that 1 The internet survey of attendees resulted in fewer surveys because it should have included more than two months of surveying instead of a single month, as will be seen in the future report. This will be corrected in future surveys.

254 emails “bounced” because of an invalid email address or because the address did not accept email surveys. Additionally, 97 of those contacted “opted out” of the survey by clicking an unsubscribe button. The remaining 2,559 email addresses were the “population” surveyed. The returned questionnaires were viewed as the sample.

An edited version of the 2021 questionnaire was used in 2022. The edits were designed to make the questions more understandable to the respondents. There were two questions added to determine the proportion of WEF participants who participated in the Holiday and Horses Event and the December Schedule at the end of 2021. These questions will be analyzed in a future report. The questionnaire contained two major parts: collection of data on horse expenditures including stabling, feed, training, local horse transportation and so on, and collection of data on the tourist expenditures made by non resident participants including lodging, dining, groceries, shopping, local transportation and so on. The itemized list of horse expenditures was the same as had been collected in previous WEF surveys, and the itemized list of tourist expenditures contained the standard items collected in tourism research. The questionnaire contained 22 questions.

The survey was sent out in the second week of March. Survey Monkey provides the capability to send reminders to nonrespondents by clicking a button. Seven reminders were sent in March and April. The last reminder was sent on April 24th, 2022.

Survey Response Rate

The closest of the alternative survey methods to an email survey is a traditional mail survey because they are both self administered. Our experience with mail surveys suggest that 20 percent is an adequate response rate because many respondents can refuse to participate, for a variety of legitimate reasons. A minimum number of 400 returned questionnaires is required to ensure sufficiently accurate results.

IV. Expenditures on Horses by WEF 2022 Nonresident Participants

The internet survey discussed above is the source of the data on Horse Expenditures discussed in this section of the report. Horse expenditures were incurred by WEF nonresident participants, namely, riders, owners and trainers. Horse expenditures include stabling, feed, manure disposal, training, equipment maintenance & purchases, local horse transportation, supplements & farrier/shoeing services, and others. The data are for nonresidents of the because their spending is new to the economy and causes local GDP to expand.

Participant Characteristics

Two characteristics of participants are important in explaining the level of horse expenditures by participants, namely, the number of horses they were involved with at the WEF, and the length of time (months or weeks) they participated in the WEF. Participants with larger numbers of horses had higher expenditures, as did participants who spent longer periods of time.

The average number of horses per participant was 3 with 54% of the participants involved with 1 or 2 horses. About three fourths of the participants were involved with fewer than 4 horses.

Figure 2: Length of Time of Participants at the 2022 WEF

The average length of stay for the participants showing at the 2022 WEF was 9.7 weeks (2.4 months). The percent of participants who spent less than one month was 14 %, and about two thirds of the stayed for more than 2 months.2

Average Horse Expenditure

The average participant spent $31,586 per horse at the 2022 WEF, a significant increase over the 2021 average of $23,164 which may have been unusually low because of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Figure 3: Average Horse Expenditure by Participants by Type

Stabling, feed and manure disposal accounted for 30 percent, training accounted for 15%, farrier & shoeing, and supplements & medication accounted for 13 percent; equipment purchases & maintenance accounted for 9 per cent; paid local horse transportation accounted for 7 percent; and a residual “other” category, which contained a variety of items, accounted for 26 percent.3

Total Horse Expenditures by Nonresident Participants

The number of horses owned by nonresident participants in WEF 2022 was estimated to be 4,219 from the internet survey. This total was multiplied by the spending per horse estimates to derive the estimates for total horse expenditures by type given as the first column of Table H 1.

Table H 1

The Expansion of Palm Beach County GDP due to Horse Expenditures by 2022 WEF Nonresident Participants (Millions of Dollars)

Direct Expenditures Indirect Expenditures Total (GDP) Stabling, Feed/Bedding & Manure Disposal $42.8 $27.7 $70.5 Training $23.3 $16.5 $39.8 Farrier/Shoeing, Supplements & Medication $20.0 $9.1 $29.4 Equipment Maintenance & Purchase $14.7 $9.7 $24.4 Paid Local Horses Transportation $11.3 $7.4 $18.6 Other Horse Expenditure $40.1 $29.3 $69.3 Total $152.1 $100.0 $252.1

The horse expenditures in the first column of Table H 1 are called “direct” expenditures in economic impact analysis because they result from the direct actions of participants. As a result of direct expenditure, there is an expansion of “front line” industries such as those providing, stabling, food, farrier and shoeing, supplements and medications, local horse transportation and so on. As the front line industries expand, these is an increase in indirect horse related expenditure, namely, increased expenditures made by businesses in the industries back up the various supply chains that provide the

goods and services to the front line industries. This increases the earnings of workers in the front line industries as well as those further up the supply chain. Most of these increased earnings are spent consumer goods such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, recreation, health and education services and so on. These two types of secondary expenditures, namely, the spending by supply chain industries and the spending by workers, taken together, are called indirect expenditures in economic impact analysis. The results are in as column two in Table H 1.

The total of the direct and indirect expenditures is the impact of horse expenditures on the production of the Palm Beach County economy (GDP). The spending by horse owners, riders, and trainers at the 2022 WEF increased the GDP of Palm Beach County by $252.1 million., Increased spending leads to increased production because production must rise to meet the additional spending.

Economists use multipliers to estimate the total impact corresponding to the direct impact. The multipliers used to calculate the total direct expenditures by type were obtained from a special run of the RIMS II Model of Palm Beach County obtained from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce. The BEA produces the official GDP estimates for the US nation, states, and counties as well as RIMS II models for the various regions of the national economy. Each dollar of direct expenditure at the 2022 WEF resulted in an overall multiplier impact of 1.657.

Jobs Created and Labor Earnings

As the Palm Beach GDP expands due to the spending by participants at the 2022 WEF, jobs are created for Palm Beach County workers and their labor earnings are increased. The RIMS II Model produces estimates of the number of jobs created as well as the increase in earnings. The number of Jobs created, and the labor earnings are given in Table H 2 (on the next page)

The direct horse expenditures made by nonresidents of Palm Beach County who participated in WEF 2022 created labor earnings of $74.9 million and 2,565 jobs across all industries in the local economy. The average earnings per job was $29,201.

Table H 2

Impact of Horse Expenditures by WEF 2022 Nonresident Participants on Jobs and Labor Earnings (Number of Jobs and Millions of Dollars)

Jobs Multipliers Jobs Created Earnings Multipliers Labor Earnings

Stabling, Feed/Bedding & Manure Disposal 24.15 715 0.54 $21.9

Training 30.92 544 0.61 $14.2

Farrier/Shoeing, Supplements & Medication 18.38 212 0.40 $6.5 Equipment Maintenance & Purchase 16.70 186 0.45 $6.8

Local Horse Paid Transportation 23.89 107 0.35 $5.0

Other Horse Expenditure 36.01 802 0.51 $20.5

Total 2,565 $74.9

V. Tourist Expenditures by 2022 WEF Nonresident Participants

This section of the report contains estimates of the “tourist” expenditures made by nonresident participants who participated in WEF 2022. Tourist expenditures include spending on lodging, dining and groceries, entertainment and recreation, shopping, and local transportation.4 Data on these expenditures were collected in the email survey discussed in previous sections of this report.

More than 60 percent of the respondents to the interview survey were nonresidents of Palm Beach County and these have the greatest impact on the local economy because their spending is financed by resources that are brought into the county. More than 75 percent of the nonresidents were from other states and territories of the US, and the remainder were evenly divided by visitors from elsewhere in the Americas and from Europe and Asia.

Tourist Characteristics

People visiting an area away from home usually travel in parties. A party is a group of individuals traveling together who share expenses. As a result, the unit of observation for a visitor survey is the traveling party. Such parties have two characteristics that strongly influence their expenditures: their party size, namely, the number of persons in their party, and their length of stay, which is the number of days (or nights) that the members stay at a particular location.

2022 WEF participants had an average party size of 2.5 persons (same as in 2021) and an average length of stay of 74 nights (66 in 2021). The party size is similar to other surveys of Palm Beach County tourists, but WEF participants tend to have a longer stay than many other tourists. The length of stay is long because the event that draws WEF participants lasts 12 weeks. 5

Average Tourist Expenditures

The average tourist expenditures per party was $20,061 ($20,208 in 2021). Lodging was the largest item accounting for 35.5 percent of the total, followed by dining and groceries which together

accounted for 23.2 percent. Shopping accounted for 19.4 percent and Entertainment and Recreation accounted for 11.7 percent. Local transportation accounted for 6.8 percent and a residual “other” category accounted for 8.7 percent.

More than 50 percent of nonresident participants stayed in vacation rentals (condos or homes), and about one in four stayed in condos or homes they owned. The largest group of visitors stayed in vacation rentals in condominiums of homes. About one in 6 stayed in single family homes (some with barns) and one in seven stayed in hotels/motels. A small group stayed in mobile homes or RVs (6.2 percent.

Average lodging expenditure per person per night amounted to $99.70 per person per night, up from the 2021 figure of $77.81 in 20216 The average number of bedrooms rented per party was 2.2 (for an average party size of 2.6 persons). Most persons stayed in their own bedroom (in either a single family home or a condominium). Spending per room was relatively low in part because many owned their place of lodging, or they were staying with friends or relatives.

Total Tourist Expenditures

Total tourist expenditures were obtained by multiplying average expenditures by type, by the estimated number of out of county visitor parties (as obtained from the email survey). The result was total expenditures by visitors to WEF 2022 of $31.6 million, a decrease of about 10 percent from the WEF 2021 estimate. This reflected in part, the longer duration of the WEF 2021.

Direct and Indirect Expenditures

Economists refer to the total tourist expenditures estimated above as “direct” expenditures because they are made by the tourists to the industries they affect directly. Direct tourist expenditures result in indirect expenditures. These are the additional expenditures made by businesses in the local supply chains that supply the various inputs to the front line industries that provide the goods and services

directly purchased by the WEF participants. There are also expenditures made by the workers who receive increased earnings because of the expansion of the supply chains. The spending by workers goes on consumer goods and services such as lodging, food, educational, medical, and transportation services and so on. The direct expenditures by spending category are presented in Table T 1.

Table T 1

The Expansion of Palm Beach County GDP due to the Tourist Expenditures of WEF 2022 Nonresident Participants. (Millions of Dollars)

Direct Expenditures Indirect Expenditures Total Expenditures

Lodging $11.2 $6.4 $17.7 Dining $4.2 $2.7 $6.8 Groceries $3.2 $2.2 $5.4 Entertainment & Recreation $3.7 $2.5 $6.2 Shopping $6.1 $4.2 $10.4 Local Transportation $2.1 $1.1 $3.3 Other Visitor Expenditures $1.1 $0.7 $1.8 Total $31.6 $19.9 $51.5

The total of the direct and indirect effect expenditures is the impact of WEF participant tourist expenditures on the production of the Palm Beach County economy (GDP). Participant tourist expenditures increased the GDP of Palm Beach County by $51.5 million, the sum of direct and indirect spending. Each dollar of direct visitor expenditure resulted in $1.62 so the overall multiplier was 1.62. The “multipliers” that convert direct expenditures by type into total expenditures by type were obtained from a special run of the RIMS II Model of Palm Beach County obtained from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce. The BEA produces the official GDP estimates for the US nation, the states, and counties as well as RIMS II models for the various regions of the national economy.

Jobs Created and Labor Earnings

As the Palm Beach GDP expands due to the tourist spending by 2022 WEF nonresident participants, jobs are created for Palm Beach County workers and their labor earnings are increased. The RIMS II Model also produces estimates of the number of jobs created as well as the increase in earnings. These are shown in Table T 2.

Table T 2

Impact of Direct Visitor Expenditures on Jobs and Labor Earnings Number of Jobs and Millions of Dollars

Jobs Multipliers

Jobs Created Earnings Multipliers Labor Earnings

Lodging 15.0502 154 0.4431 $5.0 Dining 25.4649 96 0.4802 $2.0 Groceries 16.7956 49 0.4716 $1.5 Entertainment & Recreation 20.7879 70 0.5189 $1.9 Shopping 16.7956 94 0.4716 $2.9 Local Transportation 9.9671 20 0.3496 $0.8 Other Visitor Expenditures 16.7956 16 0.4716 $0.5

Total 499 $14.5

The expenditures of the 2022 WEF nonresident participants created 499 jobs in all local industries, including supplying industries and consumer industries serving the needs of workers in the various supply chains which received increases in their labor earnings. The total increase in labor earnings was $14.6 million. The average earnings per job was $29,178

Paid Room Nights Occupied by 2022 WEF Non Resident Participants

Spending by 2022 WEF nonresident participants had a positive impact on the paid room nights at Palm Beach County lodging places. They generated 195,671 paid room nights (149,894 in 2021).

VI. Total Economic Impact of 2022 WEF

The economic impact of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is caused by the “direct” spending pumped into the local economy because of WEF. There are two types of direct expenditures generated by the WEF, namely, horse expenditures and tourist expenditures made by nonresident participants. The contribution of non resident attendees has not been estimated yet and will be completed shortly.7 It is likely to be very small because attendees have a shorter length of stay and the response rate was low to and because more than 50 percent of the attendees were residents.8

Table IM 1

Economic Impact of the 2022 WEF Nonresident Participant Expenditures on the Palm Beach County Economy (GDP) Millions of Dollars

Impacts

Direct Expenditure

Total Expenditures (GDP) Percent of Total

Nonresident Participant Horse Expenditures $152.1 $252.1 83.0

Nonresident Participant Tourist Expenditures $31.6 $51.5 17.0 Total $183.7 $303.6 100.0

The 2022 WEF caused an increase in the GDP of Palm Beach County of $303.6 million, resulting in the creation of 3,064 jobs throughout the economy and labor earnings of $89.4 million. Over 80 percent of the impact was due to horse expenditures and 17 percent was due to tourist expenditures.

Table IM 2

Economic Impact of the 2022 WEF Nonresident Participant Expenditures on Palm Beach County Labor Earnings and Jobs Millions of Dollars and Number of Jobs

Labor Earnings Jobs Impact Impact

Participant Horse Expenditures

$74.9 2,565

Non resident Visitor Expenditures $14,5 499

Total $89.4 3.064

The WEF 2022 direct expenditures Jobs created 3,064 jobs in the economy including those created by direct spending, plus those created as supply chains expanded, and consumer industries expanded as workers received additional labor earnings of $89.4 million. The jobs that were created earned. on average, $29,178 per job.

WEF 2022 participants and visitors generated 195,671 paid room nights for the Palm Beach County lodging industry. This was a substantial increase over the 2021 figure which had been depressed by the COVID 19 pandemic.

End Notes

1

A mail survey, even when conducted on the internet, has a lower response rate than a telephone survey unless the latter survey reports the number of calls made that were not completed. It is also lower than a personal interview survey unless the number of persons approached by the interviewers who refuse to participate is reported. Our experience suggests that 20 percent is a minimum response rate for a mail survey provided a minimum of 400 completed surveys are returned. The response rate and number of completed responses to the internet survey were sufficient to ensure satisfactory accuracy of the results.

2

As noted in endnote 6 below, we capped the length of time participants were at the WEF at 13 weeks.

3 This category included entry fees.

4 These items are normally included in tourist surveys.

5 Some participants arrive more than one week early so that they could participate in the Holidays and Horses and December Schedule. Some other participants stayed longer in the area to rake advantage of other events for in the post WEF season. We capped the length of stay at 13 weeks, namely, the duration of the WEF, plus a few days before and afterwards to allow participants to arrive and set up for Week 1 and to prepare for departure after week 12. Some non resident participants behave like seasonal residents attracted to the county because of the warm weather and friends whom they have met on previous visits. They may participate in other events during their extended stays. Like many seasonal residents, some participants have purchased condominiums or single family homes in the county.

6 About one in four visitors did not pay for their lodging.

7 It is likely to be very small because the response rate was low to the internet survey and because more than 50 percent of the attendees were residents

8 The response rate was low to an internet survey of attendees. This was the first year of the survey and there are several methods available to increase the number of responses especially by extending the time spent conduction the survey. The nonresident responses can be increased by handing out additional survey information cards to the drivers of cars who are often resident members of the attending parties.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Valued Sponsor,

Thank you for another year of incredibly meaningful support of the Winter Equestrian Festival! The 2022 season showed a year of unprecedented rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic challenges, as well as the birth of our new identity, Wellington International. Our commitment to elevating equestrian sport, our venue, and exhibitors, has been strengthened by the power of the Global Equestrian Group. As always, we are deeply grateful to you for choosing to represent your business through our sponsorship program. The following presentation is an analytical representation of the entire 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The experience of a WEF season would not be complete without your participation.

The 2022 winter equestrian season marked the beginning of a new era for the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, newly named Wellington International. In July of 2021, Global Equestrian Group purchased the venue and the 2022 season has offered the perfect starting point on what promises to be an exciting journey of recommitment to the core values of the venue, new developments, and exciting future offerings. We look forward to being able to offer even more opportunities to our partners with every new development we make and to setting new standards for equestrian sport around the world.

We are pleased to report that this year that all of our sponsors reached new levels of visibility through our increased exhibitor attendance, social media platforms, expanded livestream distribution, and never before seen audience attendance. We will continue to develop and implement new branding, marketing, and sponsorship opportunities as our venue grows and changes in the coming months and years.

We look forward to the opportunity to exceed your expectations again in 2023 and value any feedback that you may have for us as we embark on our next chapter. Thank you again for entrusting us with your business and your significant contribution to our event and its participants.

Sincerely,

Michael Stone Wellington International

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C o m m i s s i o n G r a n d P r i x C S I 4 * T o t a l u n i q u e v i e w e r s : 4 , 1 9 0

The 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) took place

from January 5 – April 3 and experienced its largest increase in riders from the northeast and overseas, due to Florida’s growing desirability.

Wellington International (formerly Palm Beach International

Equestrian Center) is a world class facility and one of the premier equestrian venues in the United States.

500 acres with 18 total competition arenas

WEF began 42 years ago as a three‐week series for 300 horses.

Today, it’s the largest equestrian show on the globe at 7,000+ horses.

The Winter Equestrian Festival is traditionally a

12‐ week extravaganza, which is the largest and longest running circuit in horse sports.

The Winter Equestrian Festival experienced an incredible rise in participants and attendees due to pent‐up demand created by the Covid‐19 pandemic.

WEF features showjumping, hunters, and dressage classifications

Riders

and teams from 50 U.S states and 42 nations were represented during the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival.

Winter Equestrian Festival – Tourism Impact

Winter Equestrian Festival – Tourism Impact

Winter Equestrian Festival – Tourism Impact

Winter Equestrian Festival – Tourism Impact

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Network provides live digital coverage of WEF to more than 70 nations.

Television & Media

• WEF events are televised on NBC Sports Network and internationally distributed through Eurosport.com

• WEF is featured on the most prominent domestic and global websites for equestrian sports

• WEF is featured in more than 100 renowned national and international horse magazines

WEF is the largest tourism generating event that takes place annually in The Palm Beaches, FL

Event Fact Sheet

Event Name: Florida Rush

Event Owner: Rush World Sports

Proposed Dates: January 13 16, 2023

Funding: $25,000 PBC Category G $5,000 Florida Sports Foundation

Sport: Ice Hockey

Level of Competition: Amateur (12U 19U)

Venue: Palm Beach Skate Zone; Lake Worth Palm Beach Ice Works; West Palm Beach

Estimated # of Attendees: 65 teams 1,170 players (18 per team) 195 coaches (3 per team) 2,925 spectators

Estimated # of Room Nights: 3,000 room nights 4,290 total attendees (4,290 traveling participants @ 5 per room = 858 rooms x 3.5 nights)

Estimated Economic Impact: $3,121,386 3,120 traveling adults * $240.71 average daily stay * 3.5 1,170 traveling youth * $120.36 average daily stay * 3.5

Event Description: 2023 will mark the third year of Rush Hockey brining the Florida Rush to Palm Beach County. This amateur youth girls hockey tournament will be held January 13 16, 2023. Three sheets of ice will be used between Palm Beach Skate Zone in Lake Worth, and Palm Beach Ice Works in West Palm Beach.

Palm Beach County Sports Commission 2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

Florida Rush will be comprised of amateur girls’ hockey teams in 12U, 14U, 16U, and 19U age brackets, with Tier 1 & 2 divisions in each age group. These tier divisions are determined based on team skill level. Teams will be guaranteed four games throughout the tournament.

The approximately 65 teams for Florida Rush come from all over the United States and Canada, with only 5 from the State of Florida. Girl hockey teams are comprised of 17 20 players, and 3 4 coaches. This will bring more than 3,000 attendees to The Palm Beaches.

Event History

The Florida Rush was first held in Palm Beach County in 2021. Even with Covid limitations, the event generated 1,002 room nights with 40 teams. In 2022, the event grew to 54 teams, and tracked 2,669 room nights.

About Rush Hockey

Rush Hockey is the place to be if you are a driven male or female athlete in love with the game of hockey. Their goal is to help young players reach their maximum potential, focusing on fun, fitness, team building, and scholarship.

Rush Hockey’s expertise in North American youth hockey over the past 30 years is unmatched and considered a pioneer in many ways. Since their inception, they have grown to host North America’s premier women’s hockey showcase and graduated more than 20,000 athletes. They are proud of their 50+ alumni who have gone on to compete in the Olympics for Team Canada and Team USA.

PBCSC Responsibilities:

• Operational and logistical support

• Volunteer recruitment

• Coordination between Palm Beach Skate Zone and Palm Beach Ice Works

• Procurement of more sheets of ice might be required, notably the Boca Ice and Fine Arts Center

• Financial support to offset costs help offset event related expenses

Palm Beach County Sports Commission

2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233 3180 Fax: (561) 233 3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com

EVENT DESCRIPTION

CATEGORY G GRANT APPLICATION REQUEST SUMMARY

Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Boca Raton International Masters

The Boca Raton Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) International Masters tournament will be a 6 day event from January 18 22, 2023, covering 39 courts including a featured television Stadium court at Patch Reef Park. Over 2,000 amateur and top professional players will have qualified to compete for $75k in prize money. New divisions will include Wheelchair Pickleball, Next Gen Junior division and an age specific (50 plus teaming with an under 50 partner) along with regular amateur singles, mixed doubles, men's and women’s doubles age division and skilled level groups. The APP Tour is the first USA Pickleball sanctioned tour for both professionals and amateurs in America and Europe. The tour has a total purse of over $1.4M with 30+ stops across the US, Canada, and Europe. GRANTEE Foster Events

Carl Foster / (561) 440 0941

BID/GRANT

APPLICABLE CATEGORIES

Sanction Fees, Site Fees, Officials, Equipment, Rentals, Insurance, Security, Labor, Marketing (out of County), Event Production Materials

ESPN National weekend Final’s gold medal matches with USA Pickleball sanctioning support. Live worldwide streaming on APPTV You Tube Channel and Facebook LIVE for 4 days 8 hours per day.

The event will be promoted on all APP Tour livestreams at events leading up to January 2023 Masters including New Jersey, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Hilton Head, Chicago and Palm Beach Gardens, FL in 2021. Social media, google marketing, digital newsletter, Eblasts with sponsor databases.

Official Sponsor Category – On Site Prominent Banner Signage One :30 second commercial on live streaming and ESPN live coverage Logo on in game billboards with live in game PA announcements Full Page Advertisement in event program 10 x 10 Promotional tent in vendor village Logo and link on the website

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