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Originally Posted by Crawford
Well, at least now I know where to go to sporting events - Phoenix for the famed "Waste Management Open" in the delightful 110 F, 11 UV level climate. Dermatologists everywhere are grateful.
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Numbers speak for themselves. Not just the attendance, but the fact that the tournament is held yearly in late January/early February when average highs for Phoenix are upper 60s, low 70s. Also, the tournament is always held on Super Bowl weekend... In 2015 when Phoenix was hosting the Super Bowl, the Phoenix Open was also put on to huge crowds, on the same day/weekend/week. In fact, that year set attendance records.
2015
R1 spectator attendance: 118,461
R2 spectator attendance: 81,309
R3 spectator attendance: 159,906
R4 spectator attendance: 83,552
Total: 564,368 total for the week tops the old record of 563,008 from 2014.
In 2016: 201,003 fans were in attendance on the Saturday of the tournament (new record 618,365 fans 4-day total).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Open
I nearly made a disclaimer before posting knowing that the inherent Phoenix bias/grudge on the forums would likely promote some sort of comment like this... useless, trolling, and completely idiotic/false.