2008 Ryder Cup Louisville Kentucky
Posted by: Malok in Shelbyville KY Real Estate, Prospect KY Real Estate, Louisville Real Estate, Goshen KY Real Estate
The Louisville KY newspaper The Courier-Journal had an article today about the 2008 Ryder Cup to be held in Louisville Kentucky. This will be the 37th Ryder Cup golf championship and will be held at Valhalla Golf Club located on the east side of the city on Shelbyville Road US 60 on September 16-21 2007. The entrants consist of 12 players per team - but their staff, delegates and support can swell that number to as many as 300 per team.
This golf tournament, while one of the great wonders in sports, is also expected to draw 240,000 visitors to the state.
This has caused a rush on local hotels as they are filling up fast for the event. Hotel rates usually range from $80 - $100 in the Louisville KY metropolitan area, but for the dates during this event, prices have roughly doubled to $190-$210 per night.
The Ryder Cup event director is Tara Guenthner and has stated that many persons are expanding their accommodations beyond the Louisville Kentucky metropolitan area to Shelbyville, Frankfort, and even Lexington.
Other enterprising persons are putting their homes available for rent during the event - using a company called Event Home Leasing, which markets homes for rent for several of the upcoming events in the Louisville Kentucky metropolitan area including the Kentucky Derby, Ryder Cup, and the World Equestrian Games which are to be held in Lexington Kentucky in 2010.
Many luxury home owners in the metro area are asking up to $30,000 for the week, and they just stay with neighbors, friends or family while their home is being rented.
The Ryder Cup sold out with tickets costing between $40 and $100. And packages going between $435 and $555. 1500 journalists from 170 countries will be covering the event. The economic impact for the state is expected to be $115 million.
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