(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents PGA Tour.)
By J. Graber | Scottsdale Progress
Sports betting took another step toward becoming a reality at the Tournament Player’s Club last week as the Scottsdale Planning Commission voted 5-1 to recommend council approval of a conditional use permit for the facility on a 3.2-acre parcel on the southeast corner of Hayden and Bell Roads.
That would make Scottsdale one of the few Valley cities that host a facility for sports betting. Most sportsbooks, with the exception primarily of Glendale and Phoenix, are located in casinos on tribal lands.
TPC Scottsdale – which hosts the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the PGA Tour’s most-attended annual tournament – plans to build a one-story, 12,000-square-foot, luxury dining facility with a sports wagering floor.
“The PGA has a reputation of luxury, just like Scottsdale so what we’re doing, you’ll see is really phenomenal,” said Jordan Rose of the Rose Law Group, which is representing TPC.
“It meets all of the (conditional use permit) tests; it’s not going to cause traffic issues. In fact, we’re adding a pedestrian HAWK signal. We’re not adding access points. The golf course use has been there for 36 years and this request just expands that.”
