Adam Thomas

“you probably need for an adequate amount at least three to pull off an event”

“60 events at the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus generated over 22,804 night room nights and had an economic impact of over 25 and 1/2 million dollars.”

“National Travel and Tourism Week isn't just a celebration. It's a reminder of the powerful role our industry plays in shaping communities, driving economies, and creating unforgettable experiences.”

“tourism is a powerful engine for Florida and Pasco County's economy, driving revenue, creating jobs, and supporting communities across this great county.”

“Every dollar that we spend in January gives us a return on ad spend of $1744 back in market.”

“we are at 118 events this year we're driving demand we're already getting people we're getting our teams here our hotels aren't being filled because there is leakage over into Hillsboro County because of the rate”

“before you today is a public hearing for an ordinance update”

“in 2023 we actually went over a billion dollars of economic impact which is up 12% year-over-year from 2022”

“we don't want that to happen to us”

“if you are here to speak on any of the items this afternoon please stand”

“the original attachment vendor listing was uploaded into the system as an Excel file when the system converted the file from an Excel to a PDF it only saved the first page”

“I do want to reiterate the importance of this item to be moving forward today we do have a contractual obligation with the family that donated the land to the sports campus”

“don't have a location lockdown tickets will start going on sale either in December or the first of the year”

“travel connects us that inspires us it fuels our creativity it opens our eyes to how others lives and celebrates food and encourages us to try new things”

“Adam said something very interesting last night that two percent of our visitors are international”

“every dollar we invest in our marketing efforts brings 106 dollars back into the local spending into the local market”

“we are extremely excited to have not just one not two but three annual florida senior games here in pasco county”

“we didn't win one not two not three but four tele awards for pasco county for our live work and play”

“since 2019 we've seen our visitor economy grow with the current resources that we already have in place”

“the kumquats are unique to pasco county and it brings over 40,000 people in on an annual basis to actually attend the kumquat festival”

“721 million dollars was the economic impact over the course of fiscal year 2021 which is over a 10.5 increase from 2019”

“would be a good place to put a hotel if we could increase the parking going above”

“no one has signed up for this item and no one on webex”

“no one is signed up and no one on webex for this item”

“our hope was to give you about 1.9 million dollars this year... we're going to give you 2.881 today”

“I've been in destination marketing for over nine years and this is the first time I've been able to achieve this accomplishment only by the hard work and dedication from your florida sports coast team”

“in 2020 our economic impact was over 550 million dollars... that is contributed to the visitor spend”

“c89 is the third amendment to the zimmerman agency agreement um we just had to change the signature page on the last page to reflect the second the third agreement not the second”

“we're losing about six million dollars of economic impact which supports around 2,300 jobs or for Pasco County residents”

“those businesses are still open yes ma'am”

“every dollar that's spent on getting our marketing efforts brings back another four hundred and forty seven dollars a visitor spending inside Pasco County”

“two and a half years ago we were spending three hundred and seventy thousand dollars on local events and festivals which wore pushing our metrics at all”

“the timing of it to change the entire amendment to the agreement and bring additional employees into our office to facilitate the needs the timing would would have been too much too quick”

“Adam Thomas you met our director he's played professional ball”

“we're looking at doing uh operations policies and procedures for the tourist development uh council as well as bylaws”

“nodding his head”

“I have the honor of chairing the tourism council... it's been a joy working with you and your team you're doing great things”

“Adam says I throw a ball I don't bounce a ball or spin a ball”

“Adam was out there with me”

“the sports coast is ownable no one owns those keywords if you look in search right now in the marketplace”

“I didn't get to hear exactly what it was okay I'm gonna vote yes”

“our request is to adopt the 2019 to 2021 three-year strategic tourism development plan”

“without them coming on board and co-oping our marketing efforts we would just be a raindrop in the ocean”

“our total reach was around 140,000 with the total impressions”