The city of Wichita is moving forward with a $10.2 million subsidy for a Topgolf sports attraction and neighboring development — but other cities in the region didn’t pay anything to land the golf-themed business and there’s a glaring error in the economic study that justified the project. Oklahoma City and Overland Park officials told The Eagle they didn’t spend any public money to get Topgolf, a popular sports entertainment company owned by publicly traded golfing behemoth Callaway Golf Co., a company currently valued at $5.9 billion. “We gave them no incentives, no reimbursement,” said Sean Reilly, a spokesman for Overland Park city government. “Topgolf did not receive any incentives from the city,” said Joanna McSpadden, Oklahoma City’s economic development program manager. “That’s the idea, right? We don’t have to incentivize everything, we can have some growth on the private dime, too.”
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
