TPC Scottsdale 16th Buildout Video: Why Not Make It Permanent?

The fascination never ceases with the 16 at TPC Scottsdale, especially from casual sports fans who take notice of the antics and energy.

Even golfers who play TPC Scottsdale love sharing photos on social media of themselves playing before an empty "Coliseum", imagining what it must be like.

So while watching the timelapse video from the PGA Tour, I was left to wonder again: why not make this a permanent structure?  I'm guessing this is a permitting or zoning issue. But the surrounding grandstands have become so massive both in size and popularity that a permanent conversion would make sense. No?

Update on 2017-02-02 16:29 by Geoff

**John Strege answered the question a year ago and it's both shade and code that prevent a full build out.

“Number two, if it became permanent, there’d be a whole new list of code requirements,” Williams said. “They’d probably include restrooms and elevators.”

There you have it. And once the temporary stadium is disassembled and returned to storage, the 16th is rendered a ho-hum par 3.

“It’s pretty funny when guests play in the summer time when nothing is going on,” Williams said. “They say, ‘That’s it? That’s 16? Really?’”