It is important to understand there is an exorbitant amount of expense and costs for hosting such an event. As a governmental agency, we have requirements to assure the use of our funds is allocated in a manner that meets Florida Statues. Please keep in mind The Villages is the community where the event was going to be played, but The Village Community Development District Recreation Department is responsible for all aspects of the event. This is the reason for needing a minimum registration cap to assure we could host the event. We were assured this would not be a problem by everyone involved. We even extended the deadline and promoted the tournament in every venue we could to gather the registration numbers. Without the registration numbers and commitments we needed, we had to make the decision as stewards of amenity funds and cancel the event.
This is the response from the Rec Dept.
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