Greg Conrad Quotations

Our ticket sales are tracking about 35 percent ahead of the Women's Open at this time. If that holds true, we're looking at well over 130,000 spectators. The X-factor is the weather. If it rains for a week straight and you've got muddy conditions, that's not conducive to people walking around. Or if it's horribly hot like last year. That obviously keeps people away, but you cross your fingers and hope the conditions allow for spectators to have an enjoyable time.

We've worked really hard to find new and unique vantage points for the spectators.

Things will start rolling into Prairie Dunes May 8. We'll start building our hospitality facilities and bleachers and TV towers. Those things will continue until about a week prior to the Open. What it really comes down to is that we're building a small city, complete with places to eat and places to shop.

It's been described as a spine-tingling, steadily engrossing drama, with all the tension and suspense of a classic thriller. And it's won more awards than any other play in the history of the theater.