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Re: Cost of attending wap party

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Originally Posted by dlavery
Hold your breath, count to ten, and think about this for a minute.

Yes, it is $90 per person. But everyone has to realize that $90 covers a heck of a lot more than just pasta and salad. Putting on an event like the wrap party is NOT an inexpensive endeavor. The cost per person has to cover food and drink. But it also has to cover rental of the facility, entertainment costs, facility staff overtime and related personnel costs, emergency medical response support, clean-up and janitorial services, adminsitrative costs, equipment rentals, lighting and support equipment (particularly if it is an outdoor event), and security costs. Particularly in this day and age, security considerations are very real and VERY expensive - that item alone can easily make up over half the cost we are being charged.

Is this cost to attend the event at high end of the spectrum? That is possible, but given the costs I have seen for other very large events I am not so sure that is necessarily the case. Remember - this is a party for 15,000 people which is a whole different scale than many of us are used to. Saying "I can host a gathering of 150 at the local VFW hall for $30 a head, so why can't FIRST do the same?" really isn't applicable.

-dave
I don't know Dave; I'm comparing this to attending some other similar size event like maybe a rock concert. We have all day affairs here, with 6-8 top name bands for entertainment, the facility probably holds about 15,000 and I GUARANTEE they have all the overhead you mentioned - rental of the facility, entertainment costs, facility staff overtime and related personnel costs, emergency medical response support, clean-up and janitorial services, adminsitrative costs, equipment rentals, lighting and support equipment (particularly if it is an outdoor event), and security costs. And I've never seen the price over $50 - usually more like $25. (Lynyrd Skynyrd will be here for $15 next month) We weren't eating steak and lobster at the wrap parties - it was lemonade, taco's, etc. You can go to 6 flags ALL DAY for less than $30, and I know you won't eat $60 worth of food.

$90 times 15,000 is $1.35 MILLION! Get serious - they can do better. It's nice to have a private party, but if it prices out most of the teams then it's not private - it's exclusive. Time to try something else.
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