Post by noser23x on Jun 19, 2020 21:55:34 GMT -5
Just curious, then why run a county fair that fills stands, often more then big shows so they pocket more, and pay a fraction of the payout that a big money show offers?
As a promotor, for a fair and with some experience helping in bigger shows. The county fair I run pays out 13.5k, while big money shows pay out anywhere from 30k to 100k. There is a significant more amount of liability there as well. With a county fair you are almost guaranteed a full crowd, unless rain. Big money show you are guaranteed nothing, you have no other attraction, and no security blanket. You rely solely on sponsors to help make payout and crowd. So say you want a show with 40k, plus say another amount for operating cost (if your running your own show, 1 day) you have another 20k possible in running the event. Renting the grounds, skid loaders, porta potties, etc. So your at 60k. At $10 a ticket, and say you get 15k in entry fees (highly unlikely) plus another 5k in sponsorship, you have to make up 40k, that you probably took a loan out for. So that means 4k people in the stands, that is a hard number to hit, much harder then you would think.
So say they have 6000 people in the stands. They just lined there pockets with 20k right? Not. They have to take that money and pay the 15 tech guys and flag guys to run a big money show, they have been here for two days. Thats $500 Each. There goes 7500. So you have 12,000 left. I guarantee, most of the guys doing this are putting that money right back in. Maybe they are buying a lift to help their guys in tech, or putting more money into the payout for the next year.
While some promotors are bad, most are good. Most are pulling their hair out hoping cars show up, hoping people show up so they arent out money. They love demo just like you, and just want a show to be successful and keep their blood pressure intact.