By: Diane Benjamin
For a change I didn’t have to FOIA the reports. https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/government/advanced-components/documents/-folder-2027
New reports have been posted to the City website, these represent the beginning of a new season. They aren’t off to a good start if you believe entertainment shouldn’t be subsidized by people who can’t afford to attend:
Loss: $13,792.88
Performance Fee not available
Loss: $16,385.93
Performance Fee not available
Loss: $2,938.30
Total lost to date: $33,955.44
(Make sure to look at the attendance numbers)
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Not a lot of concessions sold. A 10 year old’s lemonade stand outside the Arena would make more money.
What person would book a performance that loses money? Do they even negotiate with the artist or the agent/agency? $18000 for an event that sold $8000 in tickets?? That’s $39 per ticket. Raise the price to at least double that, and pay the artist half of his/her fee and MAKE MONEY!! If not, forget it.
Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder would love to be The Producers at BCPA!!
The attendance numbers are terrible. It also looks like they give out a lot of free tickets that aren’t used.
Actuallly loses is likely higher. Doesn’t include water cost for toilets being flushed, toilet paper, cleaning, building heating/cooling, etc. Dismal at best. A local high school probably turns more profit from concessions during football games and higher attendance.
The attendance was low, do you suspect that the same 220 came to all events. I might conclude that the masses paid to entertain 220.
They should take the same approach they have apparently taken at the coliseum, just don’t book anything and cut your losses.
Is it still Grossinger or has that expired?
I think expired
Private businesses cannot operate with such flagrant irresponsibility. Yet government does ALL THE TIME.