[Dixielandjazz] Sacramento Jazz Jubilee To Leave Cal Expo In 2006

[Don]

We're probably one couple who won't be coming to the Jubilee any more 
when we lose the RV parking.  We can't afford the hotel prices.  We may 
be able to come up from Napa for one day.

Don Robertson

Bcf111 at aol.com wrote:

>Seems to me, as a former budget analyst, that the  figures given - which 
>clearly support the elimination of CalExpo - aren't the  whole picture.  I have to 
>wonder whether the powers-that-be took into  consideration the revenue per 
>seat of the Cal Expo   venues.
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>600 RV spaces, average 2 people each, times $90 per  all event badge is 
>$108,000.  A lot of them won't come without CalExpo.  They also pay rent and 
>utilities, which I assume is income to the  Jubilee.
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>Plus, that 25% of the gross from the great   Calexpo food concessions,  
>mostly gone when hotel venues are  substituted.
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>The Thursday night Calexpo concert party probably  brings in a few bucks.
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>How about it, Bob Ringwald?
> 
>Just wondering.  I strongly support the steps  that the new STJS Jubilee 
>management has taken to cut costs and get the Jubilee  back in the black.  
> 
>Ben Fowlkes, old fogy in  Sacramento
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