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Parks and recreation: signature events cost city roughly $300,000; stage purchase seen as costly upfront option
Summary
Parks and Recreation staff told council the city spends about $300,000 on four signature events, generates roughly $150,000 in vendor and sponsorship revenue, and that buying a permanent stage with comparable features could cost nearly $200,000 — staff recommended exploring grants and will present a detailed events schedule and cost breakdown.
Tony, a parks and recreation staff member, summarized event costs for the city and said last year's events totaled about $320,000 in expenses (including overtime) while bringing in about $150,000 in vendor and sponsorship revenue.
Tony said average costs vary by event: a regular market-type event runs about $25,000, a…
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