SlartyBartFast
03-02-2004, 02:14 PM
Lot's of attendees at Skyball seem to think that the registrations fees are too high. The fact that fewer teams registered (at least according to some on AO, does anyone have official stats?) shows the general Paintball community would seem to agree.
There also seems to be a number of AO teams that attended this year but are doubtful about attending next year.
Looking at the Skyball7 website, the attendance was as follows (may not be complete as it hasn't been updated to post tournament status, please point me to better information if you have it):
Rookie: 48 teams
Novice: 42 teams
Amateur: 19 teams
Total: 109 teams
(Note: All funds quoted in Canadian dollars.)
Now the cash prizes totaled $8500 for each of the above categories ($5000/first, $2500/second, $1000/third).
If Skyball were to be reheld with exactly the same conditions (and assuming they made a profit), the subsidy from team registration fees that went straight to paying the cash prizes would be as follows:
Rookie: $178/team
Novice: $203/team
Amateur: $448/team
If averaged over all classes: $234/team.
So, registration COULD have been as follows:
Original price/Cash Spread Through Category Only/Cash Evenly Distributed
Rookie: $1165/$988/$931
Novice: $1235/$1033/1002$
Amateur: $1370/$923/1137$
Or, the price could be $1023/team for all clasifications.
So, would limiting the prizes to event jackets, rings, and trophies (plus all the sposor trinkets) and eliminating the cash prizes increase or decrease the atendance figures?
For information, Skyball took in the following amounts in registration:
Rookie: $55920
Novice: $51870
Amateur: $26030
Total: $133820
Anybody have estimates on how much paint they sold?
If they sold 4 cases/team, at $90 that would be $39240 dolars.
6-8 cases/team = $58860-$78480
What's the average markup on paint? Or, consider that the paint manufacturer was a major sponsor ...
How many booths did they have? How much were they charging vendors/exhibitors?
There also seems to be a number of AO teams that attended this year but are doubtful about attending next year.
Looking at the Skyball7 website, the attendance was as follows (may not be complete as it hasn't been updated to post tournament status, please point me to better information if you have it):
Rookie: 48 teams
Novice: 42 teams
Amateur: 19 teams
Total: 109 teams
(Note: All funds quoted in Canadian dollars.)
Now the cash prizes totaled $8500 for each of the above categories ($5000/first, $2500/second, $1000/third).
If Skyball were to be reheld with exactly the same conditions (and assuming they made a profit), the subsidy from team registration fees that went straight to paying the cash prizes would be as follows:
Rookie: $178/team
Novice: $203/team
Amateur: $448/team
If averaged over all classes: $234/team.
So, registration COULD have been as follows:
Original price/Cash Spread Through Category Only/Cash Evenly Distributed
Rookie: $1165/$988/$931
Novice: $1235/$1033/1002$
Amateur: $1370/$923/1137$
Or, the price could be $1023/team for all clasifications.
So, would limiting the prizes to event jackets, rings, and trophies (plus all the sposor trinkets) and eliminating the cash prizes increase or decrease the atendance figures?
For information, Skyball took in the following amounts in registration:
Rookie: $55920
Novice: $51870
Amateur: $26030
Total: $133820
Anybody have estimates on how much paint they sold?
If they sold 4 cases/team, at $90 that would be $39240 dolars.
6-8 cases/team = $58860-$78480
What's the average markup on paint? Or, consider that the paint manufacturer was a major sponsor ...
How many booths did they have? How much were they charging vendors/exhibitors?