GGVI bid comparisons: Budgets

Sydney
Income (AU$ first, US$ second; figures in thousands)			Analysis
Registration fees	1745	1309
Ticket sales	3915	2937
Marketing	1350	1013
COMPRISING: Advertising	250	188
TV rights	500	375	Posits interest from Australian and U.S. networks.
Merchandising, licenses	600	450
Fundraising, sponsorship	3300	2476
COMPRISING: Government	1500	1125
Cultural subsidies	300	225	Mostly grants from the Australia Council and the like.
Corporate	750	563	Names only "Qantas Airways, who are a major sponsor of this bid."
Events fundraising	500	375	AU$100,000 a year from "community-based fundraising events."
"Community"	250	188	Nebulous. Gather this much money over five years "from local and community businesses, as well as a professionally-managed individual donor program."
TOTAL INCOME	10,310	7733
Expenditures
Sports events	1578	1184	Outspends parties and ceremonies by 3.8%.
Cultural events	1160	871	Includes AU$95,000 for parties and entertainment.
Ceremonies & festivities	1520	1140
COMPRISING: Opening ceremonies	500	375
Closing ceremonies	600	450	"Both venue and entertainment expenses for the Closing Ceremony will be greater than those of the Opening Ceremony."
Festivities & parties	420	315
Administration	3080	2312	Also includes AU$140,000 for pre-Games conferences. Strongly hints these will be all expenses-paid, including one junket for the FOGG board before 2002.
COMPRISING, inter alia: Consultants	180	113
Office costs	300	225
Insurance	230	173
Personnel	1730	1298
Marketing	1400	1051
COMPRISING, inter alia: Outreach program	500	375
Advertising & promotion	200	150
Other	635	476	Includes FOGG fee calculated on TV rights, merchandising, and corporate sponsorship-- not on every source of income.
5% contingency	500	375
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	9873	7409
Difference	437	326

Dallas
Income (all figures thousands of US$)		Analysis
Registration fees	1800
Ticket sales	2025
Program	225
Merchandise	800
Advertising & sponsorship	3000	Offers a heavily detailed multi-tier plan for corporate sponsorship that even the March of Dimes, the United Way, or the American Cancer Society would consider ambitious. Tempers this optimism by noting an expectation of few sponsors paying a lot each. Also hopes for $250 each from 250 small businesses.
TOTAL INCOME	7850
Expenditures
Space rental	1618
Equipment rental	350
Advertising & promotion	2500
Mail	250
Other, comprising mail, sports officials, insurance, medals, inter alia	1010
Staff salaries	2172	Range: $65,000 (executive director) to $20,000 (receptionist). Somewhat ambiguously claims that staff costs will be $543,000 per year for four years and six months.
Entertainment	150
FOGG license	125	Quoted as a flat fee. (Later amended in an E-mail to me as a percentage of income.)
Miscellaneous	75
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	7650.7
Difference	199.3

Montreal
Income (all years from present to 2002, in thousands of US$)		Analysis
Registration fees	1526.35	15,235 participants in sports alone predicted, but 13,000 budgeted for.
Tickets	2988	Includes a total 20,300 US$10 tickets.
Advertising	225
"Derivatives"	265
Rentals, concessions	50
Grants	1900
COMPRISING: Federal	750
Provincial	750
City of Montreal	400
Other	0 [sic]
Sponsors, fundraising	1900
Donations	175.75
TOTAL INCOME	9029.83
Expenses
Administration	2615
COMPRISING, inter alia: Salaries and fringe benefits	2070	Has written assurance of federal financial assistance by 1998 in hiring (and training?).
Sports	765
Culture	440
Medals	120
User fees (transportation and medical services)	375
Various communications	1205
Opening ceremonies	410
Closing ceremonies	590
Other parties	180
Other	875.5
14% contingency	1100.33
TOTAL EXPENSES	9029.83
Difference	0

Long Beach
Income (in thousands of US$)		Analysis
Registration fees	1900	21,000 expected athletes. 20,000 will pay $95, which includes, inter alia, a "background check fee."
Event fees	500
Ticket sales	11,225
Advertising	1350
COMPRISING, inter alia: Billboards	500
"Licensing/production"	7375	Lots of vague musing about how "gays and lesbians have made tremendous strides in acceptance over the last several years," meaning "we will be substantially more mainstreamed."
COMPRISING: Post-Games videos & books	375
Cable TV	2000
Network TV	4000
Merchandise	1000
Merchandise sales & Expo	7525
Games Park	2600	"Using the Centennial Park from the Atlanta Games as a guide...."
Fundraising	7000	Includes "faux athletic events" ("Celebrity events with popular Named entertainment can be a source of income," we are told unhelpfully) and international megastar concerts raking in $2 mil profit each.
Contributions	6025	"Additionally Games 2002 will generate contributions from private and government sources by using proven methods," which apparently do not include securing a letter of interest in advance.
COMPRISING, inter alia: Government grants	175
Corporate sponsors	4500
TOTAL INCOME	45,500
Expenditures
Service fees	3180	Includes legal, accounting, "$5,000" for "pre-bid registration fee," permits, and royalties. Flat $125,000 fee to FOGG.
Facility rentals	3515
Printing, production	5409.75	Meticulously itemized-- $66,000 for jewelry, for example.
Equipment purchase and rental	1430
COMPRISING, inter alia: Theatrical equipment	250
Athletic equipment	50
Computers	500
Promotion	6385
COMPRISING, inter alia: Entertainment	300
Uniforms	100
Proposal preparation	85
Logistics	4255.073	$3,110,073 (73%) for security. 150 $4,200 buses, but $89,600 to transport VIPs.
Administration	8580
COMPRISING, inter alia: Staff salaries	5950	"We will be recruiting highly skilled individuals to be officers and employees of the corporation. In this manner we will be different from any previously held Games."
Staff expenses	150
"Telephones/Web site support"	250
Other	2875
COMPRISING, inter alia: Fundraising	1500	Remember, this is an expense.
Contingency	200	Flat figure, not percentage.
Media centre	500	May not need that much if the Long Beach Grand Prix media centre can be used.
TOTAL EXPENSES	36,129.823
Difference	9370.177
The Long Beach bid committee then deducts the following from its profit figure:
FOGG fee (5%)	2275
Gay Games Park, City of Long Beach	1000
Foundation endowment	6095.177

Toronto
Income (C$ first, US$ second, in thousands)			Analysis
Registration fees	1500	1102.5	15,000 athletes expected.
Ticket sales	1992	1464.12
Official program	270	198.45
Merchandise	272	199.92
Sponsorship & fundraising	5866	4311.51
COMPRISING: Corporate	4000	2940	Government grants are pointedly listed as nil.
"Private donors and small business"	800	588
"Special fundraising events"	600	441
"Business partnerships"	466	342.51
TOTAL INCOME	9900	7276.5
Expenses
Space rental	1001.25	735.92
COMPRISING, inter alia: Athletic events	281.25	206.719	Athletic events are 87.8% the cost of opening and closing ceremonies.
Cultural events	300	220.5
Equipment purchase & rental	620	455.7
COMPRISING, inter alia: Athletic equipment	70	51.45
Cultural/theatrical equipment	200	147
Advertising & promotion	1000	735
Printing, etc.	792	582.12	Budgets for a newsletter.
"Management & salaries"	3779.5	2777.9
COMPRISING, inter alia: Staff salaries	2645	1944.075	Paid positions to rise from two to 20.
Office & administration	264.5	194.408
Pre-Games conferences	80	58.8	One in 1997, another in 2001.
Sports officials	75	55.125
FOGG license fee	1655	1216.425
Other	977.25	718.28	Includes "miscellaneous" of $377,250/277,278 and 3% contingency.
TOTAL EXPENSES	9900	7276.5
Difference	0	0

Posted: Circa December 1997 ¶ Updated: 2009.03.01

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