SC - Period cookshop at Pennsic: Finances

[Stefan li Rous]

Master Cariadoc said:
> It occurred to me that it might be worth taking advantage of the 
> expertise of this group to do a first pass on estimating the finances 
> of the project. I will therefore list the categories that occur to 
> me, and ask anyone who has information on the relevant costs to 
> provide it, and anyone who thinks of addition categories to add them:
> 
> Tent Rental: 1 large tent

>From my tents-rental-msg file (in the DWELLINGS section):
> 9' x 9'      $137.22
> 12' x 12'   $152.35
> 16' x 16'   $211.58

Grimms' 1995 prices. Sorry, but that is the latest prices I have and 
the only sizes I have in the file.

There were five different tent rental places mentioned on the Pennsic
website this year. These are also listed in my file, but I'll give
them here in case anyone wants to call for some prices:

> Tri-son Tents
> 6884 Parkway Drive, Brookfield, OH 44403
> Office: (330) 448-0651 before 5 pm EST
> Home: (330) 856-6212
> 
> Blue Ribbon Rentals
> 212 South Main St., Butler, PA 16001
> (724) 287-5702
> 
> Classic Tent Rentals
> 1005 Idaho Ave., Natrona Heights, PA 15065
> (724) 224-3504
> 
> General Rental Center
> 20455 Route 19, Criders Corners, PA 15021
> (724) 776-6990
> 
> Ryder Truck Rental
> 271 New Castle Rd., Butler, PA 16001
> (724) 285-5141

> Looking at the other end of it, assume you are getting $7 from each 
> dinner customer, $5 from each lunch customer. I think that is a 
> little less expensive than the current average. 

Ouch. And I was considering $6 fairly high. But then if it was
actually filling and it was period, I would probably try this at
least a few times.

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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
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