SC - Profit was Opinions?

[micaylah]

> Hi Micaylah,
>
> Again, where you are truly matters with sites.

Of course it does. I certainly didnt expect price ranges to be the same
everywhere.

> My sister lives in Rising Waters.Ealdormere.
> She tells me sites are easy and cheap. You have lots of land,and sites
are easy to find..

True, but again thats Rising Waters. Beautiful area, wouldnt mind living
there. :) I am sure that there are pockets everywhere where it is easy
to find sites cheap.

> Ostgardr is in NYC and surrounding suburbs.

I am aware of this.

> Normal rents here are sky high compared to some other places. $1000 a
month rents you a one room studio. Imagine then a hall..same problem.

Rent is not too far off here. 1000 bucks will get you a nice 2 bedroom
apartment, but very small. (this is in Ottawa - Toronto and Vancouver
are higher) Remember I live in Canada where the cost of living is higher
to begin with.

> If we are lucky enough to find a hall, it usually doesn't have a
kitchen, or a place to run lists, and forget about parking...

Unfortunate.

> We have about 600+ members in our local group alone, when we run a
kingdom event, 800-900 event goers is not an abnormal figure. Now  try
and find a site that holds that amount in NYC. Near impossible!!  I
recently did a site search, and when I told them how many people to
expect, they ran in terror!( I have done a Crown Tourney for 900 and a
university for 400, as well as other events from the 100-300 range <our
smaller events)
>
> Now, we do use the suburbs surrounding NYC, but you are talking
"wealthy" people..The Ex-president lives in one of our cantons,Donald
Trump in another, Puff Daddy in another. The people who own these rental
sites expect and get their exhorbitant fees from other groups so they
look at us and expect the same.

These problems you state are not, I believe, indicative of all areas. So
given that, I suspect these things are ones that you work around the
best you can.

> A normal night out in NYC:
> $10 per person for a movie
Same here

> $4 popcorn (each)
pretty good

> $4 soda(each)
high for here

> A good,inexpensive meal gets $25 per person, a sandwich runs $8,
McDonalds is about $6
I LOVE your food prices!

> Gas is hovering around $1.80 this week
Approx $3 a gallon here.

> So.....asking $15 for an SCA event with all entertainment included,
with meals  and $25 for the weekend (3 meals, entertainment) is a real
bargain around here.

No kidding. Imo 15 and 25 dollars is quite good.

> ALso, because of space limitations we often don't have off board. We
need the paying feast goers to help pay the cost of the hall..because
many people will yell at an $8 site fee with no food, but won't for a
$15 fee with food.

Wow, sounds like a lot of whiners and not enough informed people as
stated in another posting. I certainly dont think that our financially
challenged populace should be excluded from events but the reality is,
is that playing our "game" costs, and those costs are not going to go
away any time soon.

Micaylah