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1000Attendeesticket price (keep below $20/person /day)$40.00Days:2Comments
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500Live Stream$202
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EXPENSES
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FIXED COSTS
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Venue$31,350.002 days: $14350 for venue rental; $13k for furniture rental, AV equip and misc charges; $4k for venue-required AV techs
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Wifi$0.00included in venue costs
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Event insurance$600.00
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Printing$1,600.00in-kind sponsor?
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Video recording/live stream$9,000.00for top-level, professional livestream and video recording for wordpress.tv
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A/V costs$0.00included in venue costs
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Tables/chairs/linens rental$0.00included in venue costs
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Speaker happy hour/dinner$1,200.00$30.00per speaker40<-- Approx number of speakers
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Comped tickets/scholarships$8,000.00200<-- Speakers plus sponsors and about 50 volunteers plus org team
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Attendee special needsn/a
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VARIABLE COSTSMBCC doesn't allow outside food and drink
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Lunch (Fri & Sat)$68,850.00$40.50Price includes base $ per person + required 20% service charge + 8.5% sales tax36 + 45 / 2 = 40.50 (average daily lunch cost)Their BBQ lunch ($45/pp),Their cheapest lunch - sandwiches ($36/pp). We'll do one on Fri and one on Sat.
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Beverages (drink stations)$28,398.50$16.71Price includes base $ per person + required 20% service charge + 8.5% sales tax<--This is for coffee/tea/water/soft drinks to be available all day
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T-shirts$14,000.00$10.00per personIncludes 400 live stream shirts; not all live stream includes shirts
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Paypal fees for ticketing$1,500.00$1.50per person, on average
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Stickers$0.00donated
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Lanyards$0.00from Foundation
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After-party$0.00sponsored and hosted by Automattic
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Contributor Day (food, drink, location)$0.00sponsored and hosted by Automattic
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TOTAL EXPENSES$164,498.50Cost per person =$82.25ouch!46.26
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INCOME
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Tickets$50,000.00
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Sponsorships$120,500.00
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TOTAL INCOME$170,500.00
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Sponsorship levelsNumber of sponsorsMax Tix
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Variance$6,001.50Golden Gate3000060000212
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BIGGiER150001500014
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BIGGIE7500750014
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Still a lot500025000510
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medium, considering1000300033
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individual ticket-level200100005050
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