Cooperstown Baseball World

Hopefully there will be competition!!!! in cooperstown, because its STILL ABOUT $$$$

I took a team from CA to DreamsPark last year and it was a fun tournament and really nice to go to the HOF but I doubt I'd do it twice...

Plus it costs so much!!! New park will charge $425 per person... Old one $395 per person. And other family memebers still have to find alternate lodging, and food costs.

Why not make lodging an option. (becasue they would make as much money!!!)
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Let's do some calculations....

12-14 kids and 2-3 coaches...
Lets say 15 total for round numbers..
Average may be higher.

15 x 425 = $6375 per team.

64 teams per week = $408000

Subtract Umpire costs $50 per game
Each team is guaranteed 7 games
7 *64 =448
another 15 games for elimination rounds
so 465 * 50 = $23,250 say 25K

Maintenance of park.. janitors etc
10 full time at $15 per hour 8 * 15 * 40 = $6000

Now Food preparers... Say you have another 10 people working $6000
Now say you give $1000 per week to 2 guys to run the tourney or do it yourself.

And security say 10 guys rotate (at least 2 guys all 24 hrs)
Total of 20 K labor per week.

Food costs about $20 average food costs per person per day...
$20 * (960 + 20 employees) = $20,000 * 6 days
$120,000

And you provide uniforms $25 per kid (High for wholesale costs)

$25 * 960 = another 25,000

Costs = 190K

Leaves $218,000 per week for 10 weeks = 2.18 Million

And that's not counting sponsorships....

I think I can pay the mortgage, hire a couple (3)
Marketing guys (35K) and a secretary(20K) year round and
and hire an accountant and still clear 2 million.

HEY anyone want to invest with me and we'll make a third park and only charge $350 per person. I figure we can put downpayment on the land and secure a loan to build the fields for $200K. Need $50K start up funds...

JT, Jon Toner, Paul lets do it.... Bear want it??? I figure we could each conservatively clear $250K annually...