Ecpac Under CCT

Our study of how well the theater is performing under CCT:

The following study was performed for the 2006 period.

City provided the information for the operation of the ECPAC theater for 2006. This info was combined with the info on the ECPACLive.com website. No performances shown for Jan, 2006. There were approximately 35 entities with which contracts would have been executed.

Nominal rate for one-day rental: $2500. Cost to run: approximately 4 person-days. Guess $20 per hour. 20*4*8 = $640. Call it $1250, or half of the fee for the room. That would net 50% of the rental fee for the city to account for running the building. Net result is about $150,000 in revenue.

• See also: ECPACTakeover By CCT

Date	Event	Tickets	Days	Rental Fee	City-Run Rental Fee	Renovation Fee	Comments
04 Feb 2006	GCCA Granner and Williamson		1	$2603.30	$2603.30	$260.33
10 Feb 2006	CYT Schoolhouse Rock Live!	2434	9		$22500		3 days rehearsals, 7 performances
15 Feb 2006	Theaterworks Aesop's Fables		1	$1740.00	$1740.00	$174.00
17 Feb 2006	GCCA Christina Pegoraro		1	$2576.00	$2576.00	$257.60
23 Feb 2006	Dr. Laura		2		$5000		No fees? Recreation Dept. says this contract was handled by them and not CCT/ABM
25 Feb 2006	EC Video and Film	302	1			$302.00
03 Mar 2006	Beatles Tribute (Headliner)	858	1		$2500	$858.00
04 Mar 2006	GCCA Hector Olivera		1	$2576.00	$2576.00	$257.60
06 Mar 2006	Theaterworks Civil War		1	$1740.00	$1740.00	$174.00
10 Mar 2006	Spring Sing - OLP	1765	2		$5000.00	$1765.00
15 Mar 2006	ATAY Tom Sawyer		1	$1727.50	$1727.50	$172.50
17 Mar 2006	Nexstar Dance Competition		3				No fees?
20 Mar 2006	Theaterworks Curious George		1	$1810.00	$2500.00	$181.00
22 Mar 2006	EC Rec ??	1688	3			$1688.00	Includes 2 days of rehearsals
24 Mar 2006	Sprites	825	2		$5000	$825.00
01 Apr 2006	Miss El Cajon		1	$6450.00	$6450.00	$645.00
02 Apr 2006	GSO		1				??
07 Apr 2006	GCCA River City Ramblers		1	$2668.70	$2668.70	$266.87
08 Apr 2006	Starbound		2	$10617.00	$10617.00	$1061.70	Also in June
21 Apr 2006	Kids Artistic Revue		3	$17675.00	$17675.00	$1767.50
25 Apr 2006	Theaterworks Charlotte's Web		1	$1803.00	$1803.00	$181.00
27 Apr 2006	Chubby Checker (Headliner)	265	1		$2500	$265.00
28 Apr 2006	Star Power Dance Competition		3	$17061.60	$17061.60	$1706.16
06 May 2006	Thunderstruck Dance Competition		1	$4665.50	$4665.50	$466.45
11 May 2006	GSO Cuban Celebration	285	2		$5000	$285.00	1 day rehearsal
19 May 2006	Tamburitzans	604	1		$2500	$604.00
21 May 2006	GSO Americana	258	2		$5000	$258.00	1 day rehearsal
24 May 2006	Dan McGeorge Photography		1				? No Fees
25 May 2006	Eagles Tribute (Headliner)	292	1		$2500	$292.00
26 May 2006	Rainbow Connection		3	$21,850,00	$21,850,00	$2185.00
02 Jun 2006	Starbound		2				Also in Apr
04 Jun 2006	Julian Charter School Graduation		1				? No Fees
09 Jun 2006	Diane's School of Dance		2	$3330.00	$3330.00	$330.00	3 performances
11 Jun 2006	SD Dance Centre		1	$1520.00	$1520.00	$152.00	2 performances
15 Jun 2006	CYT Wizard of OZ	2185	7		$17500	$2185.00	3 days of rehearsal, 6 performances
08 Jul 2006	James Darren	364	1		$2500	$364.00
09 Jul 2006	MaMa Class: Voices	187	1		$2500	$187.50
18 Jul 2006	CYT DC Awards	318	2		$5000	$318.00
22 Jul 2006	Tommy Emmanuel	406	1		$2500	$406.00
27 Aug 2006	MaMa Class: MYMP	643	1		$2500	$643.00
12 Aug 2006	El Cajon CDC		1				? No Fees
13 Aug 2006	Indian Ocean	492	1		$2500	$492.00
17 Aug 2006	Academy of Dance	550	3		$7500	$550.00
25 Aug 2006	Riot Sa Amerika	100	1		$2500	$100.00
27 Aug 2006	MaMa Class: MYMP	643	1		$2500	$643.00
11 Sep 2006	GCCA - Platters		1	$3233.80	$3233.80	$323.38
16 Sep 2006	An Evening with Elvis (Headliner)	947	1			$947.00
22 Sep 2006	Temple Emmanu-El		2	$5703.80	$5703.80	$570.38
01 Oct 2006	Temple Emmanu-El		2	$6127.50	$6127.50	$612.75
03 Oct 2006	GCCA Bay Street Brassworks		1	$2417.00	$2417.00	$241.70
05 Oct 2006	GSO	160	2		$1600	$160.00	1 day rehearsal
13 Oct 2006	Theaterworks ??		1				? No fees
14 Oct 2006	CCT: My Fair Lady	3605	13		$32500	$3605.00	Rehearsals not indicated
30 Oct 2006	CYT		4		$10000		? No fees
01 Nov 2006	Senior Associated Artists		1		$2500		? No fees
03 Nov 2006	CCT: Annie Get Your Gun	1641	7		$17500	$1641.00	Rehearsals not indicated
06 Nov 2006	GCCA Time For Three		1	$2229.00	$2229.00	$229.00
	El-Fonoun	694	1		$2500	$694.00
15 Nov 2006	Dance Freedom (El-Fonoun??)		1				? No Fees
18 Nov 2006	Joe Avati Live	303	1		$2500	$303.00
19 Nov 2006	GSO	243	1		$2500	$243.00	1 day rehearsal
24 Nov 2006	Calif. Ballet		1				? No Fees; Perhaps nutcracker rehearsal
25 Nov 2006	The Nutcracker		2		$5000		? No Fees; three performances
30 Nov 2006	Valhalla	919	2		$919.00	$919.00
02 Dec 2006	Irish Christmas	313	1		$2500	$313.00
03 Dec 2006	CCT: Traditions of Christmas	11250	17		$42500	$11250.00	5 days rehearsal; 16 performances
		35539	143	101145.7	329354.7	45321.42

35539

143

100295.7

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47755.42

Headliners

Headliners are defined as Non-CCT/Non-rentals/Non-Locals. All other usage of the theater should be self-funding, as rentals pay for themselves.

Date	Event	Tickets	Days	Rental Fee	Renovation Fee	Comments
03 Mar 2006	Beatles Tribute (Headliner)	858	1		$858.00
27 Apr 2006	Chubby Checker (Headliner)	265	1		$265.00
25 May 2006	Eagles Tribute (Headliner)	292	1		$292.00
16 Sep 2006	An Evening with Elvis (Headliner)	947	1		$947.00
		2362	4	0	2362

How much does CCT/ABM cost the City of El Cajon?

Performance Parameter	Value
Total days rented	32
Average rental rate	$3134
Total Days used by CCT w/o paying rent:	61
Total rent gifted to CCT:	$191,174
Total Days used for "other" performances, not CCT and not rented:	60
Total rent not collected for "other" performances:	$188,040
Total Uncollected Rents:	$379,214
Total Rents Collected and Kept by CCT:	$100,295
Renovation Fees Paid:	($47,755)
Lost Revenue to the City:	$431,754
Subsidy paid by City:	$340,000
Total Loss:	$771,754
Total Loss per attendee:	$21.71

The above figures assume that the same events would occur but management would be handled by the Recreation Department, which is already skilled at handling facility rental agreements. Utilities are already paid separately, and are not included here.

If boosting the economy downtown is the goal, it would probably be more effective to give 35,000 coupons for $20 each to downtown restaurants and businesses.

Notes:

• GCCA: Grossmont Community Concert Association
• GSO: Grossmont Symphony Orchestra

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