[Deptheads] Preliminary numbers

[Tim Keennon]

We also gave lots of notice before we raised prices, and we explained why. 

Tim

On Feb 23, 2013, at 23:22, "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at mac.com> wrote:

> Yes, but I think the ticket prices haven't deterred many people. If it does, it drives them to volunteer and we need more people anyway.
> 
> For those that remember him, Robert Lionheart urged me to up the prices to $100 at the door as he figured the hard core wouldn't drop us and we could build from there. I disagreed, but there was a kernel of truth to what he was saying. Tim and I have often joked that we only have to put on the con for one person -- the person that will spend $1 million on a ticket. Just have said person.
> 
> As is, we do have competition, and holding the prices down helped us I think fight them off. We only raised them when we had to, and I think our attendees appreciate that.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Feb 23, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Ken Barnard wrote:
> 
>> As Kryssie pointed out today that's with the higher ticket prices.
>> 
>> > From: ealdrich at mac.com
>> > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:02:48 -0800
>> > To: deptheads at strategicon.net
>> > CC: luckyguyca at yahoo.com
>> > Subject: [Deptheads] Preliminary numbers
>> > 
>> > I crunched through the drop sheets, and with the caveat that Friday is a wild assed guess (we have the total dollar amount but not the breakdown), we think we came in at 1760. Last year was 1670.
>> > 
>> > When I get the database dump that number will change, but one thing is clear -- this was our largest show yet.
>> > 
>> > Not as high as I had hoped, but, if the numbers hold up -- we beat DundraCon, and they had their largest con in their history.
>> > 
>> > Thanks everyone.
>> > 
>> > Eric
>> > 
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