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Originally Posted by Jim 9922
I assume the profit went to the sponsors. I'd almost guess that The Villages organization received a nice rental fee for the grounds and there were probably clean up, lawn damage, maintenance and trash costs and crowd control fees to be paid etc etc. If it was run like any other "seller trade show" around the country, the vendors would have paid a fee to participate.
The entrance fee served two purposes; 1. sort out the non-interested (a benefit to the vendors who want to sell things, and make money too) and 2. Get what the traffic will bear. Judging from the size of the crowd, they succeeded very well on item 2.
Have an idea, work hard at it and make some money. The American way! I love it!  |
Agree.It was worth the $20 spent. It is a yearly HAPPENING here at the Villages although in past years we had Annika Sorensen and Greg Norman and other notables.