COVID-19’s Impacts on BGW

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warfelg said:
To show you my weekend....I sat down and banged out 35 more days of missing BGW. This was one of the best. Should have saved it til the end.
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I proposed a community project to try to help you come up with more, but I think it was received with mixed reviews... :(

I think things like this are a small breath of fresh air in times like these and I want to support them in any way possible. Perhaps that is overly ambitious of me.
 
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Didn't see this discussed anywhere; sorry if I missed it. What are the chances that special events like HOS and CT get canceled due to lack of budget since the park could potentially be closed for a while?
 
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Would be interesting to see that those are effectively the season if that were to happen
 
The Quist said:
Didn't see this discussed anywhere; sorry if I missed it. What are the chances that special events like HOS and CT get canceled due to lack of budget since the park could potentially be closed for a while?
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Aren’t they typically big revenue streams for the park? I can see them doing it anyways to expand revenue.

In fact I had a bit of a “radical” idea for parks this upcoming offseason:
Stay open when you would close in Jan/Feb/March. But don’t operate rides. $2 parking, $5 per person. No rides operating. Invite HS’s, Universities, various other music groups. Use the entertainment spaces for them to perform. Open all merch and good areas.

Minimal overhead for parks. Exposure and opportunity for local groups. I’m sure lots of groups won’t want to be paid.

Heck BGW specific: Do a second Food and Wine/Beer in the off month. Make that all inclusive.
 
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Rheath said:
One thing for sure: when the park opens back up the food prices are gonna SKYROCKET.
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Not necessarily there is a cost benefit assessment that has to go into raise them to much from there already high rate and you sell less. If you are making a five dollar profit on an item and sell 100 it better then making a 8 dollar profit and selling 60. This is especially true of perishable items like food. I would guess we might see few stands open and few choices in those that are an maybe a moderate price increase during the early stages with possibly a higher increase following depending on the success.
 
This is what I think will happen.....BGW will open but you will see many things closed. Attractions closing early, park hours slashed, cost saving measures everywhere. Remember there will be no school groups this season so thats alot of visitors not entering the park. Summer travel will be less so those daily ticket prices wont be rolling in as much. I think both HOS and CT will be there but there will be nothing new. In fact shows will be scaled way back.
 
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warfelg said:
Aren’t they typically big revenue streams for the park? I can see them doing it anyways to expand revenue.

In fact I had a bit of a “radical” idea for parks this upcoming offseason:
Stay open when you would close in Jan/Feb/March. But don’t operate rides. $2 parking, $5 per person. No rides operating. Invite HS’s, Universities, various other music groups. Use the entertainment spaces for them to perform. Open all merch and good areas.

Minimal overhead for parks. Exposure and opportunity for local groups. I’m sure lots of groups won’t want to be paid.

Heck BGW specific: Do a second Food and Wine/Beer in the off month. Make that all inclusive.
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What about those school music groups? The park gets so crowded when they descend on everything. It would be nice to move them to the off season. (I was never quite sure why they came to an amusement park for competition anyway?)
 
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Mamunia said:
What about those school music groups? The park gets so crowded when they descend on everything. It would be nice to move them to the off season. (I was never quite sure why they came to an amusement park for competition anyway?)
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They don't have the competition at the park. They have to competition nearby and then come to the park as a "reward" for the kids.
 
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Jahrules said:
They don't have the competition at the park. They have to competition nearby and then come to the park as a "reward" for the kids.
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Reward. I had my 2 ate Canada's Wonderland and BGW. We also have "cross section meetings" (like in CW I still played saxophone and we met with other sax sections), lunch with the other schools, and at the end they do award ceremonies (used to do it at Festhaus when I came, now at the theater). They used to (don't think they do anymore) have some performances through the day by the HS groups (I remember playing in San Marco with the brass ensemble when I played tuba).
 
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About rising food prices. Not sure how many dining plans have been sold but I would think they still have to honor the guidelines when you purchased it.
 
Depending on what is offered in the COVID bill, SEAS, could be helped by that. Granted it's not going to make up for all the losses but it's better than nothing.
 
deacfan31 said:
Depending on what is offered in the COVID bill, SEAS, could be helped by that. Granted it's not going to make up for all the losses but it's better than nothing.
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I know the hotel industry and the airline industry will benefit from government assistance, I certainly hope that theme parks also can benefit. Unfortunately, it’s not just the short term shutdown that’s a concern, but also what the next 18 months could look like given less discretionary income, and less travel.
 
Mamunia said:
What about those school music groups? The park gets so crowded when they descend on everything. It would be nice to move them to the off season. (I was never quite sure why they came to an amusement park for competition anyway?)
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I’ve actually come to the park with the school music groups before. We perform at a different location and afterwards head to the park for the awards which are normally held at the San Marco theater or Royal Palace Theater.
 
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deacfan31 said:
Depending on what is offered in the COVID bill, SEAS, could be helped by that. Granted it's not going to make up for all the losses but it's better than nothing.
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It looks to be in the form of taxpayer backed loans. If they are low interest that could be useful, but they still would have to be paid back which just piles on to SEAS debt. If SEAS has to take $100-200M (WAG) in loans to keep the lights on, that will have a large effect on future operations and capital projects. Pile on almost certainly lower attendance and revenue and something will have to give in terms of expenses and experience.
 
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