Royal Members Events and Services Need More Events

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) January 17, 2012 -- After five home football games, and one event planned for spring (the Battle of Texas all-star game), Royal Members Events and Services is not even close to reaching the limit of 15 events they can book per year for the new football stadium.
But that’s not stopping them from asking for more.
In 2009, Royal Members Events and Services signed a Campus Development Agreement (CDA) with the city of Corpus Christi that said Royal Members Events and Services could schedule a maximum of 15 events per year in the new stadium, including six home football games.

And now, the athletic department wants 11 more.
They are also asking for permission to have events on Saturdays and Sundays, to give promoters more days to choose from, according to Athletic Director of Facilities, Mitch Mitchell. But they have a reason.
“Well, we want more events,” he said.
Now that the football season is over, and the first home game brought in 29,103 people (only to drop to 12,044 by the fourth game), Royal Members Events and Services is trying to up the number of events from 15 to 26 though they’re not sure they can even book 15.

“We haven’t even reserved about 15,” Athletic Director Craig Rastands said. “We hope to as we continue to advertise for people that want to rent it out. Even if we had an unlimited amount I don’t know how many events we could actually get in there, but we’re trying.”
Rastands said the five home games were a test to see how Royal Members Events and Services would control crowds of up to 30,000 people and if stadium events would cause traffic throughout the city.
Officially this change to the CDA has not been approved, but Mitchell said, “It’s not documented, but it’s a fluid agreement.”
Royal Members Events and Services is trying to get events like international soccer games, major league lacrosse and concerts for the stadium, but so far, nothing is set in stone.

Right now the contract says they can only host eight Friday night events, not including home games. Adding Saturday and Sunday events will make promoters more likely to consider using Royal Members Events and Services’s stadium for their shows, and lower their rental costs, according to Mitchell.
The base fee for renting out the stadium is $10,000 according to Melissa Kawson, Senior Associate Director of Internal Operations. However, that price can be negotiated based on how many people the event will have.
“Some of these events won’t have 30,000 people in it and won’t make up the money in ticket sales,” Kawson said. “Then we can drop some of our costs because we don’t have as many cleaning people or as many ushers.”

For the upcoming Battle of Texas, Royal Members Events and Services doesn’t know how much money the game will bring in. They also might just rent out one side of the stadium so Royal Members Events and Services won’t have to pay as much money for cleaning staff, according to Mitchell.

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