To: Ms. Bouin, Partner in Charge of the Engagement Subject: Burlington Bees Ticket Revenues Derived from Analytical Procedures
An analysis of 2002 attendance statistics indicates that expected ticket revenues for the Burlington Bees for fiscal year 2002 are approximately $2.59 million. This is a projected increase of $.69 million over 2001 ticket revenues of $1.9 million. Analytical procedures used to calculate projected revenues included the following:
There were 72 games in total, 43 weekday games and 29 weekend games.
Attendance at weekend games was 25% higher than at weekday games.
The attendance at weekday games was estimated to be 235,671; attendance at weekend games was estimated to be 198,677. These figures add up to the total 2002 attendance of 434,348.
The distribution of tickets at weekday games is typically:
Multiplying percentage of attendance by total weekday attendance yields the approximate ticket revenue for each type of ticket:
Multiplying attendance for each type of ticket by ticket price provides approximate ticket revenues for each type: