race fees variation

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sku said:

great. Because otherwise, what I'm seeing is this...St. Anthony's 2800
racers (had at least that many in '04) times $115 each (assuming 100% of
racers register early) = $322,000. Many of the support crew are volunteers.
Many of the products given to racers are donated. On the surface, it
appears greedy.

Some of it may have to do with how much they get charged for permits and
police traffic control, etc. Some of it is profit. From what I hear, the
non-M-dot Ironman races are just as good, and many of them are half the
price and have 1/3 or less the number of competitors. WTC is making some
money, that's for sure.

--Harold Buck

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and party every day.
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"sku" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

I'm sure this has come up before in this group. But, I am wondering
if someone can help me understand why there is such variation in race
fees for similar races in the same geographic area. Cases in point:
Memphis in May has upped its fee to $95 (and that's with early
registration); St. Anthony's early registration fee is $115! Yet, the
Over the Mountain triathlon in North Carolina is $55. I've done
Memphis 4 times, Over the Mountain once, and my wife did St. Anthony's
in '03. They are all olympic distance. There may be a little bit more
support for the racers in the big-time race at St. Anthony's, but not
anything noticeably different like when you do an Ironman. They are
all nice races. So, the only explanation I can come up with is that
because St. Anthony's is in a larger metropolitan area, it needs to be
more expensive. But, twice as much as a race in North Carolina? And
what about Memphis? I love Mempis in May, I think it's a great race.

Also just plain supply and demand. If you've got a site that can handle
400 participants, then you want to set the price at the point that
maximizes the $'s you get from those 400 participants. If in a large
metro area you can set the price at $125 and sell all 400 slots then you
will do so. If however you have a smaller area (like Shelby lets say) and
you set the price at $125 you are likley not to sell all slots so you
reduce the price to the point that you generally have participants to
number just over the number of slots available.

Van

sku said:

I'm sure this has come up before in this group. But, I am wondering if
someone can help me understand why there is such variation in race fees for
similar races in the same geographic area. Cases in point: Memphis in May
has upped its fee to $95 (and that's with early registration); St. Anthony's
early registration fee is $115! Yet, the Over the Mountain triathlon in
North Carolina is $55. I've done Memphis 4 times, Over the Mountain once,
and my wife did St. Anthony's in '03.
They are all olympic distance. There may be a little bit more support for

Alcatraz will be $301 this year. SoCal has many 80-100$ sprint events.
--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com