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joepole · 05-27-2007, 05:45 PM

Have you ever been to the Kennedy space Center? That place prints money. Let's amortize $60M over 15 years (a reasonable assumption of the ride's lifespan)

At 6% (reasonable rate for government bonds) that's around $575,000 per month to run it. Add in an extra $25K for staff and maintenace, you're looking at $600K a month=$7.2M a year. A quick googling tells me anywhere from 1.3 to 4 million people visit the KSC every year, so let's say 2M to be on the safe side.

Assume 25% (a nice, low figure) go on the new ride, that means if the tickets cost more than $14 you're making money. That's not even including additional merchandise or food/beverage sales, which are almost all profit.

05-27-2007, 05:45 PM	#6
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 258	Have you ever been to the Kennedy space Center? That place prints money. Let's amortize $60M over 15 years (a reasonable assumption of the ride's lifespan) At 6% (reasonable rate for government bonds) that's around $575,000 per month to run it. Add in an extra $25K for staff and maintenace, you're looking at $600K a month=$7.2M a year. A quick googling tells me anywhere from 1.3 to 4 million people visit the KSC every year, so let's say 2M to be on the safe side. Assume 25% (a nice, low figure) go on the new ride, that means if the tickets cost more than $14 you're making money. That's not even including additional merchandise or food/beverage sales, which are almost all profit.