Oh, Balls!
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kukla_tkoGrumble.
Looks like the Goblin Ball is going to be more expensive than I though.
The space really won't allow for any more than 100 people. I had wanted to keep the cover charge under $35, but the way things are going I am going to end up charging more like $50 per person. I don't know if anyone will go for that.
The hotel is very strict about outside food and beverage served in their space. They insist upon providing food and beverages (and charging us out the wazoo for them.)
Running a bar is going to be annoying. Drinks are about $4 a piece. I could run a host's bar and pay for them myself, or run a cash bar and make people pay for their own drinks on top of a "cover charge."
Oh, and a cash bar costs money, too. I have to pay for the bartender and the cashiers. However, I know better than to have a ball and not serve booze. We will have good non-alcoholic options, too. And ID will be required at the door to get your drinking hand- stamp.
Plus, all of their food options start at around $10 per person (for very little.) For the kind of food I wanted to provide, it will cost upwards of $30 per person, and that's what I wanted to charge at the door.
So... if the Goblin Ball looks pricey, that's because it IS.
What to expect:
Two drink tickets included with door fee. Additional tickets will be available for $5 each.
"Trick or treats" in the form of sweet-n-salty snacks, not a buffet or real food. (unless we get to do our own catering, at which point "real" food will be offered.)
Entertainment in the form of random performances and an excellent DJ.
A costume contest. First prize is 5 drink tickets plus a free ticket to next year's Goblin Ball (or Spring Faerie Fling, or Midsummer Night's Scream, or Crystal Bubble Ball.)
Second and third prizes will be announced later.
Beautiful Decor.
A Raffle. We will have some great stuff to raffle off, including a Mary Kay package, some P*rtyL*te retired items, costume items, Halloween Decorations and etc.
How does all that sound?
Looks like the Goblin Ball is going to be more expensive than I though.
The space really won't allow for any more than 100 people. I had wanted to keep the cover charge under $35, but the way things are going I am going to end up charging more like $50 per person. I don't know if anyone will go for that.
The hotel is very strict about outside food and beverage served in their space. They insist upon providing food and beverages (and charging us out the wazoo for them.)
Running a bar is going to be annoying. Drinks are about $4 a piece. I could run a host's bar and pay for them myself, or run a cash bar and make people pay for their own drinks on top of a "cover charge."
Oh, and a cash bar costs money, too. I have to pay for the bartender and the cashiers. However, I know better than to have a ball and not serve booze. We will have good non-alcoholic options, too. And ID will be required at the door to get your drinking hand- stamp.
Plus, all of their food options start at around $10 per person (for very little.) For the kind of food I wanted to provide, it will cost upwards of $30 per person, and that's what I wanted to charge at the door.
So... if the Goblin Ball looks pricey, that's because it IS.
What to expect:
Two drink tickets included with door fee. Additional tickets will be available for $5 each.
"Trick or treats" in the form of sweet-n-salty snacks, not a buffet or real food. (unless we get to do our own catering, at which point "real" food will be offered.)
Entertainment in the form of random performances and an excellent DJ.
A costume contest. First prize is 5 drink tickets plus a free ticket to next year's Goblin Ball (or Spring Faerie Fling, or Midsummer Night's Scream, or Crystal Bubble Ball.)
Second and third prizes will be announced later.
Beautiful Decor.
A Raffle. We will have some great stuff to raffle off, including a Mary Kay package, some P*rtyL*te retired items, costume items, Halloween Decorations and etc.
How does all that sound?
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Forget it. I am not paying $50 to attend a costume party. It was dubious whether or not I was going to pay $25 for one all the hell the way that far away. Weren't you one of the people who were complaining that $25 for a 24 hour day pass to another costume-ish party, ShowMeCon, was way too much to pay, even though that one included significant free food, soda, and much shared liquor, and was six times as long, and had other function space?
If it's going to cost $50 a ticket to do, it's not worth doing. But that's just my opinion. I was hoping that somebody would say "sure I'm coming!" or "great idea!" before I had to rain on your parade, but you did ask.