2021 National Jamboree—NOW CANCELLED

[RememberSchiff]

1 hour ago, mrjohns2 said:

Some other post asked how national could lose $3 million on a Jamboree. Pretty easy. Misjudge how much to charge or go over budget. If you misestimated by $50/participant and went over budget by $50/participant, that is a cool $3 million with 30,000 Scouts. Very easy to do. 

National (thru NewWorld19) planned and budgeted to make a profit from WSJ 2019, say it was $400 profit/scout. So if unplanned additional expenses were an added $400/scout, they would have broke even. With a $3M loss for 30,000 scouts, then the unplanned additional expenses are ($400+$100)/scout.  Ouch.

Edited July 26, 2020 by RememberSchiff