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City Budget Review

Sports and Tourism budget, fiscal year 2022

Sports and Tourism spent $7.2M in fiscal year 2022 — 2.1% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 10th-largest share.

Spending

$7.2M

2.1% of city spending

Revenue

$5.7M

Salaries

$1.5M

Divisions

6

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

CategoryTotal
Full-Time Salaries$1.4M19% · 60 lines
Grounds Maintenance$1.0M14% · 43 lines
Building Maintenance$854K12% · 89 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$679K9.4% · 18 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$582K8.0% · 54 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$467K6.5% · 140 lines
Agricultural Grounds Supplies$337K4.7% · 70 lines
Benefits-ASRS$199K2.7% · 87 lines
63 other categories$1.7M23%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
NPC PO-Cty Shr Ticket Salesrev$1.4M24% · 1 line
NPC PO-Ctyshr Tkt Surchargerev$788K14% · 1 line
Special Events Revenue$604K11% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$566K9.8% · 2 lines
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-State$355K6.2% · 1 line
Concession Revenue$343K6.0% · 1 line
Baseball Advertising Rev$313K5.4% · 1 line
Program Fee Revenue$312K5.4% · 1 line
18 other categories$1.1M19%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsMay 31, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$220,368.59
Building MaintenanceJun 10, 2022The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$159,998.94
Grounds MaintenanceNov 5, 2021The largest of 6 such lines among the top 15Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$137,715.30
Part-Time Employees WagesApr 1, 2022Sports and Tourism Fund$92,000.00
Utilsvc-ElectricityJun 30, 2022The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$74,599.92
Full-Time SalariesApr 1, 2022Sports and Tourism Fund$68,000.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
NPC PO-Cty Shr Ticket SalesrevSports and Tourism Fund$1,366,025.19
NPC PO-Ctyshr Tkt SurchargerevSpring Trng Ticket Surcharge$787,845.00
Special Events RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$604,374.67
Facility Use RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$504,975.48
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-StateArizona Office of Tourism$354,744.00
Concession RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$342,787.81
Baseball Advertising RevSports and Tourism Fund$313,247.59
Program Fee RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$311,550.00
Lease RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$276,369.41
Ramada RentalsThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$231,302.52
Tennis TournamentsSports and Tourism Fund$142,635.70
Miscellaneous RevenueStadium Improvements$137,174.21
Baseball Novelties RevSports and Tourism Fund$116,206.57

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Salaries by division

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

DivisionPublished total
Campus$819,272.74
Sports and Tourism$701,788.62

Published salary total by fiscal year: $278K in 2018, $1.5M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2018$278K
  2. 2019$790K
  3. 2020$801K
  4. 2021$1.7M
  5. 2022$1.5M

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.