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City Budget Review

Sports and Tourism budget, fiscal year 2025

Sports and Tourism spent $11.4M in fiscal year 2025 — 2.4% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 11th-largest share.

Spending

$11.4M

2.4% of city spending · up 0.8% from 2024

Revenue

$5.4M

Salaries

$2.2M

Divisions

8

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Building Maintenance$1.7M15% · 96 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$1.7M15% · 63 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.7M15% · 57 lines
Grounds Maintenance$915K8.1% · 32 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$801K7.1% · 14 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$510K4.5% · 131 lines
Agricultural Grounds Supplies$501K4.4% · 85 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$284K2.5% · 1 line
60 other categories$3.3M29%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Concession Revenue$1.0M19% · 1 line
NPC PO-Ctyshr Tkt Surchargerev$771K14% · 1 line
NPC PO-Cty Shr Ticket Salesrev$755K14% · 1 line
Special Events Revenue$520K9.6% · 2 lines
Baseball Advertising Rev$447K8.2% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$381K7.0% · 2 lines
Baseball Novelties Rev$341K6.3% · 1 line
Program Fee Revenue$232K4.3% · 1 line
16 other categories$936K17%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Building MaintenanceMar 31, 2025The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$532,109.92
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsMay 21, 2025The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$375,031.31
Grounds MaintenanceJun 2, 2025The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$328,270.05
Cptl-Design EngineeringJun 30, 2025General Capital Projects Fund$284,308.79
Agricultural Grounds SuppliesNov 6, 2024Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$132,054.00
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsMar 16, 2025Tourism$119,628.40
Op Equip Tool Part Under 10KJan 27, 2025Sports and Tourism Fund$113,636.03
Signs and Sign SuppliesMar 9, 2025Spring Trng Ticket Surcharge$94,062.13
Equipment Rental ExpMar 31, 2025Tourism$91,879.18

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Concession RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$1,039,622.35
NPC PO-Ctyshr Tkt SurchargerevSpring Trng Ticket Surcharge$770,814.00
NPC PO-Cty Shr Ticket SalesrevSports and Tourism Fund$754,611.04
Baseball Advertising RevSports and Tourism Fund$447,123.30
Facility Use RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$367,965.13
Baseball Novelties RevSports and Tourism Fund$341,239.82
Special Events RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$285,417.45
Special Events RevenueTourism$234,445.35
Program Fee RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$231,805.20
Tennis TournamentsSports and Tourism Fund$170,648.52
Interest Income RevSports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$159,053.93
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-StateArizona Office of Tourism$153,373.81
Miscellaneous RevenueStadium Improvements$137,174.21
Ramada RentalsSports and Tourism Fund$107,417.40
Ticket Sales RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$35,297.00

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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$1,153,136.14
Sports and Tourism$799,774.04
Arts & Culture$264,019.60

Published salary total by fiscal year: $278K in 2018, $2.2M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2018$278K
  2. 2019$790K
  3. 2020$801K
  4. 2021$1.7M
  5. 2022$1.5M
  6. 2023$1.6M
  7. 2024$1.8M
  8. 2025$2.2M

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