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City Budget Review

Sports, Entertainment and Culture budget, fiscal year 2026

Sports, Entertainment and Culture spent $15.5M in fiscal year 2026 — 3.4% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 10th-largest share.

Spending

$15.5M

3.4% of city spending

Revenue

$6.8M

Salaries

$2.6M

Divisions

9

Where the money went

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

CategoryTotal
Building Maintenance$2.8M18% · 94 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements$2.5M16% · 83 lines
Full-Time Salaries$2.0M13% · 121 lines
Utilsvc-Electricity$819K5.3% · 22 lines
Grounds Maintenance$650K4.2% · 25 lines
Part-Time Employees Wages$626K4.0% · 186 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$547K3.5% · 7 lines
Agricultural Grounds Supplies$521K3.4% · 99 lines
67 other categories$5.0M32%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Special Events Revenue$1.6M24% · 2 lines
Concession Revenue$1.0M15% · 1 line
NPC PO-Cty Shr Ticket Salesrev$769K11% · 1 line
NPC PO-Ctyshr Tkt Surchargerev$707K10% · 1 line
Baseball Advertising Rev$488K7.2% · 1 line
Facility Use Revenue$386K5.7% · 2 lines
Baseball Novelties Rev$347K5.1% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev$346K5.1% · 7 lines
17 other categories$1.0M15%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Building MaintenanceDec 9, 2025The largest of 5 such lines among the top 15Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$520,618.60
Cptl-Works of ArtJul 29, 2025Municipal Art Fund$446,833.18
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsJun 15, 2026The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$363,829.87
Cptl-Imp Other Than Bldgs_LandJun 8, 2026Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$339,667.33
Cptl-Design EngineeringJun 30, 2026General Capital Projects Fund$282,916.80
Grounds MaintenanceMay 4, 2026The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$240,359.74
Prof Svc-Service AgreementsMar 18, 2026Tourism$169,220.00

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Special Events RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$1,365,330.79
Concession RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$1,043,108.26
NPC PO-Cty Shr Ticket SalesrevSports and Tourism Fund$769,215.75
NPC PO-Ctyshr Tkt SurchargerevSpring Trng Ticket Surcharge$706,818.00
Baseball Advertising RevSports and Tourism Fund$487,515.82
Facility Use RevenueSports and Tourism Fund$365,343.68
Baseball Novelties RevSports and Tourism Fund$346,870.76
Special Events RevenueTourism$260,530.91
Interest Income RevSports, Entmt & Cul Asset Repl$225,450.05
Program Fee RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Sports and Tourism Fund$198,870.00
Tennis TournamentsSports and Tourism Fund$139,809.83
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-StateArizona Office of Tourism$138,759.46
Miscellaneous RevenueStadium Improvements$137,174.21
Ramada RentalsSports and Tourism Fund$107,585.00

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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$1,145,521.00
Sports and Tourism$992,941.56
Arts & Culture$435,589.96

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