End of Summer Jam lost $47,500

The Star Press reports that End of Summer Jam lost $47,500 this year:

MUNCIE - Downtown development lost $47,500 on the End of Summer Jam concert.

"No one likes to lose money," said Dan Allen, president of the Muncie Downtown Development/Urban Enterprise Association Board. "We will recover from this."

Ken Hughes, interim downtown development director, gave the board the bad news today. Only 2,600 people attended the Sept. 9 concert, which was moved to the afternoon so it wouldn?t conflict with that evening?s Ball State-Indiana football game at BSU.

The game, the nearby Matthews Covered Bridge Festival and other concerts in Indianapolis were all reasons cited by Hughes for low attendance at the End of Summer Jam, which featured ?80s rock bands Cheap Trick and .38 Special. Cheryl Crowder, event coordinator, also blamed the afternoon concert time.

Read the full story by Rick Yencer here:
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