Building on Seth's question, we are curious about other groups' experience with owning a stage, such as:

- What kind of stage do you own? (please provide a link or photo, if you have one)

- Where do you store it, and how much space does it take?

- Transportation, installation, and breakdown:

. How do you transport it to the venue? (vehicle type, number of trips)

. Do your volunteers install it, or do you pay someone to transport and install it?

. How many hours does it take to transport and install? (and how many people)

. How many hours and people does it take to breakdown the stage and put it back in storage?

- Has any maintenance or fixing of the stage been required?

- Do you have any general comments on the "rent vs. own" decision?

We have a rental company that does a good job, but the price has gone up to about $1500 per weekend, so we are considering the pros and cons of owning.

Any input you can give before tomorrow (3/27) at 6:30 ET is appreciated!

Amanda Setili

Atlanta Contra Dance (same group as Seth)

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM Tepfer, Seth via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hello organizers

The cost of renting a stage (along with everything else) have increased substantially in comparison to inflation. When we compare the cost of buying a stage and paying for a rental unit to renting a stage for 3 events each year (two contra weekends and an ECD weekend) it doesn't seem to make sense.

Do other organizations own their own stage? Thoughts about hidden costs besides storage unit and setup / take down?

We are meeting Thursday night to discuss! Any thoughts prior to then would be welcome. Thoughts after that are still welcome, just not as timely.

Seth

Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)

Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center

Book time to meet with me

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