Fort De Soto County Park
Pinellas County, Florida

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All projections prepared by Tampa Area Naturists, Inc.

Projected Revenues for a Clothing-Optional Beach at Ft De Soto County Park

 

 

 

 

         Derived from attendance and parking at Haulover Beach, North Miami, FL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projected attendance at a CO beach at Ft De Soto as a percentage of attendance at Haulover Beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Year 2000 Census figures

 

 

From Visit Florida, Inc

 

 

 

MSA* for Miami, Ft Lauderdale

3,876,380

 

1997 visitors to southeast Florida

15,417,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSA for Tampa, St Petersburg, Clearwater

2,395,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSA for Sarasota, Bradenton

589,959

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Total for Tampa Bay area

2,985,956

 

1997 visitors to central west Florida

8,297,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tampa Bay area as a % of Miami/Ft Laud

77%

 

 

 

 

54%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Since approximately 35% of attendance at Haulover Beach is local and 65% is from outside the area, the above

 

           percentages can be proportionallly combined to come up with an overall percentage to use in predicting

 

           attendance at a CO beach at Ft De Soto as compared to attendance figures at Haulover Beach.

 

62%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual attendance at Haulover Beach

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Projected attendance figures for a clothing-optional beach at Ft De Soto, using 62% of Haulover Beach figures. 

745,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projected Revenues based on individaul daily admission and projected attendance figures

 

 

 

     If charge this amount per person:

 

$1.00

 

$1.50

 

$2.00

 

         Annual revenues would be:

 

$745,000

 

$1,117,500

 

$1,490,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projected revenues based on parking revenues at Haulover Beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual parking revenue (daily parking fees of $4 plus permits - Oct 2000 to Sept 2001) at Haulover Beach

 

$1,100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projected Revenues at Ft De Soto based on daily parking fees and 62% of Haulover figures

 

 

 

     If charge this amount for daily parking:

 

$3

 

$4

 

$5

 

         Annual revenues would be:

 

$511,500

 

$682,000

 

$852,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* MSA - Metropolitan Survey Area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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