Finley Stadium executive director Merrill Eckstein will announce today that the Stadium Corp. had a surplus of $46,846 for the 2011-12 fiscal year that ended June 30.
Eckstein had projected in mid June that the surplus would be around $50,000, but he will provide the exact figure at today's scheduled Stadium Corp. quarterly meeting. The total is a record surplus and the second consecutive surplus following a $19,900 gain in 2010-11.
"Everything went along well all year," Eckstein said. "We had mild weather, and we did a good job of conserving our dollars -- basically keeping energy costs down by turning things off when they should be turned off."
Eckstein said it's way too early to draw comparisons with the 2012-13 fiscal year under way, but a soccer exhibition in July and last Thursday's football game between UTC and Glenville State have produced two crowds close to 10,000. This week has two marquee events with Baylor-McCallie on Friday night and UTC-Appalachian State on Saturday night.
Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.
David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for ...
