$5.2 MM budget? No tax dollars? First, what could cost that much and second, where DO they get that kind of money?
$5.2 MM budget? No tax dollars? First, what could cost that much It's not hard for a few salaries, utilities, maintenance staff, basic supplies, and general overhead to hit $5MM/year. I'm surprised it only costs that much, actually.
and second, where DO they get that kind of money?
According to the article, mostly from the gift shop. :-)
EggsAckley! I was wondering that myself. The Alamo is a LITTLE structure...what do they do with that huge budget?