At U of Iowa, the Student Union rooms are free, but usually the
tournaments necessitate using different buildings with better/more
suitable rooms. Those rooms cost us a $25/day cleaning fee, meaning
that 2-day tournaments could run us $400-$500 dollars, but--since
we're good peoples--the University usually only charges us for the
second day.
For this reason, we often have slightly higher tourney fees.
++Andrew Juhl
--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "ericwhitmansmith"
<ericwhitmansmith_at_y...> wrote:
>
> We at Stanford are suddenly facing some possibly very steep room
> cleaning fees for our weekend events on campus (maybe as much as $45
> per classroom). This seems way over the top, and I'd like to see
what
> other schools charge their clubs for rooms for weekend quiz bowl
> events. It would be great if several of you could you email me at
> ewsmith at stanford dot edu and tell me how much your school charges
> you per room (plus any accessory fees, like unlocking fees for the
> building). Or do they let you use the rooms for free?
>
> I'll collect the results and post them, with names of schools
removed,
> back to this group.
>
> Thanks! I hope to show the administration that their fees are way
out
> of line.
> -Eric Smith, Stanford Quiz Bowl