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As an indication of the effect increased attendance would have on revenues and expenditures, the following estimate shows revenues and expenditure figured on the basis of a one-year Fair with a 50,000,000 attendance, on which basis a surplus is shown: [[Heading]]New York World's Fair 1939 Incorporated Estimate of Revenues and Expenditures ON A BASIS OF 50,000,000 ATTENDANCE[[/heading]] PRE-FAIR PERIOD [[left-hand column]] REVENUES Admissions................$3,000,000 Rentals-Exhibitors........ 6,010,000 Rentals-Concessionaires... 1,845,000 Reimbursement for Services Rendered................. 525,000 Other Revenue.............. 20,000 [[line to sum]] $11,400,000 [[double line for total]] [[/left-hand column]] [[right-hand column]] EXPENDITURES Construction costs, including buildings, transportation facilities, landscaping, utilities such as water, light, etc., Fair-owned exhibits and miscellaneous outside structures..............$28,516,700 Operating Expenses..........6,901,370 Interest, Insurance, etc. ..1,924,376 Other Financial Expense.......300,000 [[line to sum]] $37,642,446 Less Revenues..............11,400,000 [[line to sum]] Pre-Fair Period Deficit...$26,242,446 Plus Working Capital........1,587,000 AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY DEBENTURE ISSUE.......$27,829,446 [[double line for total]] [[/right-hand column]] FAIR PERIOD [[left-hand column]] REVENUES Admissions ...............$30,750,000 Concessions-Participation. 5,850,000 Concessions-Fair-Owned.... 325,000 Reimbursement for Services Rendered................ 1,520,000 Other Revenue............. 630,000 [[line to sum]] 39,075,000 [[double line for total]] [[/left-hand column]] [[right-hand column]] EXPENDITURES Operating Expenses..........9,983,147 Interest, Insurance, etc. .. 825,249 [[line to sum]] 10,808,396 [[double line for total]] [[/right-hand column]] SUMMARY [[left-hand column]] REVENUES Pre-Fair..................$11,400,000 Fair...................... 39,075,000 [[line to sum]] Total..................... 50,475,000 [[double line for total]] [[/left-hand column]] [[right-hand column]] EXPENDITURES Pre-Fair..................$37,642,446 Fair...................... 10,808,396 Post-Fair................. 1,000,000 [[line to sum]] Total.....................$49,450,842 Less Total Revenues....... 50,475,000 [[line to sum]] Surplus ..................$ 1,024,158 [[double line for total]] [[/right-hand column]] If public interest should demand a continuance of the Fair into a second year, as was the case in Chicago, preliminary estimates, based upon attendance of 40,000,000 the first year and 24,000,000 the second, indicate that the two-year Fair would have a surplus of $8,269,555, as follows: [7]
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Revenues and Expenditures headings repeated for each section for ease of understanding => Better would be to use brackets [[...]] for anything that isn't in the original text, to avoid any risk of confusion.