Very many ticket orders for festivals
Hammer’s predecessor Helga Rabl-Stadler was also allowed to take part again on Tuesday, when she presented her annual financial statements to the board of trustees – despite the lockdowns and CoV problems.
Less rental income
However, the crisis has taken a toll on the festival’s finances in terms of renting out the houses. This income fell by 2.8 million euros to a modest 417,000 euros. Ticket sales for Whitsun and summer together generated 26.9 million euros in the previous year, around four million euros less than in the 2019 pre-corona season. , the protective shield for the Whitsun Festival, the promotion of operational testing and high sponsorship income from the Salzburg Festival Fund for 2020/21. The payout in 2021 was 91 percent, 227,062 cards were issued.
Total assets almost a hundred million
The balance sheet total for the end of September 2021 was 95 million euros, informed Governor Wilfried Haslauer, who holds the rotating chairmanship of the Board of Trustees this year. Of this, EUR 1.25 million was allocated to the investment reserves and EUR 2.4 million to the program reserves.
At today’s meeting, a new distribution of tasks was also fixed in the three-person board of directors: Kristina Hammer will be given additional tasks, namely marketing and sales (including the ticket office) in addition to the areas of sponsoring, protocol and press.
How is the renovation going?
In addition, the commercial director Lukas Crepaz informed the board of trustees about the renovation and expansion of the festival halls: After the approval of the general urban planning conditions by the Salzburg municipal council, the second phase of the general planner competition could now begin. The competition jury has selected 15 offices, which are to prepare concrete preliminary drafts for the task, which is formulated in detail in the competition brochure, by after Easter. The jury for awarding the competition winners will take place in mid-June.
Ten chancellors served “under” Rabl-Stadler
On Tuesday, Rabl-Stadler summed up how many politicians she had to deal with in her 27 years as president: nine federal chancellors, one federal chancellor, ten art ministers, one state secretary and two state secretaries, three state governors and three mayors. In the house itself, she worked with six directors and three commercial directors, three concert bosses and seven acting bosses and one acting boss. They now say goodbye with two smiling eyes, because they can hand over the festival completely stable and as the best festival in the world. They quickly raised 200 million euros in sponsorship money for the festival, 23 of them for the years 2022 to 2026.