The Wiesn or Oktoberfest.....is a major topic for another week, and then it'll end.
Today, Focus carried a piece which discussed the issue of personal costs.
You see....there are two ways of doing the fest. You can go cheap/reasonable, which means for a couple....roughly 200 Euro per day ($250 American). I know....it's a fair sum of money. Toss in the hotel deal, and you will be discussing another 120 to 200 Euro on top of that. Then there's the more expensive rate....nearing 2,000 Euro per day.
This ultra-high deal usually involves people who want the higher-class fest tent....the more expensive food....the better entertainment, etc. These are also the people who pay the 500 Euro per day for a hotel room.
Most people....I would say close to ninety-percent....are the 100-Euro per day pro individual types. You go and figure the 10.50 Euro per Maas (stein) for beer, and maybe a max of five of these over a eight-hour period. The quickly-drunk crowd will try to do one Maas per hour, and find themselves laid out on the grassy section on the east side of the compound.
All of this however....equals the big profit question of the Oktoberfest. For some bar-maids and catering folks....this fest is 50-percent of their yearly salary or profit mechanism. Without the yearly fest, I would take an educated guess that 20-percent of the city tax revenue situation would dry up.
As for the hefty-players spending the 2,000 Euro a day? These are people who've saved all year and this is their week to party and have fun.
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