Bay to Breakers Will Be Here Long After ING and AEG
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 10:11PM Citizens for the Preservation of Bay2Breakers Dispel the Myths About B2B and Suggest Ways to Improve It
In the last week we have seen a handful of naysayers try to convince the public that Bay to Breakers is an expensive fiasco enjoyed only by a small band of miscreants. Well quite frankly, their argument is a sham. B2B is a thriving civic institution, and it will find another sponsor. The naysayers are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts. So let’s look at the facts.
—ING and San Francisco—
January 29, 2009
The day the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System fired ING and moved its portfolio to Great West Retirement Services.
Perhaps ING dropped Bay to Breakers because San Francisco dropped ING.
—Money—
$0.00
What Bay to Breakers costs the taxpayers of San Francisco. B2B is what they call a “full cost recovery” event; the City is wholly reimbursed for its costs, including police, street closures, clean up, etc. B2B participants are absolutely NOT “partying on the taxpayer’s dime.” In fact, B2B is a financial boon for the City.
$426 Million
Est. tax revenue from visitors to San Francisco in 2009, according to the SF Convention & Visitors Bureau. This is just about equal to the ‘09 budget shortfall.
$505
The approx. amount each visitor to San Francisco spends in the local economy. (Ibid)
7,000
If just 10% of its 70K+/- participants are from out of town and they all travel alone, the number of visitors B2B draws to the City.
49 of 50
The number of states represented by B2B participants in 2008.
A Dozen
The number of friends I can think of who came here—from LA, Nevada, NY, and elsewhere—specifically for this year’s B2B.
$4,000 to 5,000
How much extra revenue my local corner store owner estimates he makes on B2B. Just one example of the many small businesses, supermarkets, costume shops, hotels, restaurants, taxis, government entities (e.g. the airport), etc. supported by B2B.
Not only does Bay to Breakers not cost the City money, it generates significant revenue for our economy and government.
—The B2B Constituency—
14,251
The average number of votes received by the 11 members of the Board of Supervisors.
15,776
Current membership in Citizens for the Preservation of Bay to Breakers.
105,596
Votes received by Gavin Newsom in his 2007 reelection.
110,000
Number of participants in 1986 when Bay to Breakers set the Guinness Record for the World’s Largest Footrace. The total number of participants and spectators currently hovers around 100,000.
Unanimous. Twice.
The Board of Supervisors’ vote in favor of resolutions to “preserve the unique spirit of the race”—floats and all—in 2009 then again in 2010.
The people who enjoy and support Bay to Breakers comprise an enormous political constituency. Call us the unwashed masses if you want, just don’t forget that we are massive.
—Problems & Perspective—
24 Tons
The amount of waste collected at B2B 2010, per DPW and the Rec. and Park Dept. On the surface it’s an alarming figure, and we certainly want to see it drop markedly, but let’s put this in perspective. [Having worked in green tech for years, I know a little about this.]
4.5 Pounds
The average amount of waste each American generates per day (EPA 2008). You want to be alarmed about something? This is it.
157.5 Tons
The amount of waste that 70,000 people would be expected to generate during any normal day.
We have pushed for more receptacles and more respect from participants. The waste from B2B can and should decrease. But let’s remember that: a) it is collected almost immediately, to DPW and Rec. & Park’s great credit; b) the collection costs are reimbursed; c) consumerism is not B2B’s fault.
8, Then 10, Then 15 Minutes
Amount of time I spent waiting in line for a porta-potty at various points along the course.
1 Mile
About how far behind someone would be if her friends continued walking while she waited in line for 15 minutes.
6 Times
How much more efficient multi-person urinals would be for the men, thereby decreasing lines for the women as well.
Less than 1/3
How much the urinals cost per user compared to standard porta-potties.
Public urination is a problem at B2B—no question. But aren’t we the city that knows how? Problems have causes and they have solutions. More bathrooms, more efficient bathrooms, revised barricades, and tickets for urinating on private property can dramatically reduce this problem.
Fewer than 5
The number of arrests at B2B 2010, much like the year before and the year before that.
“Peaceful”
How SFPD described the event.
0
How many fights I’ve seen in seven years at B2B.
Bay to Breakers is and always has been a peaceful celebration.
100
Rough approximation of the neighbor complaints received by City Hall officials about B2B 2010 (an educated guess based on several sources).
From its inception our group has worked to diminish the impact on host neighborhoods: pushing for additional waste bins and porta-potties, renting the latter ourselves, hiring a clean-up crew, and most importantly encouraging our members to be respectful. We take neighbor complaints very seriously, and we have suggested a variety of specific policies to lessen B2B’s impact (visit: savebay2breakers.org). But let’s not miss the forest for the trees.
These 100+/- complaints should be considered in the context of the roughly 100,000 participants and spectators who enjoyed the event, the millions of dollars brought into the local economy, and the perennial strut of a city with spirit and personality.
We can resolve the event’s negatives while preserving its positives. To propose, as some naysayers have, that Bay to Breakers’ be sterilized or shut down because of a few solvable problems is preposterous, like suggesting your dog be put to sleep because he has fleas. Prohibitions on floats or alcohol are not reasonable policies; they are knee-jerk reactions to problems that can be solved with better management. Reasonable policy, for example, would have been a barricade at Hayes and Divisadero that got participants to turn onto Divis instead of continuing into the neighborhoods on Hayes.
It is our opinion that Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the race “owners”, have intentionally under-serviced Bay to Breakers and pushed negative stories about it in order to justify a crackdown that they believe will save them money. Whether that negativity contributed to ING’s departure, we cannot say. We are however quite confident that when the facts about Bay to Breakers are laid bare, the sponsors will come.
Oh, one last number:
99 Years
That’s how long Bay to Breakers has been fulfilling its mission to lift San Francisco’s spirits. Here’s to the next 99.
Conor Johnston, Co-Chair
2011, AEG Worldwide, Bay to Breakers, b2b in 2010, AEG, Bay to Breakers, Floats
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Hi Conor and thanks for sharing this on the blog. As you might know, I'm a fan of the Bay To Breakers fan page besides here and tried to be positive there despite the negative things that I read from the posts prior to this year's race. There were the issues with the chips, the t-shirts, Footstock, the Greater Body Expo and more. The early entry fee remained the same as 2009. Being subseeded this year, things for the most part appeared better.
Later in the day, I came back to the Alamo Square area and helped a little with the cleanup and thought it was the right thing to do. There was still some partying going on in the Panhandle area. While cleaning, I was thinking if we were getting the most out of the $44 entry fee. After seeing the t-shirt, the chip and how Footstock turned out, the runners are getting less on their return.
After doing some research:
2002 (the last year under the OLD Examiner newspaper) $25 early fee.
2003 (under New Examiner and Albertson's) $27.00
2005 (last year before ING) $29.50
2006 (ING) $42 according to my running log. Entry blank was online!
For this 30 time B2B runner, I'm not surprised or disappointed that ING is no longer the main sponsor. With a lower entry fee for 2011, that will encourage more people to enter the 100th! Please keep up the good blog. Take care.
Wayne
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I am the first time on this site and am really enthusiastic about and so many good articles. I think it's just very good.
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Thanks so much for the great stats and encouraging info! I'm distressed about bad press B2B has received recently, but am hoping that a new sponsor will step up soon and it will be an opportunity to make the race better than ever. It seems to me the race started to decline a bit at the time when the Examiner changed hands and became a tabloid--the race at that time seemed to become less well-promoted, organized and attended, and Footstock quality and overall energy seemed to drop off some. So I would love to see Breakers not only be around for its 100th and well beyond, but to become more magnificent than ever. Please let us know what we can do to help. Are there people at AEG that members of the public should be writing to? I'm planning to write to the mayor. What else can be done? Thanks again for all your efforts!