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Operating budget in 1981: $7,582,691 |
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Operating budget last year: $35,759,000 |
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Amount received from city last year: $8 million |
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Number of full-time employees: about 300 |
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1962 World's Fair attendance: 9.6 million |
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Number of annual visitors to Seattle Center now: 10 million |
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Number of institutions that call the Center home: 21 (from Seattle Repertory Theatre to Experience Music Project to KCTS, a public-television station) |
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Number of annual performances on site: more than 5,400 |
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Number of cultural festivals yearly: 13 |
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Percentage of King County respondents in a survey who visited the Center at least six times in 2000: 60 |
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Percentage who had visited at least once in past 12 months: 72 |
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Percentage of visitors who go for these reasons: |
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Concert or musical: 28 |
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"Just walk around the grounds": 28 |
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Sporting event: 27 |
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Theater or ballet: 27 |
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Educational attraction: 26 |
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Festival: 24 |
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Children's or family event: 20 |
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Rides: 8 |
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