Numbers released Tuesday afternoon to Isthmus in response to an open records request show that the cost of running last year’s Halloween party in Madison, or FreakFest, topped those of past years, despite intense planning that reduced crowd size and disturbances.
Even with the revenue generated by the event’s new $5 admission fee, the 2006 event was more costly than in 2005, in part due to a sizable drop in revenue from citations, and in part because of higher costs to other police agencies.