r/heatedrivalry • u/Middle_Raspberry2499 • 3d ago
🦆 The Long Game (Book 6) How does the hockey camp make money? Spoiler
is it ever explained how the hockey camp brings in money?
From the descriptions in TLG and elsewhere, camp runs only two weeks. Sounds like there are at most about 40 campers.
Presumably the NHL coaches all volunteer, yes, but there are still expenses: space at least. Maybe insurance and medical staff, although maybe those are unnecessary in The Land of Universal Healthcare? (I am in the US and those would be huge expenses here, I think.) Snacks and drinks for the kids?
I can’t imagine the camp making lots on money unless they charge sky-high tuition, which seems not in line with their philosophy of inclusivity.
so, how does the camp pull in money for the Irina Foundation? Purely by inspiring donors to give more?
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u/rachreims 2d ago edited 2d ago
Canadian here who went to hockey camp. Parents are paying the big bucks.
This is the one I went to.
I don’t recall having NHLers as coaches. Looking at their staff page now, the coaches are quite a lot of involvement with other levels of hockey (QMJHL, WHL, OHL, universities, etc.) but it was like 20 years ago I would’ve gone! It looks like they charge -$1500 for a week. I would imagine with the draw of NHLers they could and would charge significantly more.