[SML] elite production?

[billn at peak.org]

> If the last-minuteness of the speech is to be believed (I'm skeptical),
> I suppose the costs could go that high.
>
> I've never had POTUS here, but we've hosted VPOTUS several times and our
> bill was about 5% of that total. But we had weeks of lead time to get
> our crew cleared and everything we needed was already built into the
> theatre.

Exactly.

Apparently the governmental agency responsible for contracting the service
contacted several vendors - where none of the others could provide the needed
setup in the required time frame - at any cost. If that is the case, then we
are lucky the price wasn't a lot higher.

Bill