Five Flags Center Expects Decline In Ticket Sales

Dubuque Five Flags Center officials expect a decline in ticket sales over the next year. That projection is accounted for in the center’s operating budget for fiscal year 2023, which began July 1st and projects $765,968 in revenue and $1,753,000 in operating expenses, with a net loss of $987,000. The budget recently was presented to Dubuque City Council members. Five Flags Center General Manager H.R. Cook said increases in gas prices, the emergence of new event centers providing more competition and the overall slowdown of the economy are expected to result in consumers spending less money on the ticketed entertainment events at Five Flags Center.