Invoices show WKU spent a total of $241,196.60 for Flo Rida’s Oct. 30 South Lawn concert.
Flo Rida was directly paid $150,000 for the free performance. The remaining $91,196.60 included but were not limited to expenditures for audio-visual equipment, alcohol, food, security and lodging for the performer and his team.
According to the contract between WKU and the agency representing Flo Rida, the university was responsible for additional costs relating to the performance in addition to the amount paid to the artist.
“Concert staging, audio and lighting” from Green Stone Live, a Nashville audio-visual production company, charged the highest expense at $59,925. Other payments include $3,132.30 on alcohol from Aramark and $9,500 on consultation from John Pepper CSSP, a Hendersonville, Tennessee security agent.
For a similar performance in August, Eastern Kentucky University paid nearly an estimated $204,000.
Detailed expenses can be found in the invoices below.
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