Over the past 15 years Bonnaroo has given back to Coffee County in many ways including the county receiving money off of ticket sales.

$3 is collected from tickets and a $30,000 flat fee. The amount received has averaged around $250,000 per year until this year. Normally Bonnaroo sells around 80,000 tickets.

The past June organizers only sold 43,870 tickets for the 2016 event. The total from the ticket sales and the $30,000 flat fee amounted to just $161,611.

County officials say despite getting some $92,000 less, the county is in good financial shape because of the fund balance for this fiscal year is $2 million, which is reported to be much better than some years in the past.

Bonnaroo is set to return to Coffee County in June of 2017.

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Partner Station WMSR