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← EL PASO SPORTS COMMISSION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EL PASO SPORTS COMMISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,593,526
Total expenses
$3,393,063
Contributions and grants received
$3,593,038
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$488
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$680,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$51,587
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$628,801
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,775,608
Management and general expenses
$617,455
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,775,608

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,593,038

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $488 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $226,360 · program services $67,908 · management and general $158,452 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $182,299 · program services $13,000 · management and general $169,299 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,775 · program services $34,999 · management and general $4,776 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $102,991 · program services $2,248 · management and general $100,743 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,761 · program services $13,226 · management and general $15,535 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $40,833 · program services $40,833 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $93,648 · program services $60,000 · management and general $33,648 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $244,123 · program services $201,812 · management and general $42,311 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $358,353 · program services $358,353 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,527 · program services $12,148 · management and general $1,379 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,174 · program services $0 · management and general $1,174 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $77,441 · program services $77,441 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $63,021 · program services $44,883 · management and general $18,138 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $190,561 · program services $190,561 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $395,590 · program services $395,590 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $1,265,958 · program services $1,193,958 · management and general $72,000 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINT

    total $66,648 · program services $66,648 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $294,445 · end of year $269,894

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $133,365 · end of year $133,603

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $87,167

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,524 · end of year $42,491

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,521,900

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,374,667

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $151,698 · end of year $147,233

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $193,694 · end of year $51,587

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $428,338 · end of year $628,801

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RELIEVE THE BURDONS OF GOVERNMENT BY MANAGEMENT OF THE EL PASO COUNTY COLISEUM AND PROMOTING SPORTS TOURISM

Activities or mission (Part I)

RELIEVE THE BURDONS OF GOVERNMENT BY MANAGEMENT OF THE EL PASO COUNTY COLISEUM AND PROMOTING SPORTS TOURISM.

  • HOSTED CONCERTS AND SPORTING EVENTS INCLUDING SELL OUT CONCERTS AS WELL AS HOCKEY GAMES AND CAMPS. ALSO HOSTED FREE OF CHARGE 27 EVENTS DURING THE YEAR SUCH AS MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO THE HUNGRY. FINALLY, FOR ALL BUT TWO DAYS IN THE FISCAL YEAR THE EVENTS CENTER WAS USED FOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC SKATING, FIGURE SKATING, HOCKEY TEAM PRACTICES OR GAMES. THESE ACTIVITIES GENERATED 2,602 ROOM NIGHTS. NUMBER OF EVENTS ATTENDANCE 20-21 21-22 22-23 23-24 24-25 24-25 LOCATION ATTEND COLISEUM 33 63 102 87 82 139,358 PAVILION 27 28 45 25 68 3,956 EVENTS CENTER 15 18 9 54 649 38,315 OUTSIDE/OTHER 21 7 11 19 1,250 9,500

    Expenses $2,468,802 · Revenue $3,163,038

  • SPONSERD SOCCER, BASEBALL, WRESTLING, BASEBALL, POWER LIFTING, TENNIS AND TRACK MEETS/TOURNAMENTS. THESE ACTIVITIES GENERATED 9,506 ROOM NIGHTS. 20-21 21-22 22-23 23-24 24-25 HOTEL NIGHTS 6,965 10,971 5,934 14,308 9,506

    Expenses $306,806 · Revenue $430,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Omar Ropele

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $149,765
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,765
    Hours/week
    45
  • Janet Vargas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $94,884
    From this org
    $62,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,422
    Hours/week
    45
  • Hedi Castillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Kennedy

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $20,684
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,684
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,684
    Filer's total
    $20,684

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Pt I Line 4a
OMAR ROPELLE, FORMER PRESIDENT, RECEIVED 2 MONTHS PAY INCLUDING BENERFITS AS A SEVERANCE PACKAGE

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • EL PASO COUNTY

    COUNTY GOVERNMENT · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202630279349301663

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