gate money

noun

the total receipts taken for admission to a sporting event or other entertainment

Certainly professional football would lose its blacker sides if there were no gate money and no betting.

I count on taking enough gate money to pay all expenses and more.

They do not receive large "benefits" or gate money, as do professionals in other branches of sport.

This is costly; but again the cash comes out of the spectators' pockets, in subscriptions and gate-money.

A dispute about the gate money prevented the playing of the decisive game of the season.

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