Dream house raffle nearing end
By: Andrew Samuels
Special to The Examiner
July 10, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO, YERBA BUENA CENTER, DREAM HOUSE RAFFLE — Time is running out for anyone who wants a shot at turning $150 into a $2.4 million home or $1.8 million in cash.
Thursday is the last day to purchase tickets for a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts raffle that takes place July 25.
The exact location and address of the prize home remains a mystery, as does the identity of its donor. But raffle promoters have said it was built in 2008 and located in the Inner Sunset district, near Golden Gate Park.
Proceeds from the raffle will benefit the arts center, a 23-year-old cultural and artistic haven that supports contemporary artists and art in the Bay Area and elsewhere. More than a quarter-million people attend the arts center’s exhibitions each year, and 2,200 visual, performing and media artists have had their work displayed or hosted since its incorporation in 1986.
As for the raffle, although the grand prize drawing will not take place for another week, the organization has not been shy about handing out other large prizes to early birds since tickets went on sale March 1; some $110,000 in cash prizes has already been won by ticket holders.
Anyone who wants to enter the raffle can call (888) 861-5678 or visit www.sfraffle.com and print a registration form. Forms can also be dropped off at YBCA Dream House Raffle, 701 Mission St., or faxed to (415) 324-8870.
Going, going ... gone
An Inner Sunset district home is being auctioned off July 25 to benefit The City’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
$2.4 million
Estimated value
$150
Cost of single raffle ticket
37,000
Total number of raffle tickets being sold
4,000
Square footage
4
Number of bedrooms
4.5
Number of bathrooms
4
Cars garage can accommodate
$25,000
Highest single cash prize already awarded during early drawings
384
Total number of cash and item prizes
Source: www.ybca.org
