600,000 + tickets X an estimated USD $100 per ticket. That's USD $60 million in just ticket revenue. The time has come for athletes to demand at least half of all ticket revenue.
Sure, these meets cost money to run, but you have TV rights, sponsorship, merchandise, and the like to cover the ancillary costs of hosting this meet. And WA , as lazy as they are, will just put the meet in state-sponsored (ex., China in 2027) venues, so the stadium costs are more or less "free."
It's a total racket to just feed the fat cats in Monaco. Enough is enough.