Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:42 pm
Where did you get the team revenues from?Demi wrote:From what I could find Steinbrenner is worth about 300 million, Pohlad is worth 2.6 billion.
But the revenue of the Twins is next to nothing. Operating income is terrible. We're talking bottom 5 in both categories. Of course, the yankees are losing money when it comes to the "baseball money" that the Twins use to fund the entire thing. But the Yankees are the only team that appears to be using money out of the owners pocket.
And the Twins payroll is still higher then 10 other teams. Should they spend more? Maybe. But the team has the third lowest overall revenue in the entire league...
I hate to say it, but the team just needs to increase prices on tickets. I was able to go for 7 bucks for Saturday and Sunday and was in the lower level outfield seats on Friday for something like 25 bucks this week. Thats asking for nearly nothing. I bet most people would be willing to pay at least 25% more to go to the games. Buying parking garages nearby the new stadium would help too.