If you have not checked out Forbes.com, their section SportsMoney has quite a few stories tackling the business behind owning major league franchises. For instance, San Francisco, post-Barry Bonds, and with a few mediocre seasons to boot, has the most value per fan at $78. The second place winner, with the smallest metropolitan area for Major League Baseball was Milwaukee, with a population of only 1.55 million. Their per fan value was $76. Not bad, and probably to improve in the coming years with their success and their well-appointed stadium.
Even more shocking, despite a recent World Series title (2003), The Florida Marlins have only an $11 value per fan, probably the result of poor game attendance and the lack of their own stadium. Good thing their new stadium is to open in 2012...
After doing more and more research, Forbes SportsMoney has the best information available regarding the simple economics of sports business. Look for more post with their analysis in mind soon...
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MLB's Valuable Fans
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That's a pretty useful list forbes has thrown together. And $11?? Wow, that's like a beer and a hotdog haha. Hopefully that'll pick up with their own stadium, incredible. Then again, equating fans to a monetary sum seems a bit, well cold. But I guess it is a business and the business of making money doesn't see people as the individual entities that they are.
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