Demand for season tickets
The New York Jets and the New York Giants are raising ticket prices, they say to cover the $1.6 billion cost of the new stadium …
Dennis Coates
An idea that won’t catch on
After playing especially poorly on Friday night, a Bundesliga first division team announced it would refund the ticket price to its fans that attended the …
NASCAR and Detroit
I read with interest this article at Slate.com on the troubles facing NASCAR and the Big Three automakers. An interesting reaction to the article is …
Kansas City to Vote on Tax Increase
Voters in Jackson County, Missouri (Kansas City) are being asked to vote for a three-eighths cent increase in the county sales tax to pay for …
Supersonics Hornets OKC
The potential economic impact of the Supersonics Hornets relocation to Oklahoma City has sparked a fascinating discussion about job creation, attendance trends, and the broader …
Professional Sports Team Territories
The Washington Redskins apparently have mistakenly been marketed in the official territory of the Baltimore Ravens. Today’s Baltimore Sun reports that residents of some Maryland …
Stub Hub and MLB Ticketing
This week’s issue of the Sports Business Journal has an interesting article about ticket sales for MLB and the relationship of the league to Stub …
NY Attendance
The NY Times has an article today on shortfalls in attendance at the two new stadiums in NY. I like this quote: The empty seats …
Markets that can sustain franchises
If people already had seen this, I apologize. A reporter called me yesterday to ask if I thought Cleveland could sustain its three professional sports …