Maybe someone can help me out here. Does anyone know how much it actually costs for a regular season ticket? And I'm talking the actual cost to have that seat rented out or however the hell it works. I'm doing a marketing project and this one aspect is holding me back. So, if anyone can help me out, I gladly appreciate it.
Level Price/Seat Youth Price* 12th Man $1000 N/A Platinum $528 $354 Gold $432 $285 Silver $336 $225 Bronze $240 $161 *Youth price includes 33% discount and is limited to children ages 14 and under This is for the 15 regular season games. Ok and now the variables. First, parking isn't included. Second, this includes a friendly and all playoff games. This time one. This year, it also included the USOC game and the preseason warmup against Rochester. Have fun
I guess I phrased my question wrong. I know how much it costs for a ticket. But what's the cost of good for a ticket? Like if you work in retail, a jersey costs $70 retail for example. But the cost of good for the actual jersey is only about $25. And that's how the store would make profit. So what I'm trying to say is, what does it actually cost the MetroStars for a $30 ticket and so forth. That's what I'm trying to find out. Thanks guys for tryin to help though.
OK the cost of the stadium rental is 100k per game. Then you need to find the metros salaries, if you took the league max, it would be enough for this. Add in Coaching staff salaries Just to give you an idea, the metros lost about 3 million last year, so I would take that amount divided by the average attendance last year plus the average ticket price and there you go.
Aha. Do you know how much tickets were last season? I got the average attendance from last year, and I'm just gonna go ahead and assume $3,000,000 in losses like you said.
The problem with trying to figure this out is that is all guestimating and some numbers could be off by a large margin. You also have to factor in other revenue streams that offset the operating cost. And those are nearly impossible to obtain since MLS is a limited company and doesn't disclose any $$ numbers. SO if you doing a research paper and are looking for actual facts and trying to be precise, youre going to have a hard time doing it.
You're right. There are so many damn factors that go into it that I just don't know. I don't really need to give details, but I just need to know the cost of goods. However, I can't seem to find it so maybe I'll just make it up. Who the hell knows. Yeah, my professor is pretty cool as long as wel seem to know what we're talking about. I just don't wanna BS the whole thing in case he starts getting suspicious.
Well, I just finished my project. I just made some crap up. Thanks for those who tried to help out though. Mods, you can close this if you want.