What is the chance that Kraft pulls out of MLS at the end of this year or perhaps the year to follow? What would that do for the league. Would Hunt jump at the chance of purchasing the rights to the team and maybe move them to say..... Boston? I would think that they could play in Fenway Park until a new deal was worked out for them to play somewhere else in the area? Like say.... Suffolk Downs? How confident are people that Kraft still wants to play ball?
Have you heard something? Or is this like the "Paul Allen should buy a team" threads? The fact that I haven't heard or read anything about Kraft being unhappy doesn't mean anything, of course, but I would think that there would be a lot of talk about it around here if it were the case. Charlie in South Jersey
If I'm not mistaken, the Revolution provide 14+ dates at his new stadium which provide revenue, etc. that otherwise he would not get. I think this actually puts money in Kraft's pocket since he owns the stadium so I don't think he has any thoughts of pulling out of anything.
He did not sign with the other two investors the TV deal, he does not care how his team does... he lets his son play with it as if it was a toy. It still costs him 45000 dollars each time he turns on the lights and opens the doors, and how would he make money if he had to share it with 2 other owners. If he did make money he would only be entitled to 1/10 of the money since he only owns one team. Chapter 14 stadium is not helping the cause.
So? He told you that? and he gets (on average) more than 17k people at $20 per which is more than $340000 Huh? I guess you don't quite understand the ownership structure, do you? Huh?
Extremely slim. I'm told that Kraft Sports makes money on the Revolution, even if the league doesn't. Not likely. There just isn't another place in Greater Boston for the Revs to play. Nickerson Field is too small, Alumni Stadium is Astroturf, the field at Harvard Stadium wasn't receptive the Breakers' attempts to play there, Fenway Park is virtually out of the question, and building a new stadium in this political climate would take forever. Extremely confident.
Stop with all the BS right now,all NE needs a winning team, fire the English guy ,bring Hirsto by next year and watch New Englanders show up in numbers.
Or is this like the "Paul Allen should buy a team" threads? This is just like that thread, so really no reason to pay much attention to this one. The Krafts aren't bailing on the Revs anytime soon. The Magpie
While it is true that revenue earned from ticket sales goes to the league and probably some additional stadium revenue on food and MLS products like shirts and hats. A large portion of the stadium revenue goes to Kraft because he owns the stadium. At least this is the deal that Hunt gets at CCS and I can't see Kraft getting a different deal from MLS.
I think it's safe to say that the Krafts are not the same type of owners that Anschutz and Hunt are. They(Krafts) don't have any vision or intrest in building the League. They are quite happy using the Revolution as a summer tennant at CMGI. It gives them revenue from 14+ home games and if the league takes off somewhere in the future they may get some TV money also.