Yes that is the way of the professional sports teams. Braley made money with the GC in 99 as well. Really it is difficult when Braley himself annouces all over the radio waves that he would be making a profit with a 35K crowd for the WDF, well newflash 55K is 20K more at the $45 per ticket.SammyGreene wrote:Ackles comment completely contradicts what was reported several times at the end of last season that Braley did indeed make money ... especially after drawing 55,000 for the WF when the break-even point was 33,000 ... nevermind that all those upper deck seats were going for $40 a pop.David wrote:I don't get it either. Bob Ackles recently said that David Braley will likely make money for the first time this year. :?DH 8)
Teams can cook their books anyway they want.
It wasn't too long ago that a 23K crowd was necessary for a break even point and then last year that was bumped up to the 28K mark, due to extra advertising revenue. Well we had better corporate support as well, that must offset that number to a certain degree.
So taking David's 27K average fan attendance, divide the WDF numbers by 10 games, we bumped that average up to 32.5K. We better of turned a profit last season or there really is no sense in owning a CFL franchise.
Anyways we host the GC this year and there is a huge profit awaiting Braley at the end of this season, if he doesn't bail after this one, we know that the numbers are good.