What is the short-term impact of Brett Favre on the Minnesota Vikings?
Cash.
Lots of it.
Let’s start with the fact that in 2006 the Vikings average ticket price was $71 ($71!!!). Then let’s realize that since Favre signed the Vikings have sold 3,200 season tickets and 11,000 single-game tickets.
Let’s be generous and figure that in three years the average price went down and we’ll use $65 as the average. Let’s be more generous and say the season ticket package is eight games (rather than 10, the most blatant ripoff in all of pro sports).
So … $65 x eight games x 3,200 tickets = $1.664 million. And it’s probably higher. Figure at least $2 million. And … 11,000 single game tickets x $65 = $715,000. Round up, and Favre in two days was worth $3 million to the Vikings.
In an economic time when many teams are struggling to fill stadiums.
The sunny side? The season opener is sold out, so we won't need Vikings fans to Cleveland to ensure a local broadcast.
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Two days take: $3-million.
Farve's salary: $10 to $12-million.
Farve's interceptions killing any hopes of a Vikings playoff: PRICELESS.
Not to mention all of the concessions those ticket holders will purchase, at even greater markups than the game tickets.
Actually, this situation is a far cry from the ridiculous Lerner lease or the ridiculous Jacobs lease or the ridiculous Dolan lease or the ridiculous Gund lease or the ridiculous Gilbert lease. Follow the money. No NFL franchise owner is getting bloody rich from this, and certainly not on wieners, suds and peanuts. Lease bullet points start on page two:
http://www.citypages.com/2007-01-03/news/eye-of-the-beholder/
But the economy has been stimulated, Alan
I'm just curious over the football season if we'll see a little what's been going on in the MLB attendance wise. I have a feeling, even though there are only 10% as many home games as MLB, that there will be a lot of blackouts due to low attendance. (And just for the craptacular teams)
I do have a little more faith in Goodell (than in Selig if there were such a situation in baseball) that many of the stipulations on blackouts may be softened. Roger seems to have a more grasp on reality than Selig.
Does this mean bratwurst will be served at Vikings games?