You have uniforms, you have licensing partners. It takes a good year and a half or so to implement something like that. |
You never get a second chance to sell your first tickets. How you price them, and how fans feel about transaction with the team, are absolutely vital. |
[One reason local governments in the past had been willing to pay was to prevent some other government luring a team away.] With the expansion and relocation that has occurred, ... there are fewer markets that are hungry for -- and can afford -- a professional sports franchise. |