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Originally Posted by Neuman
Compared to every other stadium in Baseball Wrigley Field is a drag on this baseball franchises revenues. The only reason they gross the revenues they do is because of the extremely high cost of tickets. If the team was on par with other teams in regards to stadium advertising, naming rights, modern amenities like stadium clubs and sky boxes and the not the strained attempt at Wrigley the Cubs would have the financial resource available that only a few teams in professional sports have.
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I think you're making my point for me. Cubs can't charge the prices they do sans Wrigley.
But to repeat myself, the team is one of the most profitable in all of baseball while having the 4th highest revenue stream. That revenue stream will jump once their WGN contract ends in one year.