QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Mar 20, 2005 -> 05:19 PM)
Has anybody that has finished off a season or two, benefitted from adding seats? Right now, I am still at 20,000 seats and am not filling them, not even in World Series games.
I had about 6 million at the end of the 2006 season and spent it on various upgrades, but didn't think it would be a good idea until I could actually come close to filling the 20,000 seats. I think I averaged around 16,000 in attendance, up from about 14,000 the year before.
Also, when purchasing ads and logo signage for the ballpark, does that give you added revenue? I spent a million bucks on them, but the more I look at it, I think that is cosmetic only. I didn't notice a bump in ad revenues and only saw it listed in the expense column in the financial statement. I am thinking about selling them. If they aren't creating revenue, I sure as hell don't want ads all over the place.
Any other stadium upgrades that have helped?
Rex
I added seats and never saw any return on real investment never filled the extra seats EVER , I also bought ad's and saw no increase sold back after 1 yr. I added outdoor cafe and seemed to always make good money.