GENERAL
Stadium: Toyota Park
Capacity: 20,000
Built: 2006 / $98M USD
Head office: 7000 S. Harlem Avenue. Bridgeview, IL
Phone: (708) 594-7200
Fax: (708) 496-6050
Website: www.mlsnet.com/t100/
E-Mail: firemail@chicago-fire.com
Radio flagship: WRTO-AM (Spanish) |
Television (regional): WPWR, WFLO
Corporate partners/sponsors: Best Buy, Adidas, American Airlines, Athletico, Bush’s, Cadinal Fitness, Chicagosoccer.net, Embassy Suites Hotel, Fisher Nuts, Home Depot, Life Source, Safeway Insurance, United Healthcare, Van Kampen Investments, Walgreens.
Established: 1997 |
BUSINESS OF WINNING
MLS Cups: 1 (1998)
Conference Championships: 3 (1998, 2000, 2003)
ATTENDANCE
2011-2012 COMING SOON
Home Dates: 41
Home Attendance Average: N/A
Home Attendance Total: N/A
CHICAGO MARKET
MARKET SIZE
City Population: 2,842,753
Metropolitan Area Population: 9,157,540 (Chicago-Gary-Kenosha)
Greater Metro Area Population: 9,524,673 (Chicago-Napierville-Joliet)
City size ranking: #3 in US
Metro area size ranking: #3 in US
Greater Metro area size ranking: #3 in US
Designated Market Area (DMA): 3,492,850 TV homes / 3.052% of US
DMA ranking: #3 in US / #3 in North America
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007 |
FRANCHISE FINANCIALS
2009 Franchise value: $41M USD
2009 Franchise value ranking: #3 in MLS
2008 Revenues: $16M USD
2008 Operating Income: $-3.1M USD
OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Owner: Dave Greeley
Acquisition date/price:
General Manager: Frank Klopas
Head Coach: Vacant
Stadium: Village of Bridgeview
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MARKET ECONOMICS
Economic Description: Inland port (transportation, finance, industry: high tech and information technology, manufacturing, printing, publishing, colleges and universities, tourism and conventions)
State capital: No (Springfield, Illinois)
Major companies: All State, Zurich North America, Baxter International, Abbott Laboratories, General Electric Health Care Financial Services, Boeing headquarters, HUB International (31 Fortune 500 companies are based in Metro Chicago and a total of 66 in Illinois).
City per capita income (ranking): $20,175 USD
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $43,714 USD
State per capita income (ranking): $38,409 USD
MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS
Race & Ethnicity (City of Chicago): 41.97% White, 36.77% African-American, 4.35% Asian, 17% Other (26.02% Hispanic); African-American, Irish, German, Italian, Polish, English, Greek, Chinese, Mexican, Serbian and Puerto Rican.
Language: Approximately 75% English.
Median Age: 32
Political leadership: Mayor of Chicago – Richard M. Daley (Democrat); Governor of Illinois – Rod Blagojevich (D); U.S. Senators – Richard Durbin (D), Vacant (Democrat Barrack Obama elected President 2008); U.S. Representatives – Bobby Rush (D), Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D), Dan Lipinski (D), Luis V. Guttierez (D), Danny K. Davis (D), Melissa Bean (D), Janice D. Schakovsky (D), Mark Kirk (Republican), Peter Roskam (R), Vacant (Democrat Rahm Emmanuel appointed Chief of Staff for President Barrack Obama).
Source: Team Marketing Report, ESPN.com, Forbes.com and TheSportMarket.biz
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