GENERAL
Arena: Robertson stadium
Capacity: 32,000
Built: 1941 / $650,000 USD (renovations in 1960, 1970, 1999, 2006)
Head office: 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Ste. 200. Houston
Phone: (713) 276-7500
Fax: (713) 276- 7572
Website: Houston.mlsnet.com
Radio flagship: KBME 790AM, KEYH AM850 (Spanish) |
Local television: KHOU-DT, ESPN, FSC
Corporate partners/sponsors: Amigo Energy, CHEVY, Statoil, Aztec, AT&T, Methodist Hospital System, Continental Airlines, H.E.B. Adidas, McDonals, Hoosters, Home Depot, Sauza, Bud Lights, Tiffany & co. Us Army, Houston Zoo, Staples.
Established: 2005 |
BUSINESS OF WINNING
MLS Cups: 2 (2006, 2007)
Conference Championships: (2006, 2007)
ATTENDANCE
2011-2012 COMING SOON
Home Dates: 41
Home Attendance Average: N/A
Home Attendance Total: N/A
HOUSTON MARKET
MARKET SIZE
City Population: 2,117,937
Metropolitan Area Population: 4,669,571 (Houston-Galveston-Brazoria CMA)
Greater Metro Area Population: 5,628,101 (Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown)
City size ranking: #4 in US
Metro area size ranking: #10 in US
Greater Metro area size ranking: #6 in US
Designated Market Area (DMA): 2,106,210 TV homes / 1.84% of US
DMA ranking: #10 in US / #11 in North America
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007 |
FRANCHISE FINANCIALS
2009 Franchise value: $33M USD
2009 Franchise value ranking: #8 in MLS
2008 Revenues: $10M USD
2008 Operating Income: $-1.8M USD
OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Owner: Philip Anschutz, Oscar De la Hoya, Gabriel Brener
Acquisition date/price:
General Manager:
Head Coach: Dominic Kinnear
Stadium: University of Houston System
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MARKET ECONOMICS
Economic Description: Seaport and Gamma world city; Broad industrial base in energy (oil and natural gas), manufacturing, aeronautics, transportation, health care, oil field equipment, tourism, biomedical, mining and engineering services.
Major companies: Second only to New York City in the number of Fortune 500 companies resident in the city and metropolitan area; Conoco Phillips, Shell Oil, BP, ExxonMobil US Operations, Apache Corporation, Citgo, Marathon Oil.
City per capita income (ranking): City of Houston - $20,101 USD
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $46,235 (#22 US)
State per capita income (ranking): $35,166 (#22 US)
MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS
Ethnicity: Race – White 49.29%, Black 25.31%, Asian-American 5.31%, Other 20%; Hispanic of any race: 37%.
Language: Approximately 65% English.
Median Age: 30.9 years.
Political Leadership: Mayor of Houston – Bill White (Democrat); Governor of Texas – Rick Perry (R); U.S. Senators – Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), John Cornyn (R); U.S. Representatives – 20 Republican, 12 Democrat: Louie Gohmert (R), Ted Poe (R), Sam Johnson (R), Ralph Hall (R), Jeb Hensarling (R), John Culberson (R), Kevin Brady (R), Al Green (D), Michael McCaul (R), Mike Conaway (R), Kay Granger (R), Ron Paul (R), Mac Thornberry (R), Ruben Hinojosa (D), Silvestre Reyes (D), Chet Edwards (D), Sheila Jackson Lee (D), Randy Neugebauer (R), Charles A. Gonzalez (D), Lamar S. Smith (R ), Ciro Rodriguez (D), Kerry Marchant (R), Lloyd Doggett (D), Michael C. Burgess (R), Solomon P. Ortiz (D), Henry Cuellar (D), Gene Green (D), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D), John Carter (R), Pete Sessions (R).
Source: Team Marketing Report, ESPN.com, Forbes.com and TheSportMarket.biz
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