GENERAL
Arena: Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 68,756
Built: 2002 / $325M USD
Head office: One Patriot Place. Foxborough, MA
Phone: (508) 543-8200
Fax:
Website: www.revolutionsoccer.com |
Radio flagship: WEEI (AM & FM)
Television (Regional): WSBK - TV
Corporate partners/sponsors: Fidelity Investments, Mass Youth, Gillette, West Newton Chiropractic, Phantom Gourmet, Bank of America, Toshiba
Established:1995 |
BUSINESS OF WINNING
MLS Cups: 0
Conference Championships: 4 (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007)
ATTENDANCE
2011-2012 COMING SOON
Home Dates: 41
Home Attendance Average: N/A
Home Attendance Total: N/A
NEW ENGLAND MARKET
MARKET SIZE
City Population: 596,638
Metropolitan Area Population: 4,482,857 (Boston-Cambridge-Quincy)
Greater Metro Area Population: 5,819,100 (including Worcester-Lawrence)
City size ranking: #23 in US
Metro area size ranking: #10 in US
Greater Metro area size ranking: #7 in US
Designated Market Area (DMA): 2,409,080 TV homes / 2.105% of US
DMA ranking: #7 in US
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007 |
FRANCHISE FINANCIALS
2009 Franchise value: $27M USD
2009 Franchise value ranking: #11 in MLS
2008 Revenues: $10M USD
2008 Operating Income: $-1.5M USD
OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Owners: Robert Kraft
Acquisition date/price:
General Manager:
Head Coach: Steve Nicol
Arena: Kraft Sports Group
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MARKET ECONOMICS
Economic Description: Seaport (high tech, financial, colleges & universities and tourism)
State capital: Yes
Major companies: Liberty Mutual, Gillette, Teradyne, New Balance, Fidelity, Bank of America regional headquarters, EMC, Analog, Vistaprint, CSN, Merck, Millipore, Genzyme, Biogen.
City per capita income (ranking): $23,353 USD
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $52,792 USD (#7 US)
State per capita income (ranking): $46,299 (#4 US)
MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS
Race / Ethnicity (City of Boston): 57.2% White, 23.1% Black, 9.0% Asian-American, 13.5% Other (Irish descent 15.8%, Italian 8.3%, West Indians 6.4%)
Language: Approximately 80% English, 16.9% Hispanic
Median Age: 31
Political leadership: City of Boston Mayor - Thomas Merino (Democrat); Massachusetts Governor - Deval Patrick (D); Senators: Edward (Ted) Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D); Representatives – 10 Democrats: John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Marty Meehan (D), John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Michael Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D), William Delahunt (D).
Source: Team Marketing Report, ESPN.com, Forbes.com and TheSportMarket.biz
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