GENERAL
Stadium: Quicken Loans Arena
Capacity: 20,562
Built: 1994 /$152 M USD
Head office: 1 Center Court Cleveland, OH 44115-4001
Phone: (216) 420-CAVS
Fax:
Website: http://www.cavs.com or www.nba.com/cavs/
E-Mail:
Radio flagship: 1100 WTAM-AM (overflow on 100.7 WMMS-FM). |
Local television:
Corporate partners/sponsors: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cub Cadet, Key Bank, Quicken Loans, Time Warner Cable.
Mascots: Moondog.
Established: 1970
Franchise ancestry: Cleveland Cavaliers from founding to present. |
BUSINESS OF WINNING
ATTENDANCE
2011-2012 COMING SOON
Home Dates: 41
Home Attendance Average: N/A
Home Attendance Drawing Capacity: N/A
Home Attendance Total: N/A
Home Attendance Rank: click here
for 2010-2011 rank
Team Marketing Report:
Average Ticket Cost & Fan Cost Index: click here
2010-'11 Estimated Gate Receipts: $45M USD
CLEVELAND MARKET
MARKET SIZE
City Population: 450,560
Metropolitan Area Population: 2,096,471 (Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor)
Greater Metro Area Population: 2,945,831 (including Akron)
City size ranking: #40 in US / #25 in NBA
Metro area size ranking: #25 in US / #20 in NBA
Greater Metro area size ranking: #16 in US / #18 in NBA
Designated Market Area (DMA): 1,524,930 TV homes / 1.332% of US
DMA ranking: #17 in US / #18 in NBA
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007 |
FRANCHISE FINANCIALS
 OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Owner: Daniel Gilbert, Gary Gilbert, David Kataman, Usher Raymond, Gordon Gund.
Acquisition / price: 2005 / $375 M USD
General Manager: Danny Ferry
Head Coach: Mike Brown
Stadium: Owned and operated by Gateway Economic Development Corporation
Concessions: Aramark.
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MARKET ECONOMICS
Economic Description: Inland port (transitioned away from heavy manufacturing to service economy with focus on financial, insurance and health care)
State capital: No (Columbus, Ohio)
Major companies: Eaton Corp, National City Corporation, American Greetings, Forest City Enterprises, Sherwin-Williams, KeyCorp, Peter Hannifin, Progressive Auto Insurance, Travel Centers of America and Aleris International.
City per capita income (ranking): $23,458 USD (#7 NBA)
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $43,714 USD (#65 US / #19 NBA)
State per capita income (ranking): $33,320 USD (#28 US / #20 NBA)
MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS
Ethnicity (City of Cleveland): Race – 50.99% Black, 41.49% White, 1.35% Asian, 6.24% Other (7.26% Hispanic of any race); Origins – Germans 9.2%, Irish 8.2%, Polish 4.8%, Italian 4.6%, English 2.8%, other Europeans totaling 10%, including Hungarian.
Language: Approximately 90% English.
Median Age: 33 years.
Political Leadership: Mayor of Cleveland – Frank G. Jackson (Democrat); Governor of Ohio – Ted Strickland (D); U.S. Senators – George Voinovich (Republican), Sherrod Brown (D); U.S. Representatives – 9 D, 8 R, 1 Vacant: Steve Driehaus (D), Jean Schmidt (R ), Mike Turner (R ), Jim Jordan (R ), Bob Latta (R ), Charlie Wilson (D), Steve Austria (R ), John a. Boeher (R), Dennis Kucinich (D ), Marcia Fudge (D), Pat Tiberi (R ), Betty Sutton (D), Steve C. La Tourette (R), John Boccieri (D), Tim Ryan (D), Zachary Space (D).
Source: Team Marketing Report, ESPN.com, Forbes.com and TheSportMarket.biz
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