GENERAL
Arena: AT & T Center
Capacity: 18,797
Built: 2002 / $195 M USD
Head office: 100 Montana St., San Antonio, TX 78203-1031
Phone: (210) 554-7787
Website: http//www.spurs.com or nba.com/spurs/
E-Mail:
Radio flagship: 1200 WOAI-AM |
Television (Regional):
Corporate partners/sponsors: Anheuser-Busch, AT & T, Coca-Cola, Southwest Airlines, HEB Grocery Stores, Valero Energy.
Mascot: Spurs Coyote
Established: 1967
Franchise ancestry: NBA expansion.
Dallas Chaparrals 167-1970, 1971-1973
Texas Chaparrals 1970-1971
San Antonio Spurs 1973 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
SAN ANTONIO MARKET
MARKET SIZE
City Population: 1,263,598
Metropolitan Area Population: 1,592,383
City size ranking: #7 in US / #10 in NBA
Metro area size ranking: #30 in US / #25 in NBA
Designated Market Area (DMA): 818,560 TV homes / 0.715% of US
DMA ranking: #33 in US / #27 in NBA
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007 |
FRANCHISE FINANCIALS
 OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Owner: Peter Holt
Acquisition date/price: 1996 / $76 M USD
General Manager: R.C. Buford
Head Coach: Gregg Popovich
Stadium: Public / owned and operated by Bexar County
Concessions: Aramark
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MARKET ECONOMICS
Economic Description: Financial services, health care, national defense, tourism.
Major companies: Fortune 500 – Valero Energy, Tesoro Petroleum, Clear Channel, USAA, NuStar Energy; other companies – AT & T telecom operations, Advantage Rent-a-Car, Bill Miller BBQ, Frost National Bank, Southern Texas Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Lackford Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base.
City per capita income (ranking): $17,487 USD (#23 NBA)
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $41,813 (#43 US / #16 NBA)
State per capita income (ranking): $35,166 (#22 US / tied #15)
MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS
Ethnicity: Race – White 65%, Black 6.7%, Asian-American 2.1%, Other 24.6%; Hispanic of any race: 61.9%.
Language: Approximately 50% English.
Median Age: 32 years.
Political Leadership: Mayor of San Antonio – Phil Hardberger; 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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