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BOSTON BRUINS
EASTERN CONFERENCE

GENERAL

Stadium: TD Garden
Capacity: 17,565
Built: 1995 / #160M USD
Head office: 4 Yawkey Way Boston, MA 02215-3496
Phone: (617) 267-9440
Fax: (617) 375-0944
Website: Boston Red Sox
E-Mail:
Radio flagship: 850 WEEI-AM
Local television: NESN (New England Sports Network)
Corporate partners/sponsors: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Coca-Cola, Verizon Wireless, McDonald’s, General Motors, Chipotle. Naming rights sponsor is Toronto Dominion Bank.
Mascot: Blades the Bruin
Established: 1924
Franchise ancestry: Boston Bruins (1924 – present)

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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


BOSTON 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

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OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Owner: Jeremy Jacobs
General Manager: Peter Chiarelli
Head Coach: Claude Julien
Stadium: Owned and operated by Boston Red Sox/New England Sports Ventures
Concessions: Aramark

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
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: Paul G. Kirk (D), John Kerry (D); Representatives – John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Niki Tsongas (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