SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLS

Sample Team 03 (MLS)

The Sample Team 03 (MLS) average 21,700 fans per game in 2025, 98.6% of a 22,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 113.2% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

21,700

% of capacity

98.6%

Resale premium

+175%

Market viability

66

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 8, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$53
  • Average$110
  • Premium seats$380

Average face value $40. Resale average runs +175% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 8, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

113.2%
Payroll
$6.2M
Cap
$5.5M
Space
-$725K

Tick mark: 100% of cap. MLB has no hard cap; its figure is the luxury tax threshold.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 8, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$1.19B

+7.2% CAGR

  • 2021
    $905.9M
  • 2022
    $947.0M
  • 2023
    $1.05B
  • 2024
    $1.16B
  • 2025
    $1.19B

Valuations are third-party estimates. Once real data runs, each will read "reported by" its publisher.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 8, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $10.6M per year.

National MLS contracts are shared league-wide and listed on the sources page once ingested.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 8, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 66 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)100
  • Resale premium (25%)100
  • Valuation growth (20%)0
  • Metro population (15%)22
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)74

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