SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLS

Sample Team 04 (MLS)

The Sample Team 04 (MLS) average 19,003 fans per game in 2025, 86.4% of a 22,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 99.3% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

19,003

% of capacity

86.4%

Resale premium

+108%

Market viability

53

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$39
  • Average$83
  • Premium seats$275

Average face value $40. Resale average runs +108% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

99.3%
Payroll
$5.5M
Cap
$5.5M
Space
$37K

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$880.1M

+8.1% CAGR

  • 2021
    $643.4M
  • 2022
    $715.2M
  • 2023
    $777.9M
  • 2024
    $798.2M
  • 2025
    $880.1M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $7.0M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 53 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)31
  • Resale premium (25%)34
  • Valuation growth (20%)70
  • Metro population (15%)72
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)99

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