SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLS

Sample Team 05 (MLS)

The Sample Team 05 (MLS) average 20,724 fans per game in 2025, 94.2% of a 22,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 108.0% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

20,724

% of capacity

94.2%

Resale premium

+148%

Market viability

57

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$48
  • Average$99
  • Premium seats$339

Average face value $40. Resale average runs +148% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

108.0%
Payroll
$5.9M
Cap
$5.5M
Space
-$440K

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$1.09B

+7.6% CAGR

  • 2021
    $810.6M
  • 2022
    $897.5M
  • 2023
    $951.6M
  • 2024
    $1.05B
  • 2025
    $1.09B

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $9.4M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 57 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)75
  • Resale premium (25%)73
  • Valuation growth (20%)30
  • Metro population (15%)11
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)84

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