SMISports Money Index
Sample dataNBA

Sample Team 05 (NBA)

The Sample Team 05 (NBA) average 18,608 fans per game in 2025, 97.9% of a 19,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 113.1% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

18,608

% of capacity

97.9%

Resale premium

+187%

Market viability

90

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$132
  • Average$273
  • Premium seats$936

Average face value $95. Resale average runs +187% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

113.1%
Payroll
$158.4M
Cap
$140.0M
Space
-$18.4M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$6.77B

+8.1% CAGR

  • 2021
    $4.96B
  • 2022
    $5.34B
  • 2023
    $5.89B
  • 2024
    $6.21B
  • 2025
    $6.77B

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $57.3M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 90 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)100
  • Resale premium (25%)100
  • Valuation growth (20%)65
  • Metro population (15%)100
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)74

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