SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLS

Sample Team 06 (MLS)

The Sample Team 06 (MLS) average 17,770 fans per game in 2025, 80.8% of a 22,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 93.0% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

17,770

% of capacity

80.8%

Resale premium

+73%

Market viability

42

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$33
  • Average$69
  • Premium seats$224

Average face value $40. Resale average runs +73% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

93.0%
Payroll
$5.1M
Cap
$5.5M
Space
$383K

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$732.2M

+8.4% CAGR

  • 2021
    $529.3M
  • 2022
    $589.4M
  • 2023
    $615.8M
  • 2024
    $678.0M
  • 2025
    $732.2M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $5.3M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 42 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)0
  • Resale premium (25%)0
  • Valuation growth (20%)91
  • Metro population (15%)100
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)86

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