SMISports Money Index
Sample dataNBA

Sample Team 06 (NBA)

The Sample Team 06 (NBA) average 18,220 fans per game in 2025, 95.9% of a 19,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 109.7% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

18,220

% of capacity

95.9%

Resale premium

+153%

Market viability

54

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$116
  • Average$240
  • Premium seats$824

Average face value $95. Resale average runs +153% over face.

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

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

109.7%
Payroll
$153.6M
Cap
$140.0M
Space
-$13.6M

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

$6.61B

+7.3% CAGR

  • 2021
    $5.00B
  • 2022
    $5.49B
  • 2023
    $5.70B
  • 2024
    $6.45B
  • 2025
    $6.61B

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: $58.9M per year.

National NBA 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: 54 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)90
  • Resale premium (25%)74
  • Valuation growth (20%)1
  • Metro population (15%)0
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)81

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