Gothamist: Possibility of No Yankees Post-Season Will Hurt Businesses

MaiaW

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:18:22 -0500

SP: There doesn't seem to be any strict explanation. It says in the article "Marlin factored in that Mets fans are primarily based in Brooklyn and Queens, while the Yankees draw from across the region, including Westchester, New Jersey and Connecticut." I was under the impression that Jersey was big Mets country...so maybe the reporter missed that? Plus, with the resurgence of the Red Sox in the last five years, I bet the number of casual (fair-weather) Yankee fans has gone down in Connecticut, at least. I dunno, just a hunch.

babyhitler

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:05:20 -0500

They don't "lose" 140 million dollars. They "gained" 140 million dollars for the last 12 years. That's like saying Knicks establishments lose 140 million dollars every year they don't make the playoffs.

SP

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:22:11 -0500

I'm directing my question to Jen Chung who presumably read enough of it to paraphrase and summarize it for this post.

famdoc

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:57:38 -0500

Hopefully, Girardi and Cash will also be occupationally hurt by the Yankees failure to make the post-season.

esquared

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:32:11 -0500

They already lost 252 million dollars by re-signing A-Rod. Schadenfreude you Yankee bitches.

Mr Mel

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:29:27 -0500

Interesting, when I was in the retail TV business, sales would go up or down with interest in the teams. The Yankees were always in it, the Giants, Jets, Devils and Rangers came and went and the Knicks usually did nothing. I met a fellow a many years ago whose family was in the parking garage business in several cities including NY and Boston. He had one near MSG and it barely broke even unless there some post-season activity. He said that the one they owned near Boston Garden never let them down.

lanciano

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:27:36 -0500

@SP: Perhaps you should direct your question to John Tepper Marlin who wrote the report. That interesting figure comes from him, not Gothamist.

SP

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:24:07 -0500

Care to explain why a Mets WS win would generate $20mm more than a Yankees one?