Major League Baseball Revenue Reaches Record, Attendance Falls 02/10/2008 |
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Major League Baseball had record revenue of $6.5 billion for the 2008 regular season, while attendances fell less than 1 percent to more than 78.6 million, the second-highest in history.
The Yankees and Mets were among seven clubs that set attendance records, with more than 4 million fans watching the New York teams in their final season at Yankee and Shea stadiums, MLB said on its Web site.
Revenue rose $400 million from the record $6.1 billion reported in 2007, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said.
``Drawing more than 78.6 million fans is a tremendous accomplishment given the uncertain economy and the problematic weather our clubs had to endure during September,'' Selig said, referring to Hurricane Ike that hit the Gulf coast Sept. 11-12. ``Baseball is more popular today than at any time in its long history.''
The Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies also set attendance records.
(Source: Bloomberg)
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