Mar 26, 2021 - Sports

How the pandemic crushed baseball

Data: Sportico; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios
Data: Sportico; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios

New estimates show how brutal the pandemic was for MLB teams.

What happened: Sponsor revenues fell as much as 60% for most teams, while local media revenues plummeted even more, per Sportico.

  • Plus no fans in stands = evaporation of ticket sales, concession and parking revenues.

The bottom line: Combined MLB team revenue fell by $7 billion.

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