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Team Stadium Roster Support Economy Franchise Value
San Francisco 87 98 90 35 $611,380,000
Dallas 72 94 92 62 $603,680,000
Washington 75 90 93 50 $589,820,000
Baltimore 68 100 86 48 $569,800,000
Denver 72 67 95 46 $542,080,000
Pittsburgh 72 64 99 44 $540,540,000
Kansas City 66 78 97 42 $537,460,000
Minnesota 58 74 88 50 $505,120,000
Carolina 50 83 89 51 $497,420,000
Detroit 54 83 79 51 $494,340,000
Philadelphia 62 55 88 53 $492,800,000
San Diego 62 88 66 36 $483,560,000
Tampa Bay 54 68 99 38 $482,020,000
Cleveland 54 46 85 36 $423,500,000
Seattle 25 86 82 44 $403,480,000
Buffalo 29 80 78 42 $397,320,000
New England 53 6 99 45 $394,240,000
Oakland 36 55 79 50 $394,240,000
Chicago 20 81 76 56 $389,620,000
Miami 25 73 99 31 $389,620,000
Tennessee 30 53 99 41 $389,620,000
**New York J 20 67 82 56 $381,150,000
New York G 20 20 99 64 $364,210,000
Atlanta 18 71 68 47 $363,440,000
St. Louis 10 52 92 45 $353,430,000
Houston 14 64 71 44 $351,890,000
Jacksonville 14 61 73 41 $348,810,000
Cincinnati 14 58 68 36 $338,800,000
New Orleans 10 65 75 25 $334,950,000
Arizona 35 24 39 40 $325,710,000
Indianapolis 17 15 83 38 $323,400,000
Green Bay 17 1 93 40 $321,860,000
Our franchise value has moved to 22nd, up from 24th last season. We will once again propose for a new stadium. The New York Jets have announced the final plans for their 65,000 seat stadium to be constructed on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Stadium is to be constructed by a top quality construction firm at an estimated cost of $500 million. It is believed that the Jets' Organization will contribute $125 million while the rest will be asked for during a public vote.
The plans include a retractable roof with a grass playing field. Although many Jet officials have said they do not plan on using the roof and altering the games because of the weather, they feel that the retractable roof will make the plans more appealing to the public for the use of other events besides the minimum of ten football games.
The Stadium will include many features that do not exist in their current stadium including 138 luxury suites and 8,500 club seats, sit down restaurants and entertainment. Last season's proposal had the plans at 70,000 seats, 10,000 club seats and 200 luxury boxes.
Hopefully by cutting some of our demands the city will approve. If not the next plan calls for us asking for a dome, so that we can still use the building for other events during the year.
Our organziations brought in $97,450,000 during the 2004 season. We had expenses of $89,760,000. The net result was a profit of $7,690,000. Based on last season's costs we have determined to spend the following this season. Our largest revenue came from our ticket revenue. Last season $35,840,000 was collected. However, we only averaged 70,500 during home games, that is only 88.4% capacity. We will keep ticket prices where they are this season, in hope of drawing more attendance.
Last season we spent $27,010,000 on player bonuses. We will set a cap of $20,000,000 on player bonuses this season. Looking at our current roster the only player that would command the big dollars right now is Santana Moss, whose contract expires at the end of the 2005 season.
We will have a rise in scout and coaching staff salaries this season, we need to either resign our current defensive coordinator, or hire someone else. This could prove to be the most difficult decision during the off-season.