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This item came out over the weekend while I wasn’t here, but the Mariners
have reported a profit of $5.86 million for the 2012 season, despite an
87-loss campaign and plummeting attendance.
虽然去年战绩差入场少 但水手还是小赚5.86M
The team is required to report annual profits and losses to the Public
Facilities District board as part of its Safeco Field lease agreement, which
runs through 2018. A big reason the team was able to turn the profit trick
despite all the losing?
赚钱的秘诀?
Well, that would be its continued lowering of annual payroll. As we wrote
back in January, the Mariners ended 2012 with a 40-man roster payroll of
$84.4 million — as first reported by the Associated Press — compared to $98
million in 2011. When you lop more than $13 million off payroll from one year
to the next, it can help you withstand pretty significant attendance declines.
The team was at $102.3 million at the end of Jack Zduriencik’s first year as
GM in 2009. The year prior, in 2008, they spent just over $120 million.
因为薪水支出 被大幅压低了
The Mariners have actually turned profits just about every year since moving
in to Safeco Field — with the exception of that big spending year in 2008,
when they lost 101 games. Since declaring a $4.53 million loss in 2008, the
team has not operated at a deficit since. Even last year’s declared $7.3
million operating loss for 2011 was a bit misleading, as we wrote a year ago
as spring training ended.
其实水手几乎每年都赚钱 只在2008年赔了4.53M
The fact is, the team spent $9 million on stadium upgrades that helped create
the operating deficit. Even though the upgrades should — in theory — help
improve the value of the franchise long-term. It was a onetime special
expense and without it, the Mariners would have continued to operate at a
profit despite losing 95 games in 2011.
前年见似赔了7.3M 但这里包含了升级球场的9M投资
长期来说这笔投资应该能提升球队价值