NCAA D1 Mens Hockey Revenues

[jfeath17]

This was posted on the r/collegehockey subreddit and I thought it may be of interest here.
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[upprdeck]

so what drives revenue after ticket sales?  BU has only marginally more people in the seats than us?  TV money isnt that big in college hockey?  What makes up the difference?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

so what drives revenue after ticket sales?  BU has only marginally more people in the seats than us?  TV money isnt that big in college hockey?  What makes up the difference?

Agganis has ~50% more seats than Lynah. It also has a "Premium Club" and VIP suites.  That's where the money is made.  It's likely parking revenue counts, too.

Plus they play more games, usually in larger arenas than ours.

[upprdeck]

revenue is only coming from home games, they only avg about 500 more than us and this year they played 1 more home game. so make tickets $20 on avg and thats about 300K..

we have box seats too that cost more, but we really should have done something like the VIP seating option here too.  still could if they took the effort.

but factor in a suite cost.. say its 500 seats at $100 x 15 games thats 750K.

we charge for some parking so they probably make a mint more there but its only $100 and stil has lots of public transportation.. so say 1000 cars at $10 for 15 games thats 150K.

double everything and its 4 million.  

still not even close to that revenue stream.

[pfibiger]

I wonder if this has to do with how Agganis Arena is budgeted? If it's primarily an ice hockey facility, but gets rented out for other events, does that revenue "belong" to the Hockey team(s)? It appears to get used for a lot of different things throughout the year, so that additional income could easily drive the rest of that revenue number.

[abmarks]

Does TV revenue count?  Concessions?

[marty]

Does TV revenue count?  Concessions?

In the interest of thread drift I'll point out that Spectrum - the Time Warner replacement - did zero Union or RPI broadcasts this year.  I think they decreased their coverage of Colgate,  RIT and Niagara too.

:-(

[upprdeck]

TV revenue even if they showed every game wouldnt be all that much for hockey.

[slh10]

Actually Spectrum did away with the channels that carried those events. So now we get no local sports programming at all. And now they are in a contract pissing contest with Fox, so no Fox either.

[scoop85]

Actually Spectrum did away with the channels that carried those events. So now we get no local sports programming at all. And now they are in a contract pissing contest with Fox, so no Fox either.

If you told me Spectrum removed Fox News, then I'd be Spectrum's biggest fan ::cheer::

[Swampy]

Actually Spectrum did away with the channels that carried those events. So now we get no local sports programming at all. And now they are in a contract pissing contest with Fox, so no Fox either.

If you told me Spectrum removed Fox News, then I'd be Spectrum's biggest fan ::cheer::

It's fake news.

[adamw]

In-arena sponsorship revenue. Dasher board ads, etc...

[Al DeFlorio]

so what drives revenue after ticket sales?  BU has only marginally more people in the seats than us?  TV money isnt that big in college hockey?  What makes up the difference?

Beer

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

so what drives revenue after ticket sales?  BU has only marginally more people in the seats than us?  TV money isnt that big in college hockey?  What makes up the difference?

Beer

+1

[RichH]

I wonder if this has to do with how Agganis Arena is budgeted? If it's primarily an ice hockey facility, but gets rented out for other events, does that revenue "belong" to the Hockey team(s)? It appears to get used for a lot of different things throughout the year, so that additional income could easily drive the rest of that revenue number.

Yeah. It's pretty busy entertainment venue, showcasing everything from Disney on Ice to Bob Dylan. Live Nation events go there. If these numbers include what BU gets from those, that's a significant number.

And who knows what the TV revenue really is? NESN is an enormous & nationally-known RSN that probably pays out better than Time Warner of Upstate NY.