Mark Attanasio explained how the economics of a return don't work in the small-market Brewers’ favorGETTY IMAGES
Brewers Owner Mark Attanasio has been "working to lay the groundwork for how the Brewers could safely conduct games at Miller Park through conversations with, among others, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett," according to Todd Rosiak of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. Attanasio also "laid out the economics of a return -- numbers that don't work in the small-market Brewers’ favor because of how reliant they are on revenue generated at Miller Park from ticket sales, concessions, parking and the like." This comes as a source said that the team "furloughed some of their business operations staff" and that top execs on the business side "took a 25% pay cut." Attanasio said that even in a normal year, MLB teams are "walking a fine line." Attanasio: "You create asset value over time but in a given year, you don't look to make money. You look to break even. In a sport that has $10 billion in revenue, we have very little cash flow on an aggregate basis -- $300 million or less. Of the $10 billion, half goes to the players and the other half goes to staging the games. ... That doesn't leave a lot of room for profit." Attanasio also said that he would "like to have the Brewers conduct Spring Training Part II at Miller Park rather than in Phoenix" (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/27).
