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People do not understand how much such stadiums make.
Take the new Levi stadium in Santa Clara, California, outside of San Francisco - home of the 49ers. My wife and I are huge 49ers fans. The stadium is nearly two hours away, but how much money have I spent there since the stadium opened? My wife and I have seen six games there since it opened, tickets at least $100 each if not more, $50 to park each time, plus meals, plus gas.... Each time we go we are spending anywhere from $400 - $500. How many concerts have I been to there? The three of us went to see Taylor Swift (don't laugh, I love Taylor!) at $200 a ticket. My kid has gone to a dozen concerts there since it opened.
It's not much different than the local high school. My wife is on the board that runs the youth football league. They rent out the stadium all day on Saturday for football games - $1500 for the day. This doesn't include what the school takes in at the gate when people pay to enter, or the snack bar. The school rakes in like $3k for the day just for the youth football games - plus $200 a day during the week for the youth league to rent the field for practice. But wait - that's only during the day. That night they have two more games for the high school teams. Of course that is just football - there is soccer, baseball, lacrosse.... Then on Sundays they hold other events - relay for life, ham radio festival, the yearly Portuguese festival, etc.
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