WNBA ticket price and attendance number

[helpmee]

Ticket price $15 Tickets max out at $80 but I am sure they give away half the tickets so we will take a average of $15 a ticket
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0..._SINGLETIXPAGE

Attendance AVERAGE 1,776
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...am-attendance/


$26,640 a game gross
20 home games a year
$532k gross



Now the salary of the players
https://www.spotrac.com/wnba/indiana-fever/contracts/

Amazing they are even paid
They should be paying to play

PLAYER (15)
POS.
AGE
EXP.
CONTRACT TYPE
CONTRACT TERMS
AVG. SALARY
EXPIRES
Kelsey Mitchell G 27 5 Extension 3 yr $618,000 $206,000 2025
Erica Wheeler G 32 7 Free Agent 2 yr $404,308 $202,154 2025
Victoria Vivians G 28 4 Free Agent 2 yr $272,000 $136,000 2025
Aliyah Boston F 21 Entry Level 3 yr $233,468 $77,823 2027
Kelsey Mitchell G 27 5 Extension 4 yr $232,178 $58,045 -
NaLyssa Smith F 22 1 Entry Level 3 yr $226,668 $75,556 2026
Grace Berger G 23 Entry Level 3 yr $224,026 $74,675 2027
Lexie Hull G 23 1 Entry Level 3 yr $217,502 $72,501 2026
Queen Egbo C 22 1 Entry Level 3 yr $208,338 $69,446 2026
Taylor Mikesell G 23 Entry Level 3 yr $205,145 $68,382 2027
Kristy Wallace G 27 1 Free Agent 3 yr $199,170 $66,390 2026
Victaria Saxton F 23 Entry Level 3 yr $192,527 $64,176 2027
Emma Cannon F 33 4 Free Agent 1 yr $80,000 $80,000 2024
Maya Caldwell G 24 1 Free Agent 1 yr $68,000 $68,000 2024
Bernadett Határ C 28 1 Free Agent 1 yr $62,285 $62,285 2024

[Barteh]

And you have people actually demanding they get paid the same as their male counterparts lmao.

[ErnieMccracken]

And you have people actually demanding they get paid the same as their male counterparts lmao.

No one can seriously argue that

[keyboardworkout]

They can't even fill the seats at Phoenix Mercury games with free tickets. The arena holds 17,000.

Season review: Phoenix Mercury among WNBA leaders in tickets sold, revenue

After an early exit from the 2022 WNBA playoffs last month, the Mercury concluded its best season in terms of revenue. The team led the WNBA in partnership revenue and was second in the league for tickets sold.

The best single-game for ticket sales was 14,162 on July 22, in a 94-78 victory over Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm. The average attendance was 7,973 according to acrossthetimeline.com, whose figures showed that average attendance across the whole league was 5,647.

[Doober4]

The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA and isn’t even profitable.

[ricflaironpcp]

It's sexist that they get the support they do, but that's life.

The reality is that the amount people will pay for sports is relative to the skill level of the athletes.

It's why there are lots of "professional" sports leagues where the players don't make a living wage.

In hockey, subsidizing a league for women is a big hot button issue, but the primary issue is that outside of business to business transactions where the league attracts sponsorships because of how supporting to social issue makes a bank or department store look good, there isn't a big enough market for a women's league in terms of actual business to consumer transactions like ticket sales.

These women have a skill level that wouldn't allow them to play on the 3rd tier American teams (ECHL), yet the players in those leagues don't make any money. The have a $500 per week minimum and the average player who sticks with the team and isn't a scrubs makes 52k a year.

The problem is that people can't comprehend it's not a gender issue. People don't want to pay to see women because the skill level isn't there. That is it. The counter argument to that is usually that if women had pro leagues and top down support that the skill level would rise, but that's not physically possible. Genetically, men are much better athletes than women. It's why we have separate leagues. Look at the battle of the sexes in Tennis, and how a male scrub destroyed the top females.

I'm all for forced opportunities if it's a public institution like a University. They should have both male and female teams with scholarships and support, regardless of the massive difference in talent.

The idea that we need to pretend that anybody cares about female sports at a pro level is laughable. Nobody, not even WOMEN want to support it with their dollars. The WNBA fan base is all weird middle aged men, look it up.

The only "sport" women can draw in relative to men is UFC, and that is because it's much closer to pro wrestling than it is to pure sport. The most compelling match from a character POV is what draws in UFC. Which is why they don't have pure objective rankings. Look at CM Punk's UFC run as the most extreme example of this. It would be like putting Chris Jericho in the New York Rangers because he played some shinny hockey once.

[Barteh]

No one can seriously argue that

Trust me they believe that chit. They're really that brainwashed.

Female = equal to male > pay should be equal always no matter what. Their brain doesn't process further than that.

[helpmee]

These women have a skill level that wouldn't allow them to play on the 3rd tier American teams (ECHL), yet the players in those leagues don't make any money. The have a $500 per week minimum and the average player who sticks with the team and isn't a scrubs makes 52k a year.
.

I have some experience with this. I am almost 20 years out of D1 HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
I never played college because I had major injuries/concussions plus I would be a D3/D2 player in my area (high level northeast)
I stayed in shaped and play a couple times a week pickup with other former D1 and college players
The city has a pro female team and they drop in as well as the olympic players to GET BETTER playing against us
They are not terrible but they are middle of the skill level in a group of washed out players

[RIKTER]

The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA, without it, it would go bankrupt.

[129iq]

Feminists want equality in all areas except for where they are dominant

[Godfrd824]

They no can dunk, but good fundamentals.

[Kev1972]

The stadium rent and air conditioning probably cost more than what they make per game. It's definitely a failed business model.

Women sports stink.

I don't even like women's wrestling or mma, even though it's mostly just glorified strippers. And I like strippers.

[Ken-O]

Only way I’d go it’s if i had a daughter/sister playing and she was the star, and even then id probably skip 95% of games.

And I’d tell her to shut her silly mouth up when she started complaining about salaries

[HateLiberals]

Fill it with trannies then I'll watch

[helpmee]

It makes no sense how a tranny has not tried to join the league and caused bad publicity. One tranny dunking on them and putting up 80 points would be peak clown world

[ZeGermans94]

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

And you have people actually demanding they get paid the same as their male counterparts lmao.

Women who have never watched a single game, bought a single jersey, know the name of a single player, or even had a fountain drink at a game are demanding the sloots get paid more. LMAOOooooo

[Vorago]

[WoofieNugget]

The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA, without it, it would go bankrupt.

This. The only reason it exists is they need to have a female presence to attract more viewers to the sport.

If you've ever watched them play, it's one step up from high school men - maybe.

[ChewYourFood]

It makes no sense how a tranny has not tried to join the league and caused bad publicity. One tranny dunking on them and putting up 80 points would be peak clown world

Britney Griner

[BullittEV]

It makes no sense how a tranny has not tried to join the league and caused bad publicity. One tranny dunking on them and putting up 80 points would be peak clown world

[helpmee]

Britney Griner

Not a tranny for sure.
Do you think Russia would have helped keep her secret?
Just looks like a dude
Plus what other 6ft9 dude would have trouble dunking ?

[LtGoose]

WNBA has an extremely lucrative gambling scene. Pretty sure that's the only reason it still exists

[northernlights7]

WNBA has an extremely lucrative gambling scene. Pretty sure that's the only reason it still exists

Yeah. I've never met anyone who gives a single shiiiit about the WNBA, even in a state where the local team has had a ton of success. Blows my mind it stays afloat. I've heard the NBA subsidizes the hell out of the WNBA, too. Which makes sense, because I have no idea how else they'd ever pay their players.

[SoutheastBeast1]

If anyone deserves to get paid more it's minor league baseball players.

Most still pull in around $10 mil in revenue a year at the AAA level while players make like 30k salary on average. Considering a 40 man roster, that's only 1.2 mil. Could easily quadruple their salaries and push it up to 4.8 mil leaving plenty of revenue leftover.

[Kev1972]

If anyone deserves to get paid more it's minor league baseball players.

Most still pull in around $10 mil in revenue a year at the AAA level while players make like 30k salary on average. Considering a 40 man roster, that's only 1.2 mil. Could easily quadruple their salaries and push it up to 4.8 mil leaving plenty of revenue leftover.

A lot of minor league players are millionaires though. The great prospects or mlb guys that get sent down for rehabilitation or various reasons. So really a lot of the fans are only there for easier access to the top couple guys. Easier to get a signed bat or ball that can be a major collectible.

No one is there to see the career minor leaguers.

[SoutheastBeast1]

A lot of minor league players are millionaires though. The great prospects or mlb guys that get sent down for rehabilitation or various reasons. So really a lot of the fans are only there for easier access to the top couple guys. Easier to get a signed bat or ball that can be a major collectible.

No one is there to see the career minor leaguers.

You'd be surprised. Most of those teams are in locations where you don't have access to the major league team. Sure you get guys down there rehabbing and I'm sure that brings in people, but those games would get support even without a short stint rehab game. There's literally 150 games for AAA teams. The MLB players who would draw people in are not down there long enough to support 150 games.

First you have to have a name big enough to be injured. No one is coming out to see an average MLB player rehab, even though they're likely still very good comparatively. The big names obviously will but it's not like there's hundreds of MLB all-stars always injured to support these AAA affiliates. That's nonsense and you're really underselling the support these clubs get regardless of whether a star happens to be rehabbing there for a week.

Not only that but the games are actually still very competitive and highly skilled. It's not like you're watching some retard league flounder around with poor play like the WNBA. These minor league players who never make the majors are still fully capable of putting an amazing product on the field. That's why people still turn out. The game is quality.

[crupiea]

They are vastly over paid.

[niospecv]

And you have people actually demanding they get paid the same as their male counterparts lmao.

tell that to the USWNT soccer team. Those dykes sued to get a piece of the men's winning. This last world cup they got something like 6 million for doing nothing while the men bust their ass off in the biggest soccer stage. Absolute haram!

The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA and isn’t even profitable.

100%

[Ravishing_Rick]

Need more trannies