Venue Detail
Salt Lake Bees
Revenues From Sports Venues Pro Facilities Report
February, 2012
Salt Lake Bees
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77 W 1300 S Salt Lake City, UT 84115-5325 Phone: 801-485-3800 Fax: 801-485-6818 URL: www.stingersbaseball.com Owner: Larry Miller League: Pacific Coast League, Pacific Conference, North
Venue
Spring Mobile Ballpark, 77 W 1300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84115-5325 Owner: City of Salt Lake Managed by: Owner Built: 1994 Capacity: 15,500 Concessionaire: Westerner Concessions Suite caterer: Westerner Concessions Soft drink: Pepsi Cola Beer: Multiple
Naming rights
Sold to: Spring Communications Term: 5 years Expires: 2014
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $576 to $1,368 Single tickets range from $12.00 to $24.00
Attendance
2009 average attendance: 7,240 2010 average attendance: 7,292 2011 average attendance: 6,437
Suites
Quantity: 24 Term: 1 to 5 years Price: $20,000 to $20,000 Seats: 16 to 20 Includes: Tickets.
Financing
The $22.3 million ballpark's funding included $13 million in lease-backed revenue bonds issued by the Municipal Building Authority, to be repaid from stadium revenue. The team pays $300,000 per year in rent.
Built in 1994, Franklin-Covey Field has one of the largest capacity ballparks in the AAA League. Naming rights were sold to Franklin-Covey for $1.4 million in 1997.
The Bees' new owner has been talking with officials in the Salt Lake suburb of Sandy about building a new ballpark near a proposed MLS soccer stadium. Larry Miller, owner of the NBA Jazz, is in talks with Salt Lake City about a new lease for Franklin Covey Field.
The city wants Miller to increase the team's contribution to ballpark maintenance by dropping the city's subsidy to $210,000 from $300,000.
Sandy is working on a plan to build a new soccer venue for the MLS Real. The space provides room for a ballpark.
Team officials say the move is unlikely, but they are exploring their options in case a deal can't be worked out with Salt Lake.
Suites lease for $500 per game. (BaseballMinor, Facilities, Financial, Professional Sports)