Venue Detail
Syracuse Chiefs
RSV Pro Facilities Report
March, 2015
Syracuse Chiefs
One Tex Simone Dr Syracuse, NY 13208 Phone: 315-474-7833 Fax: 315-474-2658 URL: www.syracusechiefs.com Owner: Community-Owned Baseball Club of Central NY, Inc. League: International League, North
Venue
Alliance Bank Stadium, One Tex Simone Dr, Syracuse, NY 13208 Owner: Onandago County Managed by: Team Built: 1997 Capacity: 11,200 Permanent concession stands: 7 Concessionaire: Ovations Food Services Suite caterer: Centerplate Soft drink: Coca Cola Beer: Multiple
Naming rights
Sold to: Alliance Bank Price: $2,800,000 Term: 20 years Expires: 2025
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $350 to $575 Single tickets range from $8.00 to $20.00
Attendance
2012 average attendance: 5,288 2013 average attendance: 5,150 2014 average attendance: 3,743
Suites
Quantity: 20 Term: 1 to 3 years Price: $15,000 to $20,000 Seats: 12 to 20 Includes: Tickets.
Financing
The $29.3 million facility was built by the county. The financing included a $16 million donation from the state of New York, $8.6 million in other gifts and donations and $4 million from the SkyChiefs.
Alliance Bank Stadium opened in 1997as P&C Stadium. The Chiefs, formerly the SkyChiefs, lease it from the county and keep all revenue. Naming rights were resold to Alliance in 2005.
The stadium includes covered upper deck patios, a 300-seat stadium club and grass berms for additional seating and picnic areas. A manual scoreboard was added in 1999. The team makes lease payments of $266,667 per year.
Onondaga County has taken over management of the stadium for non-baseball events. The team had managed the facility for all events, but says it was losing money on non-baseball activities, mainly high school games. The county will now take over those duties and try to attract other events.
The team has a 15-year lease on the ballpark and collected $52,000 in rental fees for non-baseball events in the 1999 fiscal year. Expenses associated with those events totaled more than $100,000. The team must make payments on the $4 million it contributed to the ballpark's $29.3 million cost. The team must also pay the county 10 percent of profits up to $200,000 and a greater percentage for amounts over that. (Baseball, Facilities, Minor League, Professional Sports, Venue)