Quote HucknallLoiner="HucknallLoiner"Very rough maths:
21 games where they need to pay flights (£500 each for arguments sake) plus hotels (£100 each) for say 22 players and staff. That equals approx. £270k. Plus other costs lets say they need to make between £300k - £400k per season on top of player costs, ground costs, insurance etc
If they have the sponsors they say they have plus their share of the RFL money and if that covers their normal costs then they would need to sell about 1,300 season tickets (at $300 each) to break even.
As they get around 7,000 for international matches it might be doable.
I know the maths will be nowhere near accurate but give a flavour of what they will need to do. Plus they don't have the flat caps and whippets stereotype of RL over there so will find it much easier to get some decent sponsorship.
I hope it works as it will give us a real platform for the international game.'"
In the Dave Woods interview with Perez, Perez was quite nonchalant when he answered the financial questions, saying about his fellow investors, partners such as the City of Toronto & the Mayor, deals with hotels & airlines etc, expected sponsorship deals. it doesn't seem an issue.
Crowds will be interesting. As you say, the national team pull in around 7k. In a sports mad city with a he catchment area, 7k sounds achievable.
