Re: Hockey Media - KHL expansion

From: (Anonymous)
I'm honestly curious how those smaller clubs can manage with the costs. Some have arenas only seating 5500 people and... how exactly can they make enough money from that? Even assuming they sell out every game, it seems umlikely.

And they can't make that much money from tv. These are the figures I got from googling real quick.

The Kontinental Hockey League has given a further boost to its teams and their fans with a payment of 114m rubles (approximately $1,827,200) to be shared among all member clubs. (...)

Of the total, 40% is to be shared equally among the KHL member clubs and a further 30% is allocated in direct proportion to demand among the TV audience. The remaining 30% is performance-related (...).

This means that last season’s champion, SKA, receives 15.2m rubles (approx. $244,600) and regular season winner CSKA is handed a total of 10.6m ($170,500). Beaten Gagarin Cup finalist Ak Bars has the consolation of 8,7m ($140,000) and last season’s surprise Eastern Conference finalist, Sibir, has a windfall of 4.2 m ($67,500).


from here: http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/10/08/237668.html

I just have the feeling that if the clubs don't have some big payer(s) backing them and willing to burn money for years, they'll be bankrupt sooner rather than later. It just makes me sad. :(
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