Dallas Cowboys have overtaken Real Madrid as the world's most valuable sports team, according to Forbes magazine. Forbes' annual survey of National Football League teams' valuations put the Cowboys at £2.6bn. World's most valuable sports teams - Forbes (September 2015) 1. Dallas Cowboys (£2.6bn) 2. Real Madrid (£2.1bn) =3. New England Patriots (£2.07bn) =3. New York Yankees (£2.07bn) 5. Barcelona (£2bn) Last year the Cowboys' revenue was £402m, a record for a US sports team. Forbes also puts the Cowboys' rise to the number one spot down to the "shrewd" marketing of owner Jerry Jones and the revenue from their home ground, the AT&T Stadium. The team have the highest NFL average attendance (90,000) and the stadium brings in £78m in revenue from matchday tickets every season and £19m from other events. The average NFL team is now worth £1.3bn according to Forbes, a 38% increase on last year. Forbes say one reason is the revenue from their TV deal which last year saw the 32 teams share £2.9bn in national broadcasting revenue. Do you reckon City would be in the top 1,000 sports teams?
Depends if you count Lansdown's £billions into the value of Bristol Sports. Taken on it's own the real-estate assets are probably worth a couple of £million, but as a business we are making a loss and will continue to do so until (if) we get to the Prem and pack the stadium every game. A thick-skinned businessman with no interest in football, rugby or Bristol sport - and who would be prepared to be hated and vilified (like Mike Ashley), would bankrupt the club, close it, then sell of all the land for development and make an absolute fortune. We are lucky that SL loves our club.
The value of Bristol City FC could be nil. The stadium is not under the ownership of the FC. BCFC assets are its players, training ground [?] minus its restructured debts making its worth?
