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2001 Baseball Fancost
This is a team-by-team fancost
listings for the 2001 season.
The calculation is designed to show how much each team is charging a family of four for a night at the ballpark. The league per-team average was $140.95. You can also view
figures for 2000
or 2002.
Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool
on the right.
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2001
FANCOST 2001
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Source: Teammarketing.com
Fan Cost Index for 2001.
Note: Calculation is for 2 adult average price tickets and 2 children's tickets, parking, 2 small beers, 4 small soft drinks, 4 hot dogs, 2 programs and 2 adult-sized caps.
Baseball
Economics sources/bibliography:
Business
of Baseball, The by Albert Powers
Baseball,
Inc.: The National Pastime As Big Business by Frank P. Jozsa Jr.
Baseball
and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Big Business of Our National Pastime
by Andrew Zimbalist
Built
to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM
by John Schuerholz
Free
Agency and Competitive Balance in Baseball by Ronald W. Cox
The
Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional
Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present by David Pietrusza.
Getting
in the Game: Inside Baseball's Winter Meetings by Josh Lewin
State
of Baseball Management: Decision-Making in the Best and Worst Teams, 1993-2003
by Scott Barzilla
In
the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig by
Andrew Zimbalist
May
the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy, by Andrew Zimbalist
The
Inside Pitch ... and More: Baseball's Business and the Public Trust by Gene
A. Budig
Early
Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 by Dean A. Sullivan.
Middle
Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1900-1948 by Dean A. Sullivan.
Late
Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball 1945-1972 by Dean A. Sullivan
Total
Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
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