knightni Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_leagu...?urn=mlb,240919 A little steep, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 It is probably the wrong economy for it, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 15, 2010 Author Share Posted May 15, 2010 With tourism and B&B possibilities, I could see 2.5 mil maybe. But over 5 mil is way too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 It's cool and all, but it just is the middle of nowhere. I've been there and it's like awesome for a minute, and then you realize it's not that amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 15, 2010 Author Share Posted May 15, 2010 If you get 50,000 visitors a year at $10 a pop plus concessions and souveniers, that can be $750k profit a year after bills...it could be in the black in 4 or 5 years if you get it for 2.5 mil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 QUOTE (knightni @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) If you get 50,000 visitors a year at $10 a pop plus concessions and souveniers, that can be $750k profit a year after bills...it could be in the black in 4 or 5 years if you get it for 2.5 mil. The Field of Dreams currently gets 65k visitors a year, but does NOT charge admission. They make money via margin on merchandise. And I doubt they clear $10 of profit per visitor on that. Many visitors won't even buy anything, and its awfully hard to put a $30 margin on t-shirts, which is what you'd need to do to clear that. If you start charging admission, attendance will undoubtedly plummet. I guarantee you the PP on this is more than 4-5 years at that price. Remember too you have not only "bills" for property taxes and what not, you also have the upkeep of a big property with multiple structures, insurance for a place where people play sports, and personnel costs for people who sell said t-shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 The owners offered to sell it to Kevin Costner for 2M but he turned it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I had a blast hitting a baseball into the corn field when I was younger. Haven't been back since though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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