The first two rounds of Brasileirão show why Flamengo’s former leadership considered essential for building its own stadium. By repeating the same problem that already happened in the other editions of National, Maracanã is still a major problem for those who send their matches there.
THE Fancy He examined through the financial bulletins sent by the local federations to CBF and describes the number of Rio de Janeiro Municipal Stadium which is handled together by the duo FLA-Flu.
Flamengo had, fired, the largest revenue with ticket sales so far. It was R $ 3,150,315.00 with the sale of tickets to the match against Internacional. But of this in total, “only” R $ 1,496,823.35 was actually for the club’s chests, which means that 53% of the costs in total.
All this difference between R $ 1,653 491.65 needed to be used to pay off costs. Of this, R $ 965,000 is classified as expenses for stadium. There is also a loss of over $ 100,000 with marketing tickets and almost $ 150,000 with fees for Rio de Janeiro Federation (Ferj).
Fluminense also acted in Maracanã and suffered from the same problem. The team sold almost 20,000 tickets, collected R $ 866,231.50 and had to put your hand in your pocket to pay all costs. Match’s net result in the victory against Red Bull Bragantino was negative: -R 227,723.68 $. That is, the cost of this match was $ 1,093,955.18.
Overall, Maracanã has cost more than $ 2.7 million in just two matches. In this round, Fluminense returns to act on stage when you get Santos on Sunday. The forecast is a new injury or at most a limit that is close to zero to zero.
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Because of this and also to get political capital, Flamengo’s former leadership bought Mark in Rio de Janeiro worth almost $ 139 million. However, after the election and change of the group responsible, the design of a new stadium was placed in the fridge.
For comparative terms, Corinthians had the second largest revenue so far, with R $ 2,958,819.70, but could have R $ 1,672,277.03, which means a total cost of 44% over what was collected.
Palmeiras is the team that had the highest floating collection in the first two rounds. With the most expensive average ticket in the country, the team collected $ 1,949,730.05 and their gross revenue was $ 2,802,427.70. That is, a cost of only 30% compared to the sum that was generated by selling tickets.
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Overall, the 20 Brasileirão clubs gathered R $ 12,946,17.30 with the sale of tickets in the first two rounds of Brasileirão. The box office is traditionally one of the three largest sources of income for the main clubs in the country.