Magazine: Interview with Astros' owner Drayton McLane

August 22, 2007

The Aug. 13-19 issue of Sports Business Journal carried this interview with Drayton McLane, chairman and CEO of the Houston Astros,

One of the questions asked and asnwered:

SBJ: The game’s key business metrics, such as attendance, TV ratings and overall revenue, are all up this season, as we expected, but is there a ceiling we’re approaching?

McLane: I think there’s still a lot of greenfield. You see sports cycle, and this is definitely an up cycle time for Major League Baseball, has been for several years. We’ve been building into this. Gate attendance is at an all-time high for a great many teams, and they’re predicting an increase again this year when everybody thought last year was the high-water mark, so the interest is really, really strong.

 

 

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