Christina Gough
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Toronto Blue Jays - Statistics & Facts
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1977, they became the second Canadian Major League Baseball team after the Montreal Expos and have since played in the Eastern Division of the American League. The team have played their home games at the Rogers Center since 1989 and they remain the only Canadian team to have won the World Series, following back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993. The team is owned by one of the largest telecommunications groups in Canada, Rogers Communication.
The franchise value of the Toronto Blue Jays has been on the rise over the past five years, reaching around 1.78 billion U.S. dollars according to the most recent estimates. This value is nevertheless still under the average franchise value across the MLB. In 2021, the team generated about 238 million U.S. dollars in revenue, but the operating loss of the Blue Jays for that season amounted to 52 million U.S. dollars.
Cumulative home attendance of Blue Jays games reaches well into the millions every year. The average regular season attendance stood at just over 32.7 thousand in 2022 and the average ticket price for games of the Blue Jays was just over 32 U.S. dollars in the same year. The team’s Twitter and Facebook accounts have around 2.4 million and 1.7 million fans and followers, respectively.
The franchise value of the Toronto Blue Jays has been on the rise over the past five years, reaching around 1.78 billion U.S. dollars according to the most recent estimates. This value is nevertheless still under the average franchise value across the MLB. In 2021, the team generated about 238 million U.S. dollars in revenue, but the operating loss of the Blue Jays for that season amounted to 52 million U.S. dollars.
Cumulative home attendance of Blue Jays games reaches well into the millions every year. The average regular season attendance stood at just over 32.7 thousand in 2022 and the average ticket price for games of the Blue Jays was just over 32 U.S. dollars in the same year. The team’s Twitter and Facebook accounts have around 2.4 million and 1.7 million fans and followers, respectively.
