Yankees #8 in MLB attendance through August 1998--Business Week

Recent past reminds: Yankee fans are not the Gravy Train often depicted. Wondering if James Dolan would be worse than Hank Steinbrenner (the Dolans have tried to buy the Yankees a few times), I found this from Business Week, 9/17/1998:

• "The disparity in (MLB team) revenues is as much a function of stadium economics as market size.

Baltimore, for example, is not among the largest major-league cities, but the Orioles can afford its roster of talent

• because they play in Camden Yards, one of the retro-style, baseball-only, downtown stadiums that are now all the rage.

The five franchises that lead in attendance this year (1998)--

• Denver,

• Baltimore,

• Phoenix,

• Cleveland, and

• Atlanta--

all play in such stadiums. To (George) Steinbrenner's annoyance, the Yankees ranked

• eighth in attendance

• per home game through August."...

From Business Week article, "The Yankees: Steinbrenner's Money Machine," 9/17/98 by Anthony Bianco with Mark Hyman in Baltimore

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