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Originally Posted by timun
NBA revenues in 1993: ~$1B
NHL revenues in 1993: ~$400M
NBA revenues in 2018-19: $8.8B
NHL revenues in 2018-19: $5.1B
NBA YoY growth: ~8.4%
NHL YoY growth: ~9.9%
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There's also always going to be the barrier of entry in the sport too that makes a direct comparison pretty useless. A lot of the increase in valuation is because of population increase, more disposable income, leading to higher TV revenues but it still comes back to get people involved in the sport in the first place.
If you're in a southern state and you got pavement, for $100 more you can get a hoop and basketball. You're set to have kids play basketball.
Some empty space and all it takes is $25 for a bat and ball and another $10 each for a used mitt and you got a baseball game.
You got a field, $20 for a football and you can have kids play a variation.
For hockey you just need a couple 100 grand for an arena, 10K for a Zamboni, and another $100 for each kid to get the equipment.