Oakland Baseball Simworld 5.0

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Team Expenditure and Debt Decisions

Amount of Money to Borrow	#if($FunctionLibrary.integer($Values.EBIDTA_debt_control.Result) == 0) $0 $5 Million $10 Million $20 Million $25 Million $30 Million $35 Million $40 Million $45 Million $50 Million $55 Million $60 Million $65 Million $70 Million $75 Million $80 Million $85 Million $90 Million $95 Million $100 Million #else You're Currently Prohibited From Borrowing Money#end	The borrowing limit here is $100 Million. After that point, you are banned from receiving more debt until you begin to pay off the existing obligations.
Amount of Money to Draw from Reserve	#if($FunctionLibrary.integer($Values.Accumulated_Cash_Reserve.Result) > 1 ) $0 $2 Million $5 Million $10 Million $20 Million $50 Million $70 Million $100 Million #else The Reserve is Drained: No Money Available#end	The money you borrow for the firm goes into an "Accumulated Cash Reserve." To use the debt, you must draw down an amount for use. The money is transfered to the cash balance in the same sim year that you elected to receive it from the reserve.
Debt Draw Down Amount	$0 $2 Million $3 Million $10 Million $20 Million $50 Million	If you want to reduce the debt you've accumulated before the scheduled term, you can do that here. You can pay between $2 million and as much as $50 million toward the retirement of your debt. But this is not free money; it counts as an expense to the firm.
Percent of Local Revenue to Expose to Revenue Sharing	25 Percent 50 Percent 65 Percent 75 Percent 100 Percent	In the real world, baseball teams can use a number of methods to underreport local revnues that are subject to major league baseball revenue sharing. This is a simple way of simulating that action. Here you determine what percentage of local revenues will be the target of the revenue sharing calculation.
Number of Front Office Employees	55 60 75 80	You can elect to have as many as 104 staffers, or as few as 80. The increase or decrease impacts season ticket sales, but not as significantly as the won-loss record.
Average Team Front Office Salary	$40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000	This is a way to control costs, but it's also a method to give incentive to your sales staff to sell more tickets.
Scouting and Development Expense	$8 Million $9 Million $10 Million $11 Million $12 Million $13 Million $14 Million $15 Million $16 Million $17 Million $18 Million $19 Million $20 Million $21 Million $22 Million $23 Million $24 Million $25 Million	The more money you elect to spend on the development and maintenance of a player "farm" system, the more likely you are to field a winning team. Read what Professor Andrew Zimbalist says about this.
Team Marketing Expense	$2 Million $3 Million $4 Million $5 Million $6 Million $7 Million	Marketing expenditures produce initiatives that draw patrons to games. Increasing spending will have a small impact on attendance, but that effort could be negated by a losing team.
Base Total Payroll	$40 Million $45 Million $50 Million $55 Million $60 Million $65 Million $70 Million $75 Million $85 Million $85 Million $90 Million $95 Million $100 Million $105 Million $110 Million $115 Million $120 Million $125 Million $130 Million	You control the total spending on annual player contracts here. The base is $60 million (year end 2004). The more you spend may produce a winner, but this is not always true.
Number of Star Players To Get or Trade	0 1 2 3 4 5	This variable effects annual player payroll, in that you can elect to acquire the contracts of star players, and spend between $8 million and $25 million annually. Each player is automatically signed for a four year contract. After four years, the contract is is considered terminated, and that reduces the number of Star Players you have. The more you spend and the greater the number of star players you have, the more likely you are to have a winning organization, but you could also lose money if the team does not do well.
Average Annual Payment Star Player	$ 8 million $9 million $10 million $15 million $20 million $25 million	Here, you can control how much you spend on star players. But what you spend is "locked in" until the contract for that player expires.
Get New Manager?	No Yes	If you're not happy with your team's performance, you can elect to hire a new manager. But this is not a guarantee of more wins. The new manager faces a learning curve that could hamper success.
Manager Annual Salary	$ 500,000 $600,000 $700,000 $800,000 $1 million $2 million	This is the salary for the new manager. The more you pay the manager, the more likely the manager is to build a winner. But remember, this payment is "locked in" until you elect to fire the manager.
Manager Raise	$0 $100,000	This provision permits you to give a raise to the existing or new manager. It also helps team performance.

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Existing Stadium Advanced Ticket Price and Number of Seats

ES: Blechers Ticket Price	$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 $17 $18 $19 $20	The blecher seats are located behind the outfield of the stadium and generally have backsless seats. At the "Raiders Redesigned Coliseum" the blecher seats are in the structure called "Mount Davis."
ES: Plaza Club Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	Plaza Club tickets are in an area on the second deck and right in front of the Coliseum West Side Club.
ES: Field Level Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	The Coliseum Plaza Club seats are located in the lower first floor bowl of the stadium and circle the field from First Base to Third Base.
ES: MVP Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	MVP Infield Seats hug the Infield line and are "inside" the Field Level area, but this section consists of the Field Level seats closest to the Infield.
ES: Plaza Level - Infield Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	As you might guess, Plaza Infield seats are one deck above the MVP area seats but "hug" the Infield as well.
ES: Plaza Level - Outfield Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	Plaza Club ticket areas are at the second level and above the First and Third Base points.
ES: View Level Price	$1 5 $18 $31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	The "View Level" seats are all at the Coliseum's third deck. They are the least expensive seats and at the highest level of the stadium. For the 2006 Season the A's have eliminated this section.
ES: Blechers - Number of Seats	0 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
ES: Plaza Club - Number of Seats	0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
ES: Field Level - Number of Seats	0 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
ES: MVP - Number of Seats	0 1217 1317 1417 $35 1617 1717 1817 1917 2017 2117 2217 2317 2417 2517 2617 2717 2817 2917 3017	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
ES: Plaza Level Infield - Number of Seats	0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
ES: Plaza Level Outfield - Number of Seats	0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
ES: View - Number of Seats	0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase. Again, the A's have taken out this section for 2006.

New Stadium Advanced Ticket Price and Number of Seats

NS: Blechers Ticket Price	$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 $17 $18 $19 $20	The blecher seats are located behind the outfield of the stadium and generally have backsless seats. At the new coliseum stadium the blecher seats are in the structure called "Mount Davis."
NS: Plaza Club Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	Plaza Club tickets are in an area on the second deck and right in front of the Coliseum West Side Club.
NS: Field Level Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	The Coliseum Plaza Club seats are located in the lower first floor bowl of the stadium and circle the field from First Base to Third Base.
NS: MVP Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	MVP Infield Seats hug the Infield line and are "inside" the Field Level area, but this section consists of the Field Level seats closest to the Infield.
NS: Plaza Level - Infield Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	As you might guess, Plaza Infield seats are one deck above the MVP area seats but "hug" the Infield as well.
NS: Plaza Level - Outfield Ticket Price	$31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	Plaza Club ticket areas are at the second level and above the First and Third Base points.
NS: View Level Price	$1 5 $18 $31 $32 $33 $34 $35 $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41 $42 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 $48 $49 $50	The "View Level" seats are all at the Coliseum's third deck. They are the least expensive seats and at the highest level of the stadium. For the 2006 Season the A's have eliminated this section.
NS: Blechers - Number of Seats	0 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
NS: Plaza Club - Number of Seats	0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
NS: Field Level - Number of Seats	0 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 10000 10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500 14000 14500	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
NS: MVP - Number of Seats	0 1217 1317 1417 $35 1617 1717 1817 1917 2017 2117 2217 2317 2417 2517 2617 2717 2817 2917 3017	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
NS: Plaza Level Infield - Number of Seats	0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
NS: Plaza Level Outfield - Number of Seats	0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.
NS: View - Number of Seats	0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000	This is the current number of seats in this location. You can increase it or decrease it but the limit is the total number of available seats for ticket purchase.

Advanced Marketing Decisions

Marketing Campaign Message Mix Choice	Target current holders hit younger, new buyers Get younger buyers, use edgy message Hit young family buyers Hit everyone with a basic message Target older buyers Hit older family buyers	You have several choices of marketing message mix here. The first choice is "Target current holders" The second choice is "Hit younger, new buyers" The second choice is "Get younger buyers, use edgy message" The third choice is "Hit young family buyers" The fourth choice is "Hit everyone with a basic message" The fifth choice is "Target older buyers " The sixth choice is "Hit older family buyers." Picking the right one at the right time over the 15-year period is the key to a sales boost. The choices are based on demographic change. Here's a hint: the population is aging over this 15-year period.
Number of Marketing Consultants to Hire	0 1 2 3 4	Marketing Consultants do your cold-calling and outreach to potential season ticket buyers. You can hire up to 4 here.
Number of Marketing Consultants to Fire	0 1 2 3 4	If you believe you're carrying too many Marketing Consultants, you can reduce the number here.
Number of Marketing Managers to Hire	0 1 2 3 4	Marketing Managers do some of the cold-calling and outreach to potential season ticket buyers. But they also help develop and execute the overall marketing plan, including meetings and co-branding deal formation. You can hire up to 4 here.
Number of Marketing Managers to Fire	0 1 2 3 4	If you believe you're carrying too many Marketing Managers, you can reduce the number here.
Increase Size of Marketing Officer Staff	0 1 2 3 4	Marketing Officer run your marketing division and form the plans and lead the negotiations required. They also manage the staff . You can hire up to 2 here.
Decrease Size of Marketing Officer Staff	0 1 2 3 4	If you believe you're carrying too many Marketing Managers, you can reduce the number here.
Marketing Consultant Salary	$35,000 $40,000 $45,000 $50,000 $55,000	You can set the salary for your Marketing Consultants here. The base salary is $40,000
Marketing Manager Salary	$45,000 $50,000 $55,000 $60,000 $65,000	You can set the salary for your Marketing Managers is here. The base salary is $55,000
Marketing Officer Salary	$80,000 $85,000 $90,000 $95,000 $100,000	You can set the salary for your Marketing Managers is here. The base salary is $55,000
Number of Radio Ads	5 10 20 30 40	Use radio ads to get out your marketing message. Select the annual number of ads here.
Number of TV Ads	20 30 40 50 60	Use television ads to get out your marketing message. Select the annual number of ads here.
Number of TV Shows	0 1 2 3 4	TV Shows are another great way to communicate your brand to the public. Set the number of annual shows here. Careful, they're expensive.
Number of Billboards	5 10 20 30 40	Billboards cause your marketing message to be seen in local neighborhoods. How many of them are you going to have? Se that number here.
Number of E-mails to send annually	100 300 1,000 2,000 5,000	You can set the number of e-mails you send in your Internet campaign here. This can be effective, and a low cost marketing alternative.
Number of Newspaper Ads to Buy Per Year.	10 20 30 40 50	Newspaper ads are a traditional marketing tool. How many ads will you buy?

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Existing Stadium Operations Decisions (ES: Existing Stadium, NS: New Stadium)

ES: Single Game Ticket Price	$9 $10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 $17 $18 $19 $20 $21 $22 $23 $24 $25 $26 $27 $28 $29 $30 $35 $40 $45 $50	You can annually change the average single game ticket price from $9 to as high as $50. By "average" this means an weighted equal number of tickets priced above and below the number you select.
ES: Variable Ticket Pricing - Number of Games	0 10 20 25 30 35	Variable ticket pricing works like this: each year you select a set number of games to charge a price higher than the average single game ticket price. The idea in the real world is to capture revenue from high demand for the most popular games. In the sim, it is a way of marginally increasing ticket prices without causing attendance to fall.
ES: Variable Ticket Pricing - Additional Price Per Game	0 1 2 5 10 15	Here, you select the additional price per game you will charge for each of the "variable pricing" games.
Stadium Rent Payment	$100,000 $150,000 $550,000 $650,000 $1 Million	Make sure you pay the rent for as long as you remain in the Oakland Coliseum Stadium. While this is set at $100,000, make sure to keep it at $550,000 because that's the rent you owe. If you don't pay it, you may be sued by the stadium authority. If you lose the court case, subject to heavy fines.
ES: Renew Existing Lease?	YES NO	If you wish to stay in the Oakland Coliseum rather than build a new stadium, renewing the eight-year lease will make sure you're locked into favorable credit terms and better media rights revenue, else the organization goes to a month-to-month lease.
ES: Set Season Ticket Price	$1,000 $1,350 $1,500 $1,850 $2,000 $2,250 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500	This permits you to set the average annual season ticket price in the existing stadium. It's important to remember that high ticket prices can scare away patrons, unless you produce a winning team.
ES: Number of Season Tickets Available to Buy	10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000	This sets the annual number of season tickets you're placing out for sale in the existing stadium.
ES: Avg Food Price Per Person	$9 $13 $15 $20 $25 $35	This sets the average annual concession price for a set of food products purchased. In other words, this says: the common purchase of a set of food products (like a hot dog and a beer) will cost between $9 and $35, but some purchases will be less than that average price, and some more than that average price.
ES: Parking Cost Per Car	$9 $13 $15 $20 $25 $35	This sets the per-car-parking cost per home game at the existing stadium.

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New Stadium Configuration Decisions

NS: Build New Stadium?	YES NO	This switch "initializes" the process of building a new stadium. None of the other decisions related to building a new stadium will have any real effect if this is not moved to "yes" first.
NS: Build with Retractable Roof?	YES NO	If you want the new stadium to be constructed with a retractable roof, chose this. The result is that your stadium will be able to host more events beyond just baseball games, and thus draw more revenue. But this adds about $30 million to the total construction cost.
NS: Build with Parking Garage or Lot?	YES NO	You can also decide to build the stadium with a parking garage or lot. If you chose to build the stadium downtown, a parking structure will be constructed; if in the suburbs, a lot will be developed. The cost of the facility varies with the capacity of it.
NS: Number of parking spaces	10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000	Here, you can set the number of parking spaces in the garage or lot for the new stadium.
NS: Stadium land acres	16 acres 18 acres 20 acres 25 acres 30 acres 35 acres 40 acres 50 acres	How many acres of land you use to build the stadium is set here. The standard size is 16 acres, but you can use as much as 50 acres. But the more you use the greater the cost.
NS: Land and Property Prep Cost	$0 $1 Million $5 Million $10 Million $15 Million $20 Million $30 Million $60 Million	This is set at "$5 million" to reflect the cost of preparing the land for a proposed downtown stadium for the relocated Athletics, but you can set a different cost, or no expense at all (which assumes the public sector will wave the cost as part of a "land write down"). The catch is the less you pay, the more money you must spend in the political system to get a favorable approval to build the stadium. If you were to keep the team in Oakland, this option would not appear, and the cost would be part of the land use choice you select below.
NS: How Many Retail Sq Feet?	$0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 1 Million	You can add retail space to the stadium as well. The more retail space you add, the higher the construction cost, but the greater the ability of the team to draw revenue from this source.
NS: Number of Housing Units?	0 Units 100 Units 200 Units 300 Units 400 Units 500 Units 750 Units 1000 Units	You can also add housing units, which also adds to the total construction cost, but is yet another source of revenue and from the deposits on apartment rentals.
NS: Oakland Land Location Choice	Uptown: 20th and Telegraph Waterfront: Howard Terminal Oak to Ninth Street Laney College Coliseum Suburban: Fremont, CA Suburban: Pleasanton, CA	In reality, a consulting firm was secured by the City of Oakland to analyze each of the most viable sites for a new baseball stadium. In this simulator, if you select a site, you must also take on the task of paying for the cost to develop the land. The total cost is a combination of the estimated price of land aquistion, business relocation, parking, traffic improvements (if necessary), and "site factors," which are demolition, utility relocation, and all of the necessary work to prepare the site for the construction and use of a stadium. For more detail, please consult the stadium issue link. Click on this link for more information on the real property location options available to the Oakland Athletics in Oakland. Also click on this link for a comparison of stadium site costs.
NS: Urban or Suburban Location?	URBAN SUBURBAN	In the context of building a new stadium, a downtown location results in a higher construction cost per square foot than that for the suburbs, but it also draws more patrons for other "non-baseball" events. Click on this link for more information on the real property location options available to the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, and this link for a comparison of stadium site costs.
NS: Total Number of Seats	24,000 30,000 35,000 38,000 40,000 42,000 45,000 50,000	With this, you can select the total number of standard seats in the new stadium. The simulator is set at 42,000 seats if you chose to leave this alone.
NS: Number of luxury boxes	0 100 125 150 175 200 225 250	Luxury boxes can help generate revenue to pay for the new stadium, but they also add to the total cost to build it. Luxury boxes add to the total stadium seat capacity by the number of boxes times the number of seats in each box.
NS: Number of Seats in each Luxury Box	15 20 25 30	This sets the number of seats in each box. Remember that prior to the stadium's approval, you can alter each of these settings, but once the stadium is approved, they're locked in.

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New Stadium Operations Decisions

NS: Price of Luxury Box	$70,000 $90,000 $120,000 $200,000	The luxury box price is set here. Care must be taken not to select a price so high that you can't sell all of your luxury boxes.
NS: Single Game Ticket Price	$9 $10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 $17 $18 $19 $20 $21 $22 $23 $24 $25 $26 $27 $28 $29 $30 $35 $40 $45 $50	You can annually change the average single game ticket price from $9 to as high as $50. By "average" this means an weighted equal number of tickets priced above and below the number you select.
NS: Variable Ticket Pricing - Number of Games	0 10 20 25 30 35	Variable ticket pricing works like this: each year you select a set number of games to charge a price higher than the average single game ticket price. The idea in the real world is to capture revenue from high demand for the most popular games. In the sim, it is a way of marginally increasing ticket prices without causing attendance to fall.
NS: Variable Ticket Pricing - Additional Price Per Game	0 1 2 5 10 15	Here, you select the additional price per game you will charge for each of the "variable pricing" games.
NS: Season Ticket Price	$1,000 $1,350 $1,500 $1,850 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500	This permits you to set the average annual season ticket price in the new stadium. It's important to remember that high ticket prices can scare away patrons, unless you produce a winning team.
NS: Avg Food Price Per Person	$9 $13 $15 $20 $25 $35	This sets the average annual concession price for a set of food products purchased. In other words, this says: the common purchase of a set of food products (like a hot dog and a beer) will cost between $9 and $35, but some purchases will be less than that average price, and some more than that average price.
NS: Parking Cost Per Car	$9 $13 $15 $20 $25 $35	This sets the per-car-parking cost per home game at the new stadium.

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New Stadium Financing Decisions

NS: Will You Use PSL Financing?	YES NO	The PSL, or "Personal Seat License" is a multi-year right to buy season tickets, paid for by the fans. Generally, PSLs are reserved for special "club" or premium seats in the stadium. The payment is used to retire bonds issued to build the new stadium. But, save for the case of the Oakland Raiders, the PSL is not used as the only method of stadium financing, but one of a combination of techniques that in concert generate revenue to pay for construction bond debt associated with building a new stadium. Because PSLs are revenue bonds, they generally do not require voter approval, where general obligation bonds do.
Will You Use Redevelopment Financing?	YES NO	"Redevelopment" is a term that refers to California's version of the law that permits the use of what is called "Tax-Increment-Financing,or TIF. In this, property tax revenue generated in a designated "stadium or entertainment development zone" that is normally collected by the municipality goes to a redevelopment corporation (upon voted approval by the responsible elected officials) for the payment of municipal bonds issued to build a new stadium.
Sell Naming Rights?	YES NO	"Naming rights" describe contractual agreements where a corporation buys the "right" to have its name and logo positioned as part of the new stadium's name. The payment for this right is a negotiated price spread out over a period of years. In the sim, you can select a desired naming rights fee, but the ability to command that dollar amount varies with economic conditions.
NS: Use retail revenue?	YES NO	This decision option opens the ability to collect a percentage of total revenue from retail sales at the new stadium. This is different from concessions revenue and adresses the retail space you decide to build. No retail space, no revenue.
NS: Use food concession loan?	YES NO	A recent trend has been for a concession vendor to pay up to $30 million toward the construction of a new stadium, then attempt to recover that investment in its percentage of revenue from concession sales over the life of the contract with the stadium owners. Here, you can secure up to $30 million, but that also varies with economic conditions.
NS: Use Income Tax Financing?	YES NO	This activates the ability to charge the baseball players a tax on their payroll as part of the stadium financing package. This innovative system was recently approved by the Oregon Legislature.
NS: Will you use REIT Financing?	YES NO	A REIT is a "Real Estate Investment Trust." This is a firm that owns a number of buildings and generates its cash flow from the rents paid by people using them. In the case of your new stadium, the REIT will issue the amount you request, and you will get all or most of it, depending on economic conditions. But the baseball organization has to begin paying back the REIT's investment over time.
NS: Use Event Revenue?	YES NO	This is different from retail revenue. This revenue is collected from concession sales at other events in the stadium. Here's where the advantage of a "retractable roof" facility comes into play.
NS: Use Hotel Tax Revenue?	YES NO	This collects the revenue from what is a tax levied on each rental of hotel rooms in the county of Alameda, where the team plays within. The successful use of this provision assumes the approval of the county's elected officials.
NS: Use Corporate Sponsor Financing?	YES NO	Slightly different from naming rights revenue, corporate sponsor financing is where a corporate will purchase a right to place its logo or name on a part of the interior or exterior of the stadium.

New Stadium Redevelopment Bond Decisions

NS: Proposed Amount of Redevelopment Bond Issue

$0 $30 Million $40 Million $50 Million $60 Million $70 Million $80 Million $90 Million $100 Million $130 Million $150 Million $170 Million $200 Million $230 Million $260 Million $290 Million $300 Million

This sets the amount of the redevelopment bond to be issued by the stadium authority, in concert with the redevelopment agency. Remember, the more money you request, the higher the political cost to the baseball team.

New Stadium Contractual Decisions

Establish New Food Concessions Contract?	YES NO	This renews the stadium concessions contract when the term's expired. The renewal will come with a fixed payment of $10 million if in the existing stadium, but that money goes to the stadium authority.
Establish New Naming Rights Contract?	YES NO	This switch renews the naming rights agreement after it expires. It's 10-years in the simulation if the existing stadium is used; it is for the life of the lease in the new stadium.
Establish New Sponsorship Contract?	YES NO	This establishes a new corporate sponsorship contract after the existing one has expired, the same rules apply as that for the naming righs agreement.
Establish New Television and Radio Contract?	YES NO	This activates the renewal of the organization's tv and radio contract. This varies depending on how well the team was performing at the time of the renegotiated contract.
NS: Income Tax Rate on Players	1 Percent 2 Percent 3 Percent 4 Percent 5 Percent	This sets the rate of the tax on the baseball players, should you elect to finance part of the stadium with the player income tax system.
Percent of Retail Revenue Used To Build Stadium	1 Percent 2 Percent 3 Percent 4 Percent 5 Percent 6 Percent 8 Percent	This sets the percentage of retail revenue the organization will collect from the operation of retail at the new stadium.
NS: Desired Food Concessions Loan Size	$10 Million $15 Million $20 Million $25 Million $30 Million	This establishes the amount of the food concession loan from the vendor that's used for stadium construction.
NS: Desired REIT Loan Size	$10 Million $30 Million $50 Million $75 Million $100 Million $125 Million	This sets the level of the REIT request between $10 million and $125 million.
NS: Desired Level of Corp Sponsor Revenue	$10 Million $15 Million $20 Million $25 Million $30 Million	This establishes the amount of money you will request from corporate sponsors.
NS: Desired Level of Naming Rights Revenue	$10 Million $30 Million $50 Million $80 Million $100 Million $150 Million $200 Million	The amount of naming rights revenue you need for the new stadium is set here, between $10 million and $200 million.
Team Stadium Construction Contribution	$0 $500,000 $750,000 $1 Million $1.5 Million $2 Million $3 Million $4 Million	This is the annual amount the team will pay in construction revenue, should it elect to do so. This amount is multipied times the number of years of the payment to estimate the organization's total contribution.

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New Stadium Financing Secured; New Stadium Opened

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New Stadium PSL-Related Decisions

NS: Average Price of PSL	$1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000	This is the average cost of the Personal Seat License, should you chose that form of stadium financing.
NS: Percent of Seats PSL	20 Percent 30 Percent 60 Percent 80 Percent 100 Percent	This sets the total number of new stadium seats that are covered by the PSL program.
NS: Teams's PSL Marketing Expense	$1 Million $3 Million $4 Million $5 Million	Here, you can elect to pay for the marketing of PSL, else the municipality will pay for this.

Negotiation Matters With Stadium Authority

NS: Will Team Pay For PSL Marketing?	YES NO	This is related to the last decision, in that you must decide if the team is going to pay for PSL marketing.
ES: Team's percent of stadium food revenue	40 50 60	This is the percent of stadium food revenue retained by the organization, against the stadium vendor and stadium authority in the existing stadium.
ES: Team's percent of parking revenue	40 50 70	Here, you select the team's percentage parking revenue collected in the existing stadium.
ES: Percentage of Stadium Ad Revenue to Team	50 70 80	The percentage of revenue from stadium advertising in the existing stadium is determined here.
NS: A's percent of parking revenue	30 50 70	Here, you select the team's percentage parking revenue collected in the new stadium.
NS: A's percent of stadium food revenue	30 50 70	This is the percent of concession revenue retained by the team in the new stadium.
NS: Percentage of Stadium Ad Revenue to Team	40 60 80	This is the percentage of stadium ad revenue collected by the organization in the new stadium.
Percent of Naming Rights Revenue to City	20 Percent 30 Percent 40 Percent 50 Percent 60 Percent 70 Percent	Here, the level of revenue you will share with the municipalities that make up the stadium authority is determined.
NS: Annual Political Expense	$15,000 $50,000 $150,000 $300,000 $500,000 $600,000 $700,000 $800,000 $900,000 $1 million $1.1 million	The amount of money the team annually spends on politics and community relations is determined here. This is an important factor in receiving approval to build a new stadium, especially if you are going to use public money.
Activate Strike Scenario?	YES NO	Here, you can ad the factor of a player's strike to the operation of the simulation. This will result in a two or-up-to- all-game work stoppage every six years.

Collective Bargaining Agreement Options Scenario

Collective Bargaining Options

Existing CBA CBA w/ 27 Percent Local Take CBA w / 40 Percent Local Take CBA w / 0 Take and Bundled TV Revenue CBA w / 30 Percent Take & Credit Facility

There are five Collective Bargaining Agreement choices here. All of them take effect after 2006. The first option is the current CBA system, adopted in 2002 . The second causes local revenue take to be reduced to 27 percent. The third increases local revenue take to 40 percent. The forth has no local revenue take, and presents the team's share of a new national TV contract. The fifth option lowers local revenues to 30 percent and sends part of that to the simulated MLB Credit Facility. For greater information detail, please revenue the Collective Bargaining Agreement Page. (As a note, the decision page will reflect your choice.)

Team Relocation and Region Choice Decisions

Will You Relocate The Team?	YES NO	In order to start the relocation process, you must select "yes" here.
Region Relocation Choice	In Bay Area To Portland To Washington DC To Charlotte NC To Sacramento, CA To Las Vegas, NV	Here, you chose where you want the team to move to.
Lawsuit to Relocate?	YES NO	If your attempt to move is not successful, or takes too long, this can help expedite matters.
Team Relocation Legal Expense	$0 $500,000 $750,000 $1 Million $1.5 Million $2 Million $3 Million $4 Million	This is the annual amount the team will pay in legal expense to force a relocation through the court system should the league state its opposition to a proposed move.
File Lawsuit Appeal?	YES NO	Should you lose in court, you can file an appeal. But be careful that you don't spend a lot of baseball organization money on lawsuits.

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