Thread: Wilf keeps focus on looking long-term

"SnoBumMN" wrote:

I'm sorry, I misspoke...

NFL liscensed material is shared wealth. I was trying to refer to concessions sales and money spent at the game, and to get in no less...

Also the link provided still has Red as the owner of the Vikes, so its a little dated...

Anyway, the point is I think Wilf is going to be willing to spend the money it takes to make this team a consistant threat in the years to come.

Here's the 2006 rankings.
Stupid Google served me up old data!

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/30/06nfl_NFL-Team-Valuations_Rank.html

Rank Team Current Value ($mil) 1-Yr Value Change (%) Debt/Value (%) Revenue ($mil) Operating Income ($mil)
1
Washington Redskins 1,423
13
17
303
108.4

2
New England Patriots 1,176
13
26
250
43.6

3
Dallas Cowboys 1,173
10
17
235
37.1

4
Houston Texans 1,043
10
29
222
57.6

5
Philadelphia Eagles 1,024
8
32
218
54.2

6
Denver Broncos 975
7
21
207
26.9

7
Cleveland Browns 970
9
10
206
47.1

8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 955
9
15
203
56.9

9
Baltimore Ravens 946
9
29
201
27.8

10
Chicago Bears 945
9
20
201
51.5

11
Carolina Panthers 936
7
13
199
20.7

12
Miami Dolphins 912
7
27
194
33.4

13
Green Bay Packers 911
7
5
194
22.3

14
Kansas City Chiefs 894
17
15
186
28.2

15
New York Giants 890
10
7
182
26.9

16
Seattle Seahawks 888
8
13
189
5.0
17
Tennessee Titans 886
6
14
189
48.3

18
Pittsburgh Steelers 880
7
11
187
25.5

19
New York Jets 876
18
11
179
33.1

20
St Louis Rams 841
11
5
179
33.2

21
Detroit Lions 839
8
42
178
16.1

22
Indianapolis Colts 837
17
18
167
25.0

23
Cincinnati Bengals 825
15
12
175
20.9

24
Arizona Cardinals 789
17
19
158
16.6

25
Buffalo Bills 756
7
9
176
31.2

26
Jacksonville Jaguars 744
8
17
173
22.5

27
New Orleans Saints 738
3
17
160
-4.1

28
Oakland Raiders 736
9
7
171
9.1

29
San Francisco 49ers 734
5
14
171
11.8

30
San Diego Chargers 731
8
14
170
24.8

31
Atlanta Falcons 730
6
37
170
6.6

32
Minnesota Vikings 720
9
44
167
16.3


You'll notice that the Texans are NUMBER FOUR in the listing.
Why?
Because they own reliant stadium outright.

I believe (and I'm not sure about Jacksonville) that the bottom seven teams all lease stadiums rather than owning them.

=Z=

"AWZeus" wrote:

"SnoBumMN" wrote:

I'm sorry, I misspoke...

NFL liscensed material is shared wealth. I was trying to refer to concessions sales and money spent at the game, and to get in no less...

Also the link provided still has Red as the owner of the Vikes, so its a little dated...

Anyway, the point is I think Wilf is going to be willing to spend the money it takes to make this team a consistant threat in the years to come.

Here's the 2006 rankings.
Stupid Google served me up old data!

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/30/06nfl_NFL-Team-Valuations_Rank.html

Rank Team Current Value ($mil) 1-Yr Value Change (%) Debt/Value (%) Revenue ($mil) Operating Income ($mil)
1
Washington Redskins 1,423
13
17
303
108.4

2
New England Patriots 1,176
13
26
250
43.6

3
Dallas Cowboys 1,173
10
17
235
37.1

4
Houston Texans 1,043
10
29
222
57.6

5
Philadelphia Eagles 1,024
8
32
218
54.2

6
Denver Broncos 975
7
21
207
26.9

7
Cleveland Browns 970
9
10
206
47.1

8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 955
9
15
203
56.9

9
Baltimore Ravens 946
9
29
201
27.8

10
Chicago Bears 945
9
20
201
51.5

11
Carolina Panthers 936
7
13
199
20.7

12
Miami Dolphins 912
7
27
194
33.4

13
Green Bay Packers 911
7
5
194
22.3

14
Kansas City Chiefs 894
17
15
186
28.2

15
New York Giants 890
10
7
182
26.9

16
Seattle Seahawks 888
8
13
189
5.0
17
Tennessee Titans 886
6
14
189
48.3

18
Pittsburgh Steelers 880
7
11
187
25.5

19
New York Jets 876
18
11
179
33.1

20
St Louis Rams 841
11
5
179
33.2

21
Detroit Lions 839
8
42
178
16.1

22
Indianapolis Colts 837
17
18
167
25.0

23
Cincinnati Bengals 825
15
12
175
20.9

24
Arizona Cardinals 789
17
19
158
16.6

25
Buffalo Bills 756
7
9
176
31.2

26
Jacksonville Jaguars 744
8
17
173
22.5

27
New Orleans Saints 738
3
17
160
-4.1

28
Oakland Raiders 736
9
7
171
9.1

29
San Francisco 49ers 734
5
14
171
11.8

30
San Diego Chargers 731
8
14
170
24.8

31
Atlanta Falcons 730
6
37
170
6.6

32
Minnesota Vikings 720
9
44
167
16.3


You'll notice that the Texans are NUMBER FOUR in the listing.
Why?
Because they own reliant stadium outright.

I believe (and I'm not sure about Jacksonville) that the bottom seven teams all lease stadiums rather than owning them.

=Z=

I agree that Wilf should just build the stadium himself. I'm pretty sure he can swing it... I think he's in the mob, or some kind of organized crime syndicate...

Come on, Zygi. Use your connections, break some knuckles, and get that stadium built downtown!!!
8)

Wow. That list is depressing!

"Ltrey33" wrote:

Wow. That list is depressing!

Yup.
And it makes it patently obvious why the Vikings need a new stadium - OWNED BY THE TEAM - if they are going to reach the top level of teams in the NFL.

=Z=

Where theres a WILF, theres a WAY!!

wilf said he was willing to give up to 220 million to the new stadium thats about 1 third of the projected cost.Hopefully if not tis year then next year a stadium will get approvedh

"1800CULPEPPER" wrote:

Where theres a WILF, theres a WAY!!

Good one, I think even the Bulgarian judges would rate that joke highly.

Wilf actually offered $1B of his own coin earlier this year.

"AWZeus" wrote:

"Ltrey33" wrote:

Wow. That list is depressing!

Yup.
And it makes it patently obvious why the Vikings need a new stadium - OWNED BY THE TEAM - if they are going to reach the top level of teams in the NFL.

=Z=

Top level of revenue not winning. Correct?

Thank you Wilf for keep the eye on the prize. Keep the people focused and we shall soon have the proper management in place to run this thing right.

"MEN WE STAY THE COURSE"

"thevikingfan" wrote:

wilf said he was willing to give up to 220 million to the new stadium thats about 1 third of the projected cost.Hopefully if not tis year then next year a stadium will get approvedh

They couldn't get it done with Anoka County kicking in an extra $285 million in addition to Wilf's $220 mil. Now that $285 mil offer is of the table & gone so it will be that much tougher to get it done. Someone has to make up for that lost $285 million.