The first two rounds of Brasileirão show why Flamengo’s previous management considered essential to build its own stadium. Repeating the same problem that was already happening in the other editions of the National, Maracanã is still a big problem for those who send their matches there.
O Infomoney He surveyed through the financial bulletins sent by the local federations to the CBF and details the numbers of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Stadium that is managed together by the duo Fla-Flu.
Flamengo had, fired, the largest revenue with ticket sales so far. It was R $ 3,150,315.00 with the sale of tickets for the match against Internacional. But of this total, “only” R $ 1,496,823.35 were in fact for the club’s coffers, which means 53% of costs in total.
All this difference of R $ 1,653,491.65 needed to be used to pay the departure expenses. Of this total, R $ 965 thousand are classified as expenses of the stadium. There is also a loss of over R $ 100,000 with promotional tickets and almost R $ 150,000 with fees for the Rio de Janeiro Federation (Ferj).
Fluminense also acted in Maracanã and suffered from the same problem. The team sold almost 20,000 tickets, raised R $ 866,231.50 and yet had to put his hand in his pocket to pay all costs. The net income of the match in the victory against Red Bull Bragantino was negative: -R $ 227,723.68. That is, the cost of this match was R $ 1,093,955.18.
In all, Maracanã has cost more than $ 2.7 million in just two matches. In this round, Fluminense returns to act on stage when receiving Santos on Sunday. The forecast is a new damage or, at most, a border that is close to zero to zero.
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Because of this and also to gain political capital, Flamengo’s past management bought land in Rio de Janeiro worth almost R $ 139 million. After the elections and the change of the group that is in charge, however, the design of a new stadium was placed in the refrigerator.
For terms of comparison, Corinthians had the second largest revenue so far, with R $ 2,958,819.70, but could have R $ 1,672,277.03, which means a total cost of 44% above what was collected.
Palmeiras is the team that had the highest liquid collection in these first two rounds. With the most expensive average ticket in the country, the team raised $ 1,949,730.05, and their gross revenue was $ 2,802,427.70. That is, a cost of only 30% over the total that was generated by selling tickets.
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In all, the 20 Brasileirão clubs raised R $ 12,946,157.30 with the sale of tickets in the first two rounds of the Brasileirão. The box office is traditionally one of the three largest revenue sources of the main clubs in the country.
