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Owner: Joe Lacob, Peter Guber
#7
NBA Team Valuations
Championships: 3
Numbers
Price Paid: $450 M
Year Purchased: 2010
Revenue
2
: $168 M
Operating Income
Debt/Value
Valuation Breakdown
4
3
: $44.9 M
: 12%
Player Expenses
5
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: $78 M
Sport
Gate Receipts
6
: $55 M
Wins-to-player cost ratio
9
$353 M
7
: 121
Market
10
$519 M
Revenue per Fan
8
: $29
Stadium
Metro Area Population: 4.3 M
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$296 M
Brand
12
$140 M
Profile
The Warriors have made the playoffs each of the past two years
after only one appearance in the prior 18 seasons. The Warriors
are led by their “Splash Brothers” backcourt of Stephen Curry and
Klay Thompson, who were the NBA's top two three point
Value Change
1-Yr Change
73%
Annualized Change
30%
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shooters last season. Their exciting style of play has drawn a big
following. The Warriors had the fifth-largest audience on local
television during the 2013-14 season, averaging 81,000 viewers
on CSN Bay Area, 15% more than the previous season. More »
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NBA
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Wins-to-player cost ratio
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121
has been the talk of the NBA this season with the Golden State
Warriors starting the year on a 22-game win streak, but
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Venue
Oracle Arena
Owner
City of Oakland &
Alameda County
Year Opened
1997
Capacity
19,596
With Stephen Curry’s superstardom growing by the game, the
Cost To Build
Golden State Warriors are reportedly considering an operational
$140 M
change to better serve the reigning MVP’s rabid fan base.
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expensive on the secondary market and prices continue to rise
while the teams continues to win. Each of the next 10 Warriors
home games have increased in average price over the past week.
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However, what can get lost among box-score enthusiasts is that
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more specific, Curry’s ghost—his mere presence on the
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the NFL for Thursday Night Football games, as is being reported,
for $20 million a game, it would be a table-setter for a much
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The Golden State Warriors and point
guard Stephen Curry have not taken their
foot off the gas after winning the NBA Finals in June. The
Warriors won their first eight games of the season by an average
margin of 18 points per game, and Curry leads the NBA in scoring
and three-point field goals.
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Revenue and operating income are for 2013-14 season and net of revenue sharing and arena debt service.
1. Value of team based on current arena deal (unless new arena is pending) without deduction for debt (other than
arena debt).
2. Net of arena revenues used for debt payments.
3. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
4. Includes arena debts.
5. Includes benefits and bonuses.
6. Includes club seats.
7. Compares the number of wins per player payroll relative to the rest of the NBA. Playoff wins count twice as much as
regular season wins. A score of 120 means that the team achieved 20% more victories per dollar of payroll
compared with the league average during the 2013-14 season.
8. Local revenues divided by metro population with populations in two-team markets divided in half.
9. Portion of franchise's value attributable to revenue shared among all teams.
10. Portion of franchise's value attributable to its city and market size.
11. Portion of franchise's value attributable to its arena.
12. Portion of franchise's value attributable to its brand.
13. Current team value compared with latest transaction price.
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