According to an ESPN report published Wednesday, Golden State would lose out on potentially more than $22 million by capping a perfect postseason with a Finals sweep of the Cavaliers. That includes all the money lost by not returning to the Bay Area for Games 5 and Game 7.
ESPN’s Darren Rovell estimated that Golden State’s net take of ticket sales (both primary and resale) would be $10,755,000 for Game 5 and $10,965,000 for a Game 7. Taking into account various fees, Rovell calculated that the Warriors would net an additional $332,500 for Game 5 and $380,000 for Game 7 in food, beverage, merchandise and parking.
a Game 5 in Oakland alone comes close to paying Steph Curry's salary for the entire 2016-17 season: $12.1 million.
All told, sweeping the series in Cleveland and not returning twice to the Bay Area, as the Warriors did last year for Games 5 and 7, would cost the Warriors' ownership group more than $22 million.
Such a silly article. It's pretty much the same exact amount they lost by sweeping all the other series too. All the Warriors games sell out anyway. So it's not like they would make more from concessions then any other game.
