# OFFICIAL '07-'08 BUFFALO SABRES SEASON THREAD **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504 "2007-10-05T09:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1100
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504/1100 "2008-01-16T18:37:02Z")
> [@eclipsed](#): > > its just not that simple. there are SO many other components to revenue in the NHL than just attendance. Canadian TV contracts, US TV contracts, satellite radio revenue, sponsorship revenue, etc, then the redistribution of all of this revenue through revenue sharing. not to mention revenue from the sabres’ portion of vendor revenue on gamedays. not to mention merchandising. and thats just the revenue side of things! i dont even want to scratch the expense side… > > to be honest, the average person would probably not even be able to comprehend a “break even analysis”. not to mention, that there would be so many variables involved, that it would be a virtually pointless exercise. > > people tend to oversimplify things. Even still, all other things held constant (although a winning team would likely lead to higher local media contracts and merchandising) say they end up spending approximately $10 million below the cap right now. If nothing else changed from outside revenue, they have 41 home games in an arena that holds 18,690 people. Approximately a $10 increase in each ticket would cover it, less depending on number of playoff games and any additional tickets sold. Granted, revenues are shared to an extent, but if they were short and wanted to spend to the cap, they could cover it through the box office and i think the fans owuld support them. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504)._