[Elvis]

Forbes latest list has every NFL team going up significantly in value including the Rams who have also moved up a few spots from the bottom:

http://www.forbes.com/nfl-valuations/list/#tab:overall

The Business Of Football


Rank Team Current Value 1-Yr Value Change Debt/Value Revenue Operating Income
#1 Dallas Cowboys $4 B 25% 5% $620 M $270 M
#2 New England Patriots $3.2 B 23% 7% $494 M $195 M
#3 Washington Redskins $2.85 B 19% 8% $439 M $124.9 M
#4 New York Giants $2.8 B 33% 18% $400 M $105.2 M
#5 San Francisco 49ers $2.7 B 69% 21% $427 M $123.7 M
#6 New York Jets $2.6 B 44% 23% $383 M $118.4 M
#7 Houston Texans $2.5 B 35% 7% $383 M $114.6 M
#8 Chicago Bears $2.45 B 44% 4% $352 M $85.7 M
#9 Philadelphia Eagles $2.4 B 37% 8% $370 M $88.7 M
#10 Green Bay Packers $1.95 B 42% 6% $347 M $63.3 M

#11 Denver Broncos $1.94 B 34% 6% $346 M $65.8 M
#12 Baltimore Ravens $1.93 B 29% 14% $345 M $59.8 M
#13 Pittsburgh Steelers $1.9 B 41% 11% $334 M $54 M
#14 Indianapolis Colts $1.88 B 34% 3% $321 M $90.1 M
#15 Seattle Seahawks $1.87 B 41% 6% $334 M $43.6 M
#16 Miami Dolphins $1.85 B 42% 19% $322 M $41.5 M
#17 Atlanta Falcons $1.67 B 48% 51% $303 M $25.4 M
#18 Minnesota Vikings $1.59 B 38% 31% $281 M $34.5 M
#19 Carolina Panthers $1.56 B 25% 4% $325 M $77.8 M
#20 Arizona Cardinals $1.54 B 54% 10% $308 M $57.2 M

#21 Kansas City Chiefs $1.53 B 39% 5% $307 M $48.6 M
#22 San Diego Chargers $1.53 B 53% 7% $304 M $64.8 M
#23 New Orleans Saints $1.52 B 36% 5% $322 M $70 M
#24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $1.51 B 23% 12% $313 M $55.2 M
#25 Cleveland Browns $1.5 B 34% 13% $313 M $34.7 M
#26 Tennessee Titans $1.49 B 28% 10% $318 M $50.5 M
#27 Jacksonville Jaguars $1.48 B 53% 7% $315 M $67 M
#28 St Louis Rams $1.45 B 56% 8% $290 M $34 M
#29 Cincinnati Bengals $1.45 B 46% 7% $296 M $55.5 M
#30 Detroit Lions $1.44 B 50% 19% $298 M $36.1 M

#31 Oakland Raiders $1.43 B 47% 14% $285 M $39 M
#32 Buffalo Bills $1.4 B 50% 14% $296 M $44.2 M

[Elvis]

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news ... llion.html

Kroenke’s sports empire worth $4.1 billion

St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke is the NFL’s second-richest owner with a net worth of $7.6 billion, according to rankings from Forbes.
Only Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who owns the Seattle Seahawks, is richer. Allen has a net worth of $17.8 billion.



Kroenke also owns the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Colorado Rapids (MLS) and has a majority stake in English Premier League club Arsenal. Forbes valued all of those teams combined (along with the Rams) at $4.1 billion.

Forbes released its annual Business of Football report on Monday. The research features a plethora of information about NFL teams, officials and its owners.

The Rams, valued at $1.45 billion, were the 28th most valuable team in the league. Last year, Forbes valued the Rams at $875 million, or the least valuable team in the NFL.

Other interesting figures from Forbes’ research on the Rams:

— The Rams’ $1.45 billion valuation was broken down this way: $1.13 billion because they play in the NFL; $154 million because of their market; $106 million because of the stadium they play in; and $59 million because of their brand.

— The team had $290 million in annual revenue with operating income of $34 million.

— The Rams received $45 million from ticket sales

— The Rams had $30 in revenue per fan.

— The average NFL team is worth $1.97 billion, 38 percent more than last year.

— A potential Los Angeles stadium will make money for whichever team plays there, but the big picture is that it will serve as the show biz platform for the league — concerts and entertainment laden with NFL endorsers such as Hyundai, Visa and Microsoft.

In a new stadium, the St. Louis Rams (in St. Louis) would be valued at, a minimum, $1.5 billion, said John Vrooman, a Vanderbilt University economics professor and expert on sports economics.

That’s compared with a Los Angeles-based Rams franchise that would be worth an estimated $2.1 billion, if not more, Vrooman said.

The Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins were the highest valued teams, according to Forbes. The Chargers ranked No. 22 while the Raiders ranked No. 31 out of 32 teams.

[Ramfan46]

I don't see how they could be under 2.5B with the new Inglewood stadium. The franchise has much more history than the Houston Texans. I could see a playoff Rams team in LA being worth 3B and a SB winning team getting close to 4B.

[Elvis]

I don't see how they could be under 2.5B with the new Inglewood stadium. The franchise has much more history than the Houston Texans. I could see a playoff Rams team in LA being worth 3B and a SB winning team getting close to 4B.

You're right.

The guy who did the estimates did them before Forbes came out with the new higher valuations and his estimates were on the low side to start with.

With these new, higher, valuations you could put the Rams in L.A. at 3 billion and still be confident that was a conservative estimate...