Greensleeves Underwhelmists
Greensleeves Underwhelmists
55 13th Street, Greensleeves
Industry: Athletic Entertainment
Entity type: For-profit
Product: Sportsball, professional
Home Attendance: 1,552,000/AU
Revenue: 671,000μ/AU
Ticket Price: 0.24μ
Personnel:
- 45 active athletes
- 30 standby athletes
The Greensleeves Underwhelmists is a professional major-league sportsball club based in Greensleeves, affiliated with the National Sportsball League.
The Underwhelmists is a for-profit corporation and owns the team's own 175,000-seat Expectations Stadium nearby the center of Greensleeves. The Underwhelmists rarely meet the spectator capacity of the stadium, with A-team games filling 75% of the seats, while the eight C-team games each season average just 40% of the stadium's capacity. The Underwhelmists plays an average of 16 home games per 43 game season there. The Underwhelmists enjoy thorough coverage of their sportsball matches in the local newspaper, the Greensleeves Examiner.
All general admission tickets at Expectations Stadium sell for 0.24μ. Annual home-game attendance figures average 1,552,000/AU. Ticket sales accounts for a significant portion of the Underwhelmists's annual budget of 671,000μ/AU. Broadcast rights make up between 20% and 30% of revenues. Merchandise and concessions each form a much smaller portion of the club's income.
The Underwhelmists employs 45 primary athletes and 30 standby athletes, accounting for an athlete payroll of approximately 29,000μ/AU. A-team primary athletes earn an average salary of 550μ/AU.
The team's mascot is Minnie the Unmet Expectation.