#team nikon

[opelman]

Kawasaki / Alex Lowes / GBR / Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK by Artes Max Via Flickr: Superbikes Barcelona Motorfest – Pirelli Catalunya Round 2024 / Circuit de Barcelona

[theusualjasper]

I've been obsessed with eagle owls since I was little so meeting this beautiful lady was a dream come true! getting to try very fancy cameras was nice too and let me get these quick shots

bonus: behind the scene, me knelt in mud and the lovely falconers tempting her over

[monkeyssalad-blog]

QCAS2023-0710a USAF Thunderbirds flight demo team F-16 by kurtsj00

[jobfair79usa]

Work At Marvel Find Now!

[ismaeljorda]

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[forthealtofitfans]

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[feelingthedisaster]

im pretty sure its canon neil picks up photography on his last year at psu, so here are some of my hcs about it

nikon guy. dont ask why, but i know better than i know myself that he is a nikon guy

hates mirrorless cameras. reflex all the way

doesnt edit his photos

he would get to the most dangerous/risky/absurd spots to take the perfect shot

his favourite angle is the dutch angle. like, 95% of his photos are taken from a dutch angle

the 5% that it isnt are simmetrical pictures

okay, just picture out this one for me. neil taking a picture of andrew from the backseat (especifically the middle seat, a little to the right/shotgun side), dutch angle like 15° up to the left (or down to the right), andrew on the driver's seat with usual bored expression but with an eyebrow up driving but taking a moment to look at neil/the camera

if we are getting period accurate (like 2010/2011 when he starts) and following the nikon guy hc, i think he would have a D3100 (released in 2010 august, 500gr, 12×9×7 cm, more info here)

he cares about his camera the same way andrew cares about his car

gets really attached to his first camera (who doesnt?), he only replaces it when it broke after years of use

refuses to buy lenses and stuff for years bc it "isn't nessesary" until one day he complains in the passing he'd like to zoom in more but he already zoom the max possible with the normal lense, so the next day andrew appears with a new lense and leaves it in the counter for him. it spirals from there

the only camera paraphernalia he never and completely refuses to get is a tripod. neil josten hates tripods spread the word

only takes pictures, never videos, not even with his phone.

this one is maybe a little bit ooc, but at some point he makes a private insta account, no profile picture, no bio, no followers, not even the foxes, username is probably 12345, it just a little gallery for him to put his favourite photos. he only uses it to upload when he likes one or to look at the old pictures

prefers lighter cameras. over 1kg? thats a no

at first he was a little bit shy so he didnt went out with the camera much (also, he was somewhat afraid something would happen to it), but after a while he just takes it everywhere with him

+when he has away games and the team is not going back inmediatly to homecity, he dissapears for an hour or two to walk around the new city taking pictures

he uses having a camera to avoid social interaction. majority of people when they see you with a camera in public/in an event will leave you alone bc they think you are busy, and he definitely uses that on his favour. on the other side, there is a section of people who will see you with a camera and start bothering a lot about it. when that happens, he just lifts the camera a little bit and goes "sorry, kinda busy right now"

carries the camera like its a messanger bag

[nikoniclove]

Hi, loving the new stories you have been posting!

I was wondering whether you might consider one, set really early in the 3, and Em and JJ try taking another to bed, and their conversation afterwards where they realise that strangers are no longer 'it' for them - all they want is Ace?

I know there was a scene in one of your stories where JJ asks Em if she feels the same about Ace, but just wondering about the 'final' time they took a 'stranger' to bed.

Thankees xx

Here you go, my friend!

Emily is itching for control. Her feelings are out of whack. She can’t keep her well-manicured defenses poised and supported where their new teammate is concerned. It’s sending her for a loop, and she is not enjoying being so unsure about her own self. She can’t take it out on the young woman yet (or maybe ever). JJ is, at the moment, being an unhelpful pain in the ass. They’ve tried their usual bars where they like to pick up one night stands, but every option got nixed for one reason or another. It’s how they end up at the club looking for a single.

“I was hoping I would see you two back here again,” a young lady says with a smile. Emily is polite as she declines with the excuse that they’re not looking.

“What was wrong with her,” JJ asks, knowing full well what Emily won’t admit.

“Nothing. She’s fine, I’m sure. Just too forward for my taste tonight.”

“And you said I was being too picky,” she teases.

“Shut up,” Emily snips with a sharp roll of her eyes.

The girl they take back to a room is quieter. They approached her. It matters, Emily insisted under her breath. She says her name is Peyton, but neither of them intends to use her name, so it doesn’t matter. She’ll be called some random nickname - pet, darling, something like that. Names aren’t for this kind of space.

All things considered, it’s fine. They spend a few hours letting loose on someone who knows what to expect from two dominant partners in a room like that. It’s rough and controlling, and on any other night, it would have been what they needed, what Emily needed. That’s not how it works though. They go their separate ways. It’s fine.

The drive back to the apartment is silent. Dead silent. The keys in the lock jangle loudly in comparison. Emily goes off to take a shower almost immediately, and JJ flops onto the couch to stare at the ceiling. She texts Garcia about brunch plans and listens for the water to shut off. When Emily comes into the bedroom in her towel, JJ is waiting for her. “Jesus, you scared me.”

“We’ve got to talk about it.”

“We really don’t,” Emily denies, turning her back on her girlfriend.

“You put a stranger’s hair into a braid, Em. You have never once cared about a sub’s hair so long as it was out of your way, and that was the first thing you had her do once she was on her knees.”

“It’s easier to maneuver someone by a braid than a bunch of loose hair or a bun. That’s just efficiency.”

“Efficiency,” JJ repeats in disbelief. “Efficiency?”

“Like you’re one to talk. You vetoed every option at the bars. Every single one. One was too tall. One had a whiny voice. One gave you a weird vibe. No one was the right one.”

“That’s my point, Emily. We both know exactly who we were looking for. We know exactly who we wanted with us tonight, and it wasn’t some stranger with her hair in a braid for efficiency.”

Emily throws up her hands in frustration. “What do you want me to do about it, JJ? Ace is off limits. She’s new to the team. She’s impossibly young. Off limits.”

JJ sits cross-legged on the bed, watching Emily pace around the run, tension oozing from each stiff movement. She feels it too. A stranger doesn’t fit anymore. Now they know Ace; they’ve fantasized about her. It feels demanding in how much she craves it. “She doesn’t have to be. We’ve been flirting with her for months.”

“And she hasn’t returned a single one of those advances, Jen. If she was interested, she would have given us some sort of go-ahead.”

“The fact that Ace is letting me touch her at all is a go-ahead. You’ve seen how she is with everyone else on the team. She does not like people in her personal space, and she will relocate to get the space she needs. With us, she doesn’t do that. Neither of us. She lets us in her space.”

“That doesn’t equate to wanting a threesome with your older, partnered teammates. Because Ace allows you to be handsy does not mean she’s interested in this…”

“We won’t know unless we ask. If it’s not her thing, that’s fine. We’ll know for sure and then we can resume the pattern of one night stands that worked for us before. We’re just going to frustrate ourselves trying to find versions of her out at the bar to bring home if we don’t know for sure.”

“And if it blows up in our faces? If we freak her out? Then what, Jen? Because that girl is damn good at this job. And if she transfers because we propositioned her and read her space cues incorrectly, that’s going to feel like shit.”

JJ sighs softly, catching Emily in her arms and pulling her to the edge of the bed. “I really don’t think that’s going to happen. Ace gets caught up in the way you wear your stupid belt. She focuses on your lips and gets flustered when I make her dance with me.” JJ pulls the towel away. “C’mon, Em. We both want her. We can all be grown ups about it. Maybe she’ll have kinks of her own she wants to share.” Emily’s eyes flutter closed at the idea. “I know she’d be a good girl for you. Press her against a wall and just ravish her.”

She sucks a nipple into her mouth, only to have Emily pull her off. “No, keep talking.” JJ smirks, even as she uses her hands instead.

“Personally I’m still stuck on the idea of folding her over her desk and using the jacket to keep her bound. I bet she would make the prettiest noises. Would you spank her like that? Or would you fold her over your lap?” Emily moans, holding onto JJ’s shoulders, while the blonde rubs her clit in perfectly teasing strokes. “Can you imagine seeing your handprints on her bare ass? Or pinning her legs to her chest while you fuck her with your strap? Would you put her on her knees and use her braid as leverage while she eats you out?”

“Fuck, Jennifer,” Emily gasps in a whisper, bucking her hips forward with her release. Catching her breath, Emily presses her forehead against JJ’s shoulder. “What’s your plan?”

“Invite her over for a Girls’ Night and see how it goes. We’ve got to know one way or another, Em, and honestly I think it could be really great. The sex would be phenomenal.”

“One Girls’ Night, and the first sign she’s uncomfortable, we call it,” Emily insists.

“Of course. Enthusiastic consent. That’s always how our bed works,” JJ agrees. “Now I need your mouth to do something better than all this talking.” When JJ closes her eyes, she dreams of the three of them together, and God, she needs to get that girl in their bed before she combusts.

[thibaultleclercq]

Hi!! I’m very happy to share with you a short film I directed with my brother Simon Leclercq. This is a 2min made for the Nikon Film Festival following the theme of the 2024 edition : Fire. 🔥 A Big Thanks to the amazing team that made this short film possible! ❤️

[profoundbondfanfic]

A Ghost Story by emmbrancsxx0 [Explicit, 257k words]

Castiel Novak has haunted his family's estate for 150 years, awaiting the return of his lost love. Upon their reunion, Dean Winchester learns of his past reincarnation. After the night of Castiel's resurrection, the two try to find out why they've been given a second chance. The answers may be hidden in the forgotten memories of Dean's former life - but sometimes the truth is better left buried.

A Lonely Vigil by saltnhalo [Mature, 34k words]

Castiel Novak is twenty-six years old when he's killed in the Civil War. The first soul to be laid to rest in the grounds of the new Lawrence Memorial Cemetery, his spirit remains in a liminal space—not in the living world, but not passing on, forever tasked with helping other spirits to go where he cannot. His vigil over the grounds of his cemetery is a long and lonely one, unable to interact with anyone who still remains in the land of the living. Until he meets Dean Winchester.

A Million Ways to Go by ChasingRabbits [Explicit, 91k words]

Castiel Novak is a preacher's son living in a world of black and white. Pragmatic and dutiful, he doesn't understand why anybody would want to make waves. Then the Winchesters move in down the street. Soon many of the skeletons in the Novak family's closet are exposed, and as the family faces them, Castiel begins to understand that there are many ways to see the world and so many more ways to live than what he's been told.

Bumper Cars by mansikka [Explicit, 111k words]

Two teenagers are missing from an abandoned carnival, and there’s enough to raise suspicion that their disappearance involves a ghost. Dean, Sam, and Cas arrive in town to investigate, though what they find leads them away from those teenagers, and on the trail of a ghost story that churns up things from their past. Can newly-human Cas, and Dean, with the help of shipper!Sam, work out the mystery behind the abandoned carnival and its ghost, and along the way, figure out the riddle that is them?

Dean Winchester is Not Afraid of Ghosts by Desirae [Explicit, 48k words]

When photographer Dean Winchester is not capturing momentous occasions like weddings and graduations with his Nikon, he is moonlighting as the cameraman for the South Shore Paranormal; a ghost hunting series on YouTube, headed by his brother Sam, and Sam's best friend Gabriel. Despite his brother's adamance, Dean Winchester does not believe in ghosts. And no one is going to change his mind. Certainly not a scam artist like Castiel Novak. Castiel is a self-proclaimed medium... and Gabriel's brother. When a member of the SSP team has to leave the crew, Castiel is the replacement, much to Dean's dismay. But the more they work together, the more Dean is drawn to Castiel, the man stirring up protective instincts usually only reserved for family. What happens when Dean realizes that Castiel is not the fake he always thought he was, but instead, a generous soul that Dean is rapidly falling in love with?

ghosts that we knew by dothraki_shieldmaiden [Explicit, 89k words]

Dean can’t help it. Castiel’s laugh is infectious, washing over him and sweeping him up in its tide. His throat and stomach ache with the feel of it, unfamiliar muscles worked past their endurance. He hasn’t laughed like this in weeks, maybe years. Cas doesn’t stop laughing, and Dean relishes it. It’s such a good sound, deep and throaty. It rumbles over him the same way that Baby’s engine purrs, to where he can almost feel it in his gut. Dean’s giddy, the kind of happy that hunters don’t get to feel, and if it weren’t for the ceiling, he thinks he might float away. Cas’ eyes crinkle when he laughs, and his smile goes wide and gummy. He’s so brilliant, so alive— But you’re dead, Dean thinks helplessly. But you’re dead.

Heart by Speary [Mature, 90k words]

The heart is a funny thing. Some say it loves, and others say that it is just a muscle, keeping you alive for some minuscule amount of time. For Cas Shurley, the heart was a defective reminder that each day was maybe going to be his last. For years he had been in and out of hospitals. For years he had viewed time as something trickling down the drain. Then Sam Winchester died. He died, and Cas got to live. And in what universe was that fair? But he accepted the gift, and told himself that he would live. Each beat of Sam’s heart in his chest was an anthem, a siren song beckoning him back to life. This new heart though, wanted him to do more than just live. This heart had a story to tell. It would wake him up in the night, and visit him with cold drafts and a sense of purpose that would propel him out of bed. But before he could truly live and act on the demands of his new heart, he would have to get out of the hospital, and he would have to meet the Winchester family. And though he didn’t know it, he would especially have to meet Dean, Sam’s brother. And meeting him would remind him of just how much more there was to life than just the living.

Hope and Clay by tabulaxrasa [Explicit, 20k words]

The museum is haunted, the security guard is dead, the ghost has an alibi, and Dean is… worried about his relationship status with Cas (currently: It’s Complicated). A Winchester family hunting trip threatens to go awry from the weight of too many secrets– and an unstoppable killer from the dawn of time.

Rest in Pieces by xylodemon [Explicit, 22k words]

"Goddamned ghosts," Dean snaps, stabbing his shovel into the dirt. "Goddamned Heaven." (or: the one with the Ghost Apocalypse)

Under Construction by thestarsarefalling [General Audiences, 42k words]

Castiel's been quietly haunting the house in which he's met his untimely demise for a long time. Up until this moment, he's only had to deal with squatters and adventurous teenagers, who were easy to drive out with some spooky moans and creepy words scratched into walls. But when his building is slated to become a construction site, Castiel encounters Dean, the contractor and new owner of the home, someone who doesn't scare easy.

Winchester's Haunted House by deansmultitudes, Kitmistry [Teen and Up, 3k words]

For the Halloween evening, Dean turns his new home into a haunted house for neighboring kids. But once all the guests are gone, is when the real haunting begins.

[opelman]

BMW M 1000 RR / Garrett Gerloff / USA / Bonovo Action BMW by Artes Max Via Flickr: Superbikes Barcelona Motorfest – Pirelli Catalunya Round 2024 / Circuit de Barcelona

[makaira-art]

I was lucky enough to be near enough to take a road trip with some friends to view the solar eclipse in the path of totality!

Here are some shots I got on my DLSR:

Wrote about how the process went below the cut, if you’re curious:

Camera setup

Camera info: I used some second-hand old DSLR camera to get this shot. If you want to take a photo, try to find a camera with a electronic viewfinder/live view— I used a Nikon D200 which has an optical viewfinder that you cannot look through during the partial eclipse unless you want to laser concentrate the sun into your eyes. So, I had to keep trial-and-erroring photos then looking at the LCD screen’s playback to line up the shot during the partial eclipse. I accidentally broke part of my tripod 30 minutes into partial, so big shoutout to my friends for team effort helping me deal with that.

For protection: obviously, eclipse glasses for viewing the event. (Look away every so often for your own safety— it is the sun, after all). For the camera I used a solar filter Mylar sheet that I cut into a circle, glued to some cardboard I fitted into an octagon and slipped over my camera lens. That’s why everything except the sun is pitch black! I gave the camera a break from the sun by covering the lens up every few minutes, just in case. I use a special lens that I couldn’t fit a solar filter over, even if I spent $60+ on one. DIY for the win.

The lens: A 150-600mm lens. As I mentioned, my tripod had a little incident so I couldn’t stabilize it enough to use past 500mm without some serious motion blur, but around 150mm and 350mm the photos looked good enough for me. At this point I ripped off the tape on my optical viewfinder and the protective lens and took photos as normal. I kinda just set a fixed aperture with f-stop at 16 and ran with it. I think I also turned the ISO up. You’ll forgive me for not documenting the whole process of the sun and the entirety of totality— some things you just want to see with your own two eyes.

I am not a professional photographer, solar or otherwise, so don’t take what I say for what you should do, but everything seems to work, so if you are looking to photograph a solar eclipse, these are a few things to start with! Though, don’t break your tripod and make sure you can easily find the sun with an electronic viewfinder. Then you can just press your remote-shutter button and stare at the sun at the same time.

[r0se-miller]

In the name of motivation

Jennifer Jareau has a unique way of motivating her players. But the teams scores under her captaincy speak for themselves.

(I think I got the idea from nikonic who mentioned JJ pleasuring her teammates in college)

Warnings: smut, cunnilingus, vaginal fingering, shower sex

The air in the locker room was dense with steam and the smell of endorphins. The girls were spread throughout the space changing, showering and celebrating their crushing victory over the record holding soccer team of their rival school.

Jennifer, known affectionately as ‘Jenny’ by her team was yet to enter and join the fray, as she had slipped out of the celebration mosh pit to talk strategy with the teams coach. One victory was not enough for her and she needed to stay on top of the game play in order to further the chances of winning the next match.

As most girls were finishing up Jenny entered the locker room to a chorus of cheers and applause, she gave a short speech in response stating how proud she was of them all, and encouraging them to go out and celebrate but to curb it early in order to be ready for yet another Sunday morning practise.

She walked to the far end of the locker banks, twisting in her combination and quickly sloughing off her uniform as she grabbed her shower caddy. She walked nakedly with absolute confidence, her team was very used to her body by now and she wouldn’t have cared either way.

Stepping into her favourite cubical she began to scrub the grass stains from her knees and the mud from her finger nails being sure to take her time waiting out the rabble until only her three best girls were left in their own shower stalls, each patiently awaiting their winning ritual.

Jenny slipped out of her own shower, careful not to lose her footing on the slick tile and entered the adjacent cubical. Her goal keeper was leaned against the back wall, head raised allowing the hot water to run over her body, creating rivulets and drips that accentuated her breasts and the curve of her hips as they dipped into strong thighs. Sensing Her captains entrance the brunette opened her eyes and stepped forward smiling. The blonde met her under the spray and initiated a heated kiss in which she led the movement. After drawing a number of quiet moans from her best player, Jareau sunk to her knees, lifting the girls willing thigh up over her shoulder as she dove into her slick folds. They had had this arrangement for long enough that arousal had started to build as soon as the game took a turn toward clear victory for them. The promise of a sweet reward for the win had her lips swollen and ready for the mouth that was so eager to please them.

Jenny licked and sucked with vigour, aiming to thoroughly please her girl, her dedication and skill had been the difference between proud triumph and shameful defeat on many occasions. The blonde listened carefully to every sound and felt every twitch and spasm, choosing the perfect moment to add her fingers, pushing her goalie onto her tip toes as her back arched in pleasure. She continued the ministrations until a sharp whine accompanied a small gush of arousal. Making sensual eye contact from her still crouched position she licked her fingers clean, kissing the soft stomach before her whispering her praise for the game and appreciation of effort. Leaving the brunette to recover under the still warm shower, she slipped out quietly, stretching her legs as she moved to the next occupied stall.

Inside her forward striker was rinsing her auburn locks keenly awaiting Jenny after the echoing sounds of pleasure from the stall next to her own. As soon as she entered the captain was thrust against the chilled tile wall as her mouth was attacked by the soft lips of her most common bed mate. The girls more frequent forays with the blonde gave her confidence but she soon seceded to the demanding tongue taking up residence in her mouth. Flipping their positions Jareau slippped her thigh between the spread legs before her, pushing up as her tight grip pulled the girls hips down and forward, allowing the redhead to grind on her as they continued to make out heavily. Eventually starved for breath Jenny took up sucking hickies along the clavicles and breasts that heaved in time with each gyrating roll. With mouth rooting for a nipple to play with, the blonde used her hand to find the players mound and slip her digits between the glistening lips, massaging the pulsing clit within. The girl gave one final thrust, with the assistance of the remaining hand guiding her hip. The blonde licked a long stripe up her panting neck and whispered praise before biting her lobe and slipping out again.

Coming to the final shower and the newest addition to the “motivational committee” Jennifer felt her own arousal grow uncomfortably strong. She would make it through rewarding her last girl then she would take care of herself.

Her best defender stood with her leg propped onto the small bench openly pleasuring herself, clearly unable to restart in herself after the two cacophonies she had heard. Tutting her very real disapproval the blonde surged forwarding, grabbing the offending hand and spinning the girl so her already sensitive breasts were pressed firmly into the tile. Jareau mouthed along the damp skin that formed the nape of her neck, butterfly kissing her way to the shoulder where she bit down firmly, sucking quickly she left a deep hickey where any summer shirt would show it. This was her punishment for the dark haired girl, the blonde loved topping but couldn’t bring herself really punish her girls with anything other than orgasm denial, and that was only after a loss. She promptly returned to her sweet and innocent kisses as her fingers travelled the topography of ass, hips and thighs. Knowing the pussy before her was already warmed up she pushed two fingers into the wet heat, starting swift and deep thrusts. Her other hand found the girls clit and flicked and fingered it. The blonde encourage the girls hesitant thrust with a few of her own, drawing pleasure from even the small stimulation that provided her aching cunt. Expertly drawing the girl to a quick and well earned release she repeated her line of praise and encouragement then disappeared.

With practised ease and quiet desperation Jennifer brought herself to a loud and indulgent high - her own reward for the win. Pleasuring three gorgeous muscular women was always motivating her to keep their streak, and if she was inclined to feel badly about that she remembered the feeling of delayed gratification she felt in many a locker room shower and ignored the guilty notion.

As team Captain Jennifer Jareau took the motivation and commendation of her players very seriously. The tradition had started after an alcohol celebration had led to some heavy petting, and a passing promise revealed significant improvements in determination during the next match. Whispers had spread and now any player that wanted to be reward for their efforts need only ask. As it stood only three of the team were brave enough to stay for the full experience but the shining light of adoration from the captain was enough to make any girl swoon, straight or not, and the team had maintained a near perfect record since the implementation of such a system.

[jobfair79usa]

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[ismaeljorda]

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[phoenixyfriend]

Ko-fi prompt from Becky:

I actually would love to hear where ticket/concession/merch money for concerts go. If someone has already asked about that, can you do something similar for a sports game of your choice?

Already got a request for concerts, but I can do the sports game!

So, let's go with... baseball. I've been to professional baseball games ('twas the Ducks), even if it's been a Very Long Time, so that's the one I have some perspective on. Who is in control of the money any given game (as in, who owns the stadium and the home team) varies by place and sport, so let's use the Mets and Citi Field as our example when we need a specific.

Mostly, this is because I'm in New York and so it's down to either them or the Yankees, and between the two... the Mets, through a wholly owned subsidiary, Queens Ballpark Company, are the ones that actually own their ballpark, which makes a few things easier and includes a Fun Fact about the naming. It also means that I can treat the team and the stadium as one singular entity instead of waffling over who gets to be the Main Character of this simulation. It's not exactly uncommon for teams to own their own stadiums, but it's not most of them.

(The Mets, btw, are owned in large part by a hedge fund manager. Like, 95% of the team stock is owned by this one guy. Why can't more sports be like the Packers and just belong to the city.)

In this case, I will be referring to the Forbes article on Citi Field's revenue for 2022 as a guide or framework, as they have an actual image of the financial report; they don't do much explaining of the actual data, though, so my part will be explaining the less-obvious things and doing some maths. A few other articles will also be cited as they come in useful.

I'll also note that the Mets are a very expensive team operating at a loss, but they still work for our purposes.

MONEY COMING IN:

Tickets, most obviously

To quote the wiki article on Major League Baseball:

"MLB is the second-wealthiest professional sport league by revenue after the National Football League (NFL). [...] MLB has the highest total season attendance of any sports league in the world; in 2018, it drew more than 69.6 million spectators."

I didn't know that until I started researching for this post, but it makes sense. After all, baseball is "the American pastime." The Forbes article cites average attendance of 33,000 per home game. The stadium seat about 41,900, so we're looking at roughly 79% attendance. This is fine, because attendance is not the only stream of revenue.

Advertising

If you have seen a professional sports game in the past however many years, you have seen that, depending on the type of court, they are plastered in advertising. Let's take a look at Citi Field:

(Image Source: MLB website)

The Forbes article states that the stadium makes about $48.5 million per year from advertising. About $28.5 million of that comes from the various 'temporary' and long-term ads, the Nikon and Geico and Toyota and Coca Cola, etc.

$20 million of it comes from one company. I'm going to quote Wikipedia again:

The naming rights were purchased by Citigroup, a New York financial services company, for $20 million annually.

This is not uncommon! ESPN has an article about it, and some standout examples are Bank of America Stadium, Coors Field, Delta Center, FedEx Field and FedEx Forum, General Motors Place, Gillette Stadium, Heinz Field, and the list just goes on. I'm not even sure if the list is up to date, because I'm seeing even more articles elsewhere with higher figures.

Concessions

The financial report that Forbes cites has $22mill in concessions. This is not entirely surprising. Going by this page, we're looking at... 84 home games in that 2022 season. Let's assume that 33,000 average cited earlier. That's 2,772,000 attendees over the course of the season. So, what, a little under $10 per attendance tick? Entirely plausible. A hot dog plus a soda is $15, so... that tracks.

Parking

Apparently parking is, collectively, about $13mill annually. That's... genuinely a little concerning to me, for uh. Reasons. Also parking is $40.

(A lot of people go to games via train, if anyone's interested.)

Luxury Suite Premiums

I had to google this one, but uh. Turns out those fancy private box seats are even fancier and more private than I thought, bringing in over $10 mill a year.

Other Revenue - Stadium, undefined

"Other Revenue" and "post season revenue" are not given any further information, but they're about $16.5 mill so. They're definitely doing their part? Wish we had more information.

One guess is that there are events in the vein of the Citi Field Spring Carnival that contribute to the revenue through either fees to the stadium (if this is a carnival that rents the parking lot) or concessions and tickets (if the stadium rents a carnival).

Other Revenue - to the team that is not direct operating income of the stadium itself

Not counting the "other revenue" section of the financial statement, the Forbes article tells us that:

National broadcasting deals with Fox, ESPN and TBS that pay over $60 million a year to every MLB team, as well as the local cable fee the Mets get from SNY, which is over $80 million a year.

That's another $140mill in addition to the $244mill that the financial report cites.

Merchandise - not direct stadium revenue.

Get your Mets hats here! And your jerseys! And your logo bats! And your commemorative plushies! And--

MONEY GOING OUT

Operations

This one's easy: you have to pay wages to your employees, from the players themselves to the food sellers to janitorial to security to field maintenance, etc. Also, you have to pay for utilities (those billboards and floodlights aren't cheap), product to sell (frozen hot dogs), supplementary materials for products you sell (plastic cups, paper for the ticket machines, bags for garbage cans, and so on), and repairs/maintenance for the stands themselves (can't imagine they get through a season with all 41,900 seats intact).

Player salaries (and a few others, like the coach) aren't actually included in stadium revenue, but since the stadium is owned by the team, we're bundling them together for the sake of this case.

Payment in Lieu of Taxes

So this is an interesting one, and while the Forbes article does touch on it, there's a bit more detail to the story.

Citi Field was built in 2009, and the process cost $850 million. Of that, $615 was public subsidies. A lot of this was municipal bonds, which the Mets have to pay back with interest for the lifetime of the park; those municipal bond repayments are an offset, and in return for paying tens of millions in municipal bond repayments each year (the 2022 report shows about $43.5 mill), Citi Field does not have to pay property taxes.

Wikipedia only cites property taxes, but the financial report doesn't include any other taxes, so I'll assume the only other taxes they're on the hook for are sales and payroll, which aren't displayed in the financial report.

Parking

Right, so, parking as a bundle is about $7.5 mill in expenses, which means that parking alone has a marginal profit of about 42.3%, given the earlier figure of $13mill in parking revenue. I'm not finding any solid information on where that money goes, but it seems very like that New York City's taxes on land use for parking is not included in the property tax exemption we discussed above, and that most of the $7.5 mill is in that regard.

Post Season Expenses

I'll be honest, they don't define this $1.8 mill, but given what is and isn't included in the other sections, I'm going to hazard a guess that this may be about upgrades (more than maintenance) or replacement of physical billboards that are also not included as regular maintenance but require a lot of manpower to get up and set if complicated enough.

General and Administrative

This is the other possible allocation of the utilities and related payments. This is also where back of house activities like accountants, lawyer fees, payroll clerks, facilities managers, and so on are bundled in. It's about $5.5 mill.

Publicity and Promotions

This one's easy, it's just marketing that doesn't fall into General Mets Things and is rather for home games specifically.

Depreciation and Amortization

Bit trickier, but you know how a car loses value the second you drive it off the lot? That is depreciation. You paid $20,000 for a car, but two years later it's worth $16,000; on a financial report, you put that down as a $4,000 loss to depreciation. Amortization is similar, in that it lowers values of various assets in relation to time and relative value to what it was when new.

Interest Expenses

Expenses related directly to interest rates tend to get their own line separate from regular debt repayments. This isn't really relevant beyond 'loans are more expensive than when you first get them.'

Travel and League Expenses

Since this is a traveling team, being professionals, and a Major League Baseball Team in particular, money has to be spent on the plane rides, team bus, and of course, the league fees. I wanted to end that a bit more pithy, but it turns out it's not easy to find league fees for the MLB.

(A new team joining would have to pay about $2.2 billion, according to one article, while previous new additions were a couple hundred mill, so... 100 mill? Maybe?)

Hope that answers your question!