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SBJ Weekly — October 21, 2024: Portland, Maine, is No. 1

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Over Jam Sessions and Hop Drop ‘n Rolls from nearby NoDa Brewing Co., the Portland crew talked about their tight-knit town and how each of the club’s staffs is populated by Mainers, many of whom have been in the business for a long time.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JPDIYPTJVVHV5GHERJE7ANO7SI","content":"<sapn>“Mainers are pretty resistant to change,” said Chris Cameron, the club’s vice president of communications and fan experience, smiling.&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"2J2EPPPUTFCU5FXZYIWP7SXRTA","content":"<sapn>“Portland native Jordan Place, for example, the director of partnerships at Oak View Group that oversees the Mariners, interned for me when I worked at the Red Claws in 2009,” said Dennis Meehan, the Sea Dogs’ assistant general manager. “Then after he got his master’s, he worked with me at the Sea Dogs for two years in the ticket office before going to the Pirates.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"QG4744LZFFFXRL65EHIV6MU2N4","content":"<sapn>Additionally, Mariners group sales manager Patrick Sullivan interned for three summers at the ballpark before switching to hockey.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"XMGTORSTCZCCLOZJ5R64MAXAGM","content":"The most Maine story of all? Before Alan Barker became the Sea Dogs’ director of business development, he spent a decade as a lobster fisherman and then hooked up with (of course) the Maine Red Claws to be their mascot handler.&nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"HEHAUTIEUBDQVEEBYXI6LWERAY","content":"<h2>All in the family</h2>","type":"text"},{"_id":"QNIA66Y6HVB77MO4IWAUDOE654","content":"<sapn>Brands that sponsor both the minor league club in Portland and the parent team in Boston</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"5TVOCD4AXZFDRJKSJBQLWXLNFI","content":"<strong>Dunkin’:</strong> <sapn>Portland Mariners-Boston Bruins; Maine Celtics-Boston Celtics</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KNPRL7YANNE73CURN6ZY4UZLEM","content":"<strong>Citgo:&nbsp;</strong> <sapn>Portland Sea Dogs-Boston Red Sox</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"BCHVTYJDINEFBPXXW3MBD4WE34","content":"<strong>L.L. 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For historical context, the city’s previous hockey club, the Toledo Storm (1991 to 2007), averaged about 3,400 per game in their final four seasons.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DNFGHUHOKNHENJBCFF7UQOMV7U","content":"The Mud Hens finished the past two seasons in the top 20 in average attendance among Minor League Baseball’s 120 clubs, and in the top 10 the past three seasons for merchandise sales. However, the club’s per-game average of 6,313 over past two seasons was down 18% from its 2010-19 average, which hurt the market’s final score.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VMTLCXSHRJG4ZNE4FVP54TKJAA","content":"Overall, the market of 600,000 averaged 745,000 fans annually during the measurement period, one of the highest such attendance-to-population ratios in the study. However, that was a drop of nearly 100,000 annually from what it averaged in the three pre-pandemic years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2FZTZUNCNVARZOI6DJSK44BB7Y","content":"The city was the No. 1 market in the 2013 study.&nbsp;<strong>— D.B.</strong>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JRCSTJ553VE37H2SZCWTNWDBPY","content":"<h3>No. 3 Hershey-Harrisburg, Pa.</h3>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7RVBA6QZTVDVFOYZVHJZYNEUIE","content":"<strong>Teams</strong>&nbsp;<strong>(first season)</strong> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong>AHL Hershey Bears (1932), Class AA Harrisburg Senators (1987), MASL Harrisburg Heat (2012), NAL Harrisburg Stampede (2024)","type":"text"},{"_id":"NCRCVKVLCNHSZGYSAPOXFPUKHE","content":"<strong>Venues</strong>&nbsp;<strong>(year opened)</strong> <strong>:</strong>&nbsp;Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center (1966), FNB Field (1987), Giant Center (2002)","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LE32IARAJDHVBJSMH2WUWZQBA","content":"Pennsylvania’s capital region is the study’s only two-time No. 1 market — 2009 and 2011 — but it had fallen from the top 10 in the two most recent rankings after the loss of its USL team and the Senators’ six consecutive seasons of sub-4,000 average attendance. The Bears are about to begin their 93rd season (they started out as the Hershey B’ars — get it?), the Senators just wrapped up their 38th and the Heat are 12 years old, giving Hershey-Harrisburg the most cumulative seasons of any market in the study. The Bears filled 84% of their available seats since the 2018-19 season, one of the top ratios for any hockey team in the study. The club’s average regular-season attendance of 9,439 last season was its highest average since 2015-16 (9 ,790).\\","type":"text"},{"_id":"6ZSXQFH2HZHUZJ5ZELA66CHJA4","content":"The Senators averaged 4,134 fans over the past two regular seasons, up 30% over the six-year pre-pandemic period, and the ballpark is completing a $12 million renovation this offseason. It is worth monitoring the return of the Harrisburg Stampede, as a team with that name played five seasons in various indoor football leagues from 2009 to 2014.&nbsp;<strong>— D.B.</strong> <h3>No. 4 Reading, Pa.</h3>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JEWHOD6QHZHK3PE4VI5VDF5GVY","content":"<strong>Teams&nbsp;</strong> <strong>(first season)</strong> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong>Class AA Reading Fightin Phils (1963),&nbsp;ECHL Reading Royals (2001)","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4UFOE5Y6JEDZE5RM2GTRPA2WE","content":"<strong>Venues&nbsp;</strong> <strong>(year opened)</strong> <strong>:</strong> <strong>&nbsp;</strong>FirstEnergy Stadium (1951), Santander Arena (2001)","type":"text"},{"_id":"W6LM3FZDYFGLZDYVUQRXRFIWC4","content":"The city of Reading in 2002 trademarked the term “Baseballtown” to honor the region’s baseball heritage that dates back more than a century. The Fightin Phils (called the Phillies until 2013) averaged 6,277 fans per game in 2024, up 6% over the average of the seven pre-pandemic seasons. The club has been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies since 1967 — the longest such relationship in baseball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ULT6WU4HCVAWVBLHCS7ZELK7FI","content":"A $45 million ballpark renovation was completed this spring and a $3 million upgrade wrapped up at the arena last year.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWBTAY3HLBBYRJWI3VZUWUXF2Q","content":"The Royals averaged 3,555 fans last season, the club’s highest attendance since the 2015-16 season, and up 13% over the 2021-22 season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XIXW4EK7CJG5BDVGG3BDQWDAE4","content":"The two franchises combined for a total attendance of 542,000 — the best since 2016 — despite neither team making the playoffs. In a market of 432,000, that represented a ratio well above the majority of the other markets, and indexed well against a 3% population growth rate that was below the country’s overall growth. However, Reading filled just 59% of available seats during the measurement period, lower than most of the top-20 markets.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IZYUELR4JVDC5BLB4U5QDHECTA","content":"The market slowly has improved in the rankings over the past several years after shedding the deductions for its failed indoor soccer and football teams.&nbsp;<strong>— D.B.&nbsp;</strong>","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ZXP64XWOVBFNBBYAX6RNWLYB4","content":"<h3>5. Charleston, S.C.</h3>","type":"text"},{"_id":"44URLV447NAP7KNYFVVONGBCQA","content":"<strong>Teams</strong>&nbsp;<strong>(first season):</strong>&nbsp;Class A Charleston RiverDogs (1980), ECHL South Carolina Stingrays (1993), USL Championship Charleston Battery (1993)","type":"text"},{"_id":"HJU4N5ARXNCTPOEIDGUUSKSLCU","content":"<strong>Venues&nbsp;</strong> <strong>(</strong> <strong>year opened)</strong> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong>North Charleston Coliseum (1993),&nbsp;Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park (1997),&nbsp;Patriots Point Soccer Complex (2000)","type":"text"},{"_id":"EYSMSSMKX5CCVGLBIUDUVYAAAQ","content":"Charleston was the top-ranked market in 2022 and continues to be the strongest city in the Southeast.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CSNTJ5TWDNB4NGW3X3G7LCJATI","content":"The Stingrays are the oldest continuously operating ECHL franchise to remain in its founding city, and had made the playoffs in all but one of their first 24 seasons until missing out in two of the past three. Still, the club drew 175,702 fans last season, its best since the 2008-09 season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6TFH3447GZBEBCMMCVIUGWRTM4","content":"The RiverDogs made the playoffs for the fourth straight year (which included league championships in 2021, 2022 and 2023) and led all 30 Single-A teams in average attendance, with 4,278. Heading into the 2024 season, the team secured a local naming-rights partner for the home clubhouse and the suite level, and this winter it is renovating both clubhouses.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WA4XFJN2WVHKFK7YNHU47VMH5A","content":"On the pitch, the country’s oldest professional soccer team had averaged 3,598 in attendance as of Sept. 23, its highest since 2015 (4,080). It was the club’s fourth straight year-over-year increase. Last month, the Battery secured a playoff spot; it made it to the league championship game last year.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EGHDRA7JQVGQVGRU2OEQBAB33I","content":"What kept the No. 1 position from returning to the Lowcountry was the growth of the market itself: Charleston’s population grew 7.8% over the period, three times that of the rest of the country, and the total wealth in the market increased at a similar rate. Although each club saw success in attendance in its most recent season, their combined attendance was unlikely to hit the half-million mark, a level attained annually in the six years prior to the pandemic period. <strong>&nbsp;— D.B.</strong> <h3>No. 6 Tulsa, Okla.</h3>","type":"text"},{"_id":"UWSDKHBQJJGMTGUEPTHB6YWA5E","content":"<strong>Teams</strong>&nbsp;<strong>(first season)</strong> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong>Class AA Tulsa Drillers (1946); ECHL Tulsa Oilers (1992);&nbsp;USL Championship FC Tulsa (2015);&nbsp;Indoor Football League Tulsa Oilers (2023-present)","type":"text"},{"_id":"3ZHN3GZZ2VDGXDOPATJ267KSUU","content":"<strong>Venues&nbsp;</strong> <strong>(year opened)</strong> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong>BOK Center (2008);&nbsp;Oneok Field (2010)","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZLM6CAC4CVGE7MX6BPDZT45IDE","content":"Tulsa’s large population&nbsp;of more than one million residents, one of the biggest in the study, along with growing wealth in the area, has helped make it a reliable small market.&nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"V65T7PLAQVFBJDCHJ5TLIZYDQU","content":"Attendance at sporting events has also recovered since the pandemic. This year saw Tulsa’s third straight year-over-year increase in attendance, with 723,000 fans filling seats at stadiums. It’s a figure that eclipses pre-pandemic figures, as it’s 75,000 more fans than the area saw between 2015 and 2019.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V7AKXB47PVEGJHBLLBCV3IYRFI","content":"Both of Tulsa’s venues, BOK Center and Oneok Field, are known as some of the best in the industry and are still seeing additions to this day. The BOK Center received a $4.7 million renovation in 2021 that added a new entrance and the River Spirit Casino Resort Lounge. Oneok Field has also replaced the playing surface and gained an LED ribbon video board within the past five years.&nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"XGZNXOK6TVCMLB3HG4I3FMQXUQ","content":"However, only 47% of seats were sold during the study’s measurement period, one of the only blemishes on Tulsa’s standing.&nbsp;<strong>—I.M-H.</strong> <h3>7. 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The 13,000-seat arena also has not seen major upgrades in a decade.&nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZTRRTLWX6JESZLKMHQUON7DKVE","content":"But even without the Mad Ants (now in Indianapolis) and their 50,000-70,000 in attendance generated annually, the region remains a viable market, as it’s home to the ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets and High-A’s Fort Wayne TinCaps, which helped the city sell 65% of all available seats during the study’s measurement period, ranking highly among other markets. But the market saw a slight downturn recently, as aggregate season attendance before the COVID-19 pandemic was 740,546, an 8% fall from 2016.&nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"TLGJUBQ4PVED3NWVRRP25UAZWM","content":"Though the TinCaps’ average attendance of 5,449 fans between 2023 and 2024 is down 6.5% from 2013 to 2019, help is on the way. Parkview Field, the team’s home since 2009, is getting a $1.2 million overhaul for new lighting, sod and more. MiLB also awarded the TinCaps with the 2024 CommUNITY Champion Award for their volunteer work with local organizations. &nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"KQGDCETL3JBH5H2WIK6EGUAR2A","content":"Despite missing the playoffs, a rarity for the Komets, they drew a team-record 293,639 fans last season.&nbsp;<strong>— I.M-H.</strong> <h3>8. 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However, winning championships — in 2017 and 2023 — isn’t enough to make the Drive impervious to attendance swings. The club averaged 4,669 fans per game, the second lowest since moving in 2006 after consistently selling out for many years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGITUBBZGNCUBNVHVHMHHCGO7U","content":"That isn’t an effect felt across the board. The Swamp Rabbits had their second-best attendance with 148,410 fans last season, making the playoffs three straight years and drawing an additional 27,000 fans. In total, the market drew 486,500 fans last year, an improvement over the last three years. But given Greenville’s growth — its city’s population has risen by 15,000 over the past 20 years — that number could increase.","type":"text"},{"_id":"47OT5HJESFFBTALNMYS42FVIQQ","content":"If the area can secure a new stadium for its USL men’s team, Greenville Triumph, and with the youngest tenure of the top 20 markets in the study at 61 total seasons, the city will be coming for the throne.&nbsp;<strong>—I.M-H.</strong> <h3>9. Des Moines, Iowa</h3>","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJYNZKONKRDPRIZUSO26ZLUM3E","content":"<strong>Teams&nbsp;</strong> <strong>(first season):&nbsp;</strong>Class AAA Iowa Cubs&nbsp;(1969);&nbsp;NBA G League Iowa Wolves&nbsp;(2007);&nbsp;Indoor Football League Iowa Barnstormers&nbsp;(2008); AHL Iowa Wild&nbsp;(2013)","type":"text"},{"_id":"LTOD2S3MCJA2BC5QGTYHCEQTHM","content":"<strong>Venues&nbsp;</strong> <strong>(year opened)</strong> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong>Principal Park&nbsp;(1992);&nbsp;Wells Fargo Arena&nbsp;(2005)","type":"text"},{"_id":"W32TS24PRNGI3NGXVMZEHG3NSA","content":"Des Moines remains&nbsp;a hardy market, as it’s averaged 748,000 in total attendance over the last three years, one of the best in the study. Though that number is an 8% drop from its three seasons before the pandemic, teams such as the&nbsp;Iowa Wolves&nbsp;are one of the biggest reasons for the city’s success.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JVLNAGMNJZB6FFE3EWI7QHYMPI","content":"The team is one of the G League’s most consistent attractions, as it reported a franchise-record attendance of 103,500, its second straight year-over-year increase.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QHW6IEX6NJCVNI35ZXUTYDUTIA","content":"It’s a similar story for the Iowa Cubs, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2021. 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But it is about 90,000 less than what it was in 2017, 2016 and 2015, which were years that helped its 2019 ranking.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OHSS2ME63VDGHJEZUE6XDKZ4WM","content":"High-A’s West Michigan Whitecaps haven't made the playoffs since 2018, and the G League’s Grand Rapids Gold also have not made the playoffs since their 2021 rebrand.&nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6F4DRPSAVCATOWB7M5IECSWUE","content":"Despite their struggles, the Whitecaps drew an average attendance of 5,827, the highest in at least two decades, and have finalized plans to renovate LMCU Ballpark over the next several years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VTDGS3RWSRAITM4MFGUVJH5JXA","content":"Playoff attendance elevates the city more than any other market in the study. Look no further than the Detroit Red Wings’ AHL affiliate, the&nbsp;Grand Rapids Griffins. In the seven seasons before the pandemic, the team drew an average of 43,000 playoff fans. 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It was, and is, a data-driven ranking that has become coveted by the perennial high-ranking markets (being No. 1 sure does look good in your marketing assets), and a favorite inside the walls of SBJ, too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FYPYQZSJHVBUJOZIAUQJQQL2S4","content":"A lot has changed on the data side since that first effort.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PQYF2EFKWJHCTP32QSL723R2WU","content":"The year 2005 was the wild, wild west in minor league sports. There were six independent baseball leagues; five soccer leagues; the venerable Continental Basketball Association was still around, and the NBA’s National Basketball Development League (now the G League) was just getting started; and eight indoor football leagues, including the AF2, which had 34 teams with plans to go as high as 60.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B7XPYIARCBC77H57Z6EUG4LGMM","content":"That first ranking included an exhaustive 546 teams in 230 markets.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M54YNEE7QBDD7IGCGEII4CSLRM","content":"Along the way, as leagues expanded and new leagues emerged, a number of markets, such as Oklahoma City, Austin, Las Vegas, Louisville, and Cary, N.C., joined the ranks of what we consider “major league.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YL5RTP3BKVEZNJ53TNRIEJFDGM","content":"Major League Baseball’s contraction of 40 teams in 2021 affected our data.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CYD67UZYAJE3JMKVKPUVKYL2YY","content":"Tulsa, Okla., was a top-10 market in the early days, then dropped out during its WNBA years and is back to being an annual contender for No. 1.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6JFUUF75N5BBFNVHI2CWAGXQEY","content":"And many economically hard-hit cities — including Abilene and Odessa in Texas, and Flint and Muskegon in Michigan — lost teams and never made it back on the list.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAOXQ3VL3RGJFHIXOCNLRPNGYA","content":"And it’s not a cliche — the perennially high-ranking markets have made themselves integral parts of their communities. &nbsp;","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQIB45K2DFAMZKNCXYJKM43JQA","content":"Although our methodology has remained constant, the No.1s have changed almost every time. And while this remains a data-based ranking, it’s the industry that validates the findings. Such as when Todd Frederickson, president of the Iowa Wild and vice president of marketing for the Minnesota Wild, regularly challenged job candidates who might be hesitant about relocating to Iowa: “Google Des Moines.” (Des Moines finished No. 1 in 2017.)","type":"text"},{"_id":"CFRYA4MKC5CPVPH7NDXFVHMG3Q","content":"When Charleston, S.C., came out on top in 2022, we had a hard time at first hearing James Earl Jones telling us to build something in the marsh until we remembered industry veteran Mike Veeck saying in 2011: “I moved here 15 years ago with the intention of working here for one year. Now I’ll never leave.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SYZCPPTKGZACXEVNXMIGIN2EPY","content":"Similarly, this year’s winner is likely an unfamiliar sports market to a lot of people. 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They offered and I accepted.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"GUY6Y22DNBDZFC2QTIBHGE6HRE","content":"<sapn>He started as an intern in 2001 and said he’s had opportunities to go elsewhere, but never has.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y6TRNNBIBFBMTGLCXJERFBJ5BA","content":"<sapn>Times are good in the ballpark. He said the club’s overall revenue has hit record levels in each of the past three seasons.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7S3UO7ZVYJD25OZU26HBOBNDDA","content":"<sapn>The Class AA club averaged 6,021 fans per game over the past two seasons combined, a 9% increase over the previous decade. 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The team was granted rights to market the name as part of its recently signed 15-year lease (with a five-year mutual option).","type":"text"},{"_id":"VAJK4OXRV5AX7ESVJJLQBRYL7Q","content":"<sapn>The Maine legislature this spring approved a $2 million tax break to the team to pay for renovations to the city-owned ballpark. Diamond Baseball Holdings, which bought the team in 2022, is covering the remaining $8 million to $10 million in upgrades that will be ready by Opening Day 2025. The lighthouse that rises from the center field fence when a Sea Dogs player hits a home run and when the home team wins will remain.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FMWWJPRDDRACJHPX4U7XALTHEY","content":"<div style=\"min-height:482px;\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-lLB9c\">\n<script type=\"text/javascript\" defer src=https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/lLB9c/embed.js charset=\"utf-8\" data-target=\"#datawrapper-vis-lLB9c\"><\/script>\n<noscript><img src=https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/lLB9c/full.png alt=\"\" /></noscript></div>","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"MGZMQDUSPJCRBMFGXZF56OWWY4","content":"Greg Watson, the city’s director of housing and economic development, grew up going to Pawtucket Red Sox games 30 minutes south of his hometown of Norwood, Mass., and during the recent ballpark lease negotiations, he stressed to local officials that Portland did not want to lose the Sox affiliate like its Rhode Island neighbor did. The new lease calls for the city to receive a portion of a ticket surcharge that will be put into a fund earmarked for future stadium upgrades. The city will receive 25 cents per ticket sold in 2025 and 2026, with an escalator that peaks at 50 cents over the course of the lease. The city is projecting up to $150,000 per year from the surcharge.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TPFLINCNKVBSTKTP2RU4VMOOXM","content":"<sapn>The team’s connection to the Red Sox is strong. Both teams are sponsored by L.L. Bean (see list, Page 27). The club has played at Fenway Park four times. Those games did not include revenue share, Iacuessa said, “but provided a unique experience for our fans and players, and exposure for minor league baseball in general.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"J6VQJWFJP5BQBMXJJ2DOHB2KWI","content":"<sapn>The Sea Dogs’ “Maine Monster” was built in 2003 when the club became a Red Sox affiliate (and the same year the seats were added atop the Fenway Green Monster).</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"S6L4BL5BO5B2VBE5QRNEK7NPH4","content":"<sapn>Additionally, Sea Dogs broadcasters Emma Tiedemann and Rylee Pay, who in 2023 became the second pair of female broadcasters in professional baseball, called three innings of a Red Sox game on NESN in August.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXM6Y2GAXNFELBBWSLLWWE6M6A","content":"<sapn>After DBH bought the club, the company retained the front office staff, respecting the decades of stability and community equity the crew had earned.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"OF6PSIDWVVISYKBBDK5CPVPZSM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/ZK4bqGddqN9cOFdWO3FLzfRzngA=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/OF6PSIDWVVISYKBBDK5CPVPZSM.png","galleries":[],"mime_type":"application/octet-stream","originalName":"pg-24-MLM-Portland-Mariners.ashx","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/OF6PSIDWVVISYKBBDK5CPVPZSM.png","proxyUrl":"/resizer/ZK4bqGddqN9cOFdWO3FLzfRzngA=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/OF6PSIDWVVISYKBBDK5CPVPZSM.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/ZK4bqGddqN9cOFdWO3FLzfRzngA=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/OF6PSIDWVVISYKBBDK5CPVPZSM.png","restricted":false,"thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/bAxY7xh4_Grug72TCpWCYWGD7c4=/300x0/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/OF6PSIDWVVISYKBBDK5CPVPZSM.png","version":1},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"2c8f64d7c28dca488f7d40ec08bade3a4ae3f4502a652979a486d1aa14fdde98"},"caption":"Attendance at Cross Insurance Arena grew by 16% last season, to an average of 4,377 a game. 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But on May 4, 2016, they were blindsided when the Portland Pirates (a Florida Panthers AHL affiliate) announced they were relocating immediately to Springfield, Mass., after 23 years in Maine, and barely two years after a $34 million arena renovation had been completed. But within weeks, several groups were forming to bring hockey back. At the end of the 2016-17 season, Comcast Spectacor (the owners of the original Mariners in the 1970s) announced that it was bringing hockey back to Portland.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P7JNJ6KYIZAOVOZ3ZHGQ3N7VWY","content":"<sapn>The new era has been a success.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"B4RTHUXKKZB5JECAAXUEIEE65A","content":"<sapn>The ECHL club averaged 4,377 fans per game last season, an increase of 16% over the 2022-23 season, and a jolt of 30% over what the Portland Pirates drew in their final season.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZJ7DUURVX5DATOJYKONXWQRCN4","content":"<sapn>Adam Goldberg, Mariners president and governor, said the club last season saw a 28% year-over-year increase in merchandise sales, a 21% increase in season-ticket sales and a 39% increase in group ticket sales, which all led to a franchise record for overall revenue.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/_Eoxgdxf6HqLfTloGZUbfgfHQkk=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4.png","galleries":[],"mime_type":"application/octet-stream","originalName":"pg-24-MLM-Portland-Mariners-Zamboni.ashx","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4.png","proxyUrl":"/resizer/_Eoxgdxf6HqLfTloGZUbfgfHQkk=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/_Eoxgdxf6HqLfTloGZUbfgfHQkk=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4.png","restricted":false,"thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/_hV3qZ1iJuXf_CEBY5TlgFnWjJM=/300x0/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4.png","version":1},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"f101f61431081d07f94e8bd195d6274a327675de40395c91876e3c6a5ecc2abb"},"caption":"Local brewery Lone Pine has sponsored the Mariners’ Zamboni since 2018.","created_date":"2024-11-25T10:38:30Z","height":1000,"last_updated_date":"2024-11-25T10:39:56Z","licensable":false,"owner":{"id":"leadersgroup"},"source":{"additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"},"edit_url":"","system":"photo center"},"subtitle":"Maine Mariners","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/HTBORLF5VFHCD3XGWNM27PIFD4.png","version":"0.10.9","width":1000},{"_id":"6NXUE4BR4ZFGPPU4PY5OXIZS7U","content":"<sapn>Similar to the team’s baseball counterparts, a new naming-rights contract will help provide guaranteed revenue. Cross Insurance’s 10-year, $2.724 million naming-rights deal expired this year but was recently renewed for another decade for $2.94 million, according to county documents.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKS3GOVQPREHNERPBT75KFEFVU","content":"<sapn>The arena is owned by Cumberland County and operated by Oak View Group.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7CIKUNBJJHVFGAIIWSQZOPQ64","content":"The front office has several New England natives: Jordan Place (director of partnerships), Ian Nagle (director of finance) and Kathryn Horrigan (director of marketing), who grew up on Boston’s North Shore and worked as a Fenway Park greeter for two seasons.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIG6U62C4ZDADOLQ5VMEPWWWHY","content":"<sapn>The club was purchased earlier this month by Dexter Paine, a North Conway, N.H., native who grew up with the famous Bobby Orr poster over his bed and remembers the 90-minute rides back home from the original Portland Mariners games at night, “often in New England weather.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"K5E2CRCQ5VAV5OQFX2XD6634QU","content":"<sapn>He earned his economics degree from Williams College in Massachusetts and has spent nearly four decades simultaneously in the private equity world (he is the co-founder and chairman of Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity firm specializing in sustainable food chain investing) and building an extensive sports résumé. A former ski racer, he has served as a member of the U.S. Olympic &amp; Paralympic Committee board of directors since 2021, and is on both the boards of U.S. Biathlon and U.S. Ski and Snowboard. He was also actively involved in Salt Lake City’s successful 2034 Olympic Winter Games bid.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"U7GEN4WU2VA5LI5VHETBFENF7U","content":"<div class=\"breakout-box\">\n<h3>Cheers to Mainers!</h3>\n<h5 class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #000000; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;\">There are more than two dozen breweries in the greater Portland, Maine, area, and three of them have made it easy for fans to pair a craft pint with their favorite local team.</h5>\n<h5><strong><em>Maine Mariners</em></strong></h5>\n<h5>Slapshot Session Ale (Lone Pine Brewery Co.)<br />\n<strong>Launched:&nbsp;</strong><strong>2018<br />\n</strong><strong>Note:</strong><strong></strong><strong>The beermaker has also sponsored the team&rsquo;s Zamboni since 2018.</strong></h5>\n<h5><strong><em>Hearts of Pine</em></strong></h5>\n<h5>Hearts of Pine Pale Ale (Bissell Brothers)<br />\n<strong>Launched:</strong><strong></strong><strong>2024<br />\n</strong><strong>Note:</strong><strong></strong><strong>Made with 100% local Maine malts and sold exclusively at Bissell Brothers&rsquo; in-stadium beer garden, and at the Bissell tap room located just about a mile away from the stadium.</strong></h5>\n<h5 class=\"p5\" style=\"color: #000000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;\"><strong>Additionally, Allagash Brewing Co. will be brewing a Hearts-branded beer, although the specific style has yet to be decided.</strong></h5>\n</div>","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"RKGEDWG37JHMTK5QIYTIGKOK2E","content":"<sapn>But something was missing.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7IZWQIG2NJELHESN5QH2BVENDE","content":"<sapn>“My real passion has always been hockey,” he said.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"DCRBSJPJK5ELHDXNNM3SZ3M42A","content":"<sapn>He looked around a little at possible markets and called Todd Halloran, a friend from private equity. 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Their father, Joseph, a Holocaust survivor and Polish immigrant, was hard at work building a real estate empire at the time, but he prioritized football because he wanted his children to adopt a passion for American sports.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"3I23KAAYVVCMRHU6GSE2YRBIT4","content":"<sapn>Today, the Wilf brothers and their cousin, Lenny Wilf, are celebrating their 20th season as owners of the Minnesota Vikings (Zygi is the chairman and control owner and individual stakes have never been disclosed). The team entered Week 7 in first place in the NFC North, and its always-sold-out stadium and team headquarters are the NFL’s brick-and-mortar gold standards. The franchise has multiplied 10x in value since the acquisition in 2005, and supercharged a new frontier for the Wilfs’ real estate business in the upper Midwest.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"J255LY6NDVA3LL6HMQOOF32AWY","content":"<sapn>Perhaps the biggest change was for the Wilf family itself. The older Wilf generation, Joseph and his brother, Harry, built a nationwide residential and commercial real estate empire from a modest, relatively anonymous perch in New Jersey. But as NFL owners, the soft-spoken Wilfs are among the most famous business leaders in Minnesota, and stakeholders in the most profitable sports league in the world. It’s a platform for everything else they do — from developments in greater Minneapolis; to activity in new markets like Orlando, such as buying Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride; to making inroads in London, where the Vikings were acting as gridiron football exporters by teaching flag football and promoting their brand.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7P4S5EAD4BBO7FQGIRJ5HPLJOQ","content":"<sapn>“It strengthened our family in terms of being part of something greater than ourselves,” said Mark Wilf, who handles day-to-day Vikings leadership as team president. “It’s just such a great joy to be part of this.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"GYIAYQN4LJEHLMK47RSKA4X72E","content":"<sapn>When the Wilfs and their co-investors acquired the team from the late Red McCombs for $600 million in 2005, it was hardly a tidy tale of destiny. The low-profile Wilfs were initially involved as minority partners, seeing it as a good investment and a chance to get involved in the sport they loved, assuming their hometown Giants would never be for sale. But the initial front man, Reggie Fowler, couldn’t prove his worth, and the Wilfs took over the lead position to get the deal done.&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"YHZ4V2EH3FATBCTVSXRRZM6XDU","content":"<sapn>The team needed a new stadium, a culture refresh and better ties with its fan base and former players. What fans and Minnesotans wanted, said retired U.S. Bank CEO Richard Davis, were reassurances that the New Jersey-based developers would invest in Minnesota and keep the team there.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/a-euChnweMB3uX5FJiL9Y5AdlLo=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM.png","galleries":[],"mime_type":"application/octet-stream","originalName":"pg-07-Wilfs-Vikings.ashx","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM.png","proxyUrl":"/resizer/a-euChnweMB3uX5FJiL9Y5AdlLo=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/a-euChnweMB3uX5FJiL9Y5AdlLo=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM.png","restricted":false,"thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/SzCkVq9toq2oDYViIX3a-IGYrFM=/300x0/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM.png","version":1},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"4c8b82a58af5fd3123fba80b1f4822185f19d8775aec3ebbf1decf6c0b364c5a"},"caption":"The Wilf family can point to the success of U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in 2016, and five division titles as hallmarks of their tenure.","created_date":"2024-11-25T10:38:32Z","height":667,"last_updated_date":"2024-11-25T10:40:02Z","licensable":false,"owner":{"id":"leadersgroup"},"source":{"additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"},"edit_url":"","system":"photo center"},"subtitle":"Courtesy of Minnesota Vikings","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/HGQBOTF7WXP3M64HQXJ6CNJEUM.png","version":"0.10.9","width":1000},{"_id":"TB7EZHVBIJFQZPMQ6IPBXIWJH4","content":"They got their answer. The Wilfs have put $2 billion into the Vikings and related businesses in the Minneapolis region, including their $610 million share of the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in 2016. The public contribution of $498 million was a close call, passing over substantial opposition in the state legislature and by a single vote, 7-6, at Minneapolis City Council. At the time, many suspected the NFL had designs on moving the franchise to Los Angeles if the deal didn’t come together. But the Wilfs have proved their community bona fides over and over again, Davis said, through literal investment and a sincere civic-mindedness that endeared the East Coast developers to their adopted neighbors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"52WUKBDEGRFSVATIK5OYACFJ4U","content":"<sapn>“The Wilfs tried harder than anybody to not leave Minnesota, that’s the story,” Davis said. “Here are these guys who have been here at that point seven, eight years, they’re now deeply involved in the community. They still live in Minnesota and New Jersey, but they just couldn’t be more personally, keenly focused on not leaving the community.”&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"XT5J2QPIMFEMXDTUJ5NLXKR4YY","content":"<sapn>As a lawyer at Greenberg Traurig, now-Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren represented the Wilf group on their purchase of the Vikings and later worked there as chief operating officer. He said the Wilfs were deeply curious about the fine points of the business but always gave him freedom to run the team as he wanted, both in style and substance. And they didn’t define their success through the bottom line.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"RPLHKSWQ2ZESLNTPODRMYLG5FA","content":"“If we ever had X number of dollars that we weren’t planning on, extra money in the budget, they never said don’t spend it — they said, ‘Great, this gives us an opportunity to give us a better fan experience, or a better environment for the players,’ and that’s something that really resonated with me,” Warren said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N47LAKWTNVDFRNEL5PHPXLVUTA","content":"<sapn>In his 20th season, Mark Wilf said the family is pleased with their progress as owners, with clear wins in every category. The team does nearly $600 million in revenue, has totally remade its primary headquarters (the TCO Performance Center) and was ranked No. 1 in 2022 and No. 2 last year by the NFLPA in the first two years that it ranked player-employee experience on the union’s report cards. The public bonds on U.S. Bank Stadium were paid off in 2023, 20 years ahead of schedule. There’s everything except a Super Bowl appearance and Lombardi Trophy — which, they acknowledge, is the difference between good and great.&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/FdFMVLaOAFSp6NiTDoS-h1RN8Ms=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE.png","galleries":[],"mime_type":"application/octet-stream","originalName":"pg-07-Wilfs-Zygi-Vikings.ashx","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE.png","proxyUrl":"/resizer/FdFMVLaOAFSp6NiTDoS-h1RN8Ms=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/FdFMVLaOAFSp6NiTDoS-h1RN8Ms=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE.png","restricted":false,"thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/RokgCk2cz99XCK5Vj12Cazv6Xag=/300x0/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE.png","version":1},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"8ade19fae6842c0b2a3a93cd228321ace26e2ce02168b22852e0ae45e3a2d898"},"caption":"","created_date":"2024-11-25T10:38:32Z","height":667,"last_updated_date":"2024-11-25T10:40:06Z","licensable":false,"owner":{"id":"leadersgroup"},"source":{"additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"},"edit_url":"","system":"photo center"},"subtitle":"Courtesy of Minnesota Vikings","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/AVQPCDKAA7JI64TC5433JGTYHE.png","version":"0.10.9","width":1000},{"_id":"ROCRSR4R7RAEXGSNI3QXOKWCR4","content":"<sapn>“Early on the challenges were to get it to be a world-class organization, and facilities and culture were a huge part of that, and I think we’ve gotten to a very, very strong place,” Mark Wilf said. “And now, to maintain that edge, we can’t rest on any laurels, and we have to constantly look to improve.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"AX7SAZXY4FFTVKU4KTUCDIZEDY","content":"With an all-time .545 winning percentage that ranks eighth-best in NFL history, the franchise is far and away the most successful team to have never won a Super Bowl. In fact, the Vikings haven’t even been to the Big Game since 1977, when they lost for the fourth time in eight seasons. Still, there’s no doubt in the eyes of the community that the Wilfs want to win a championship as much as their fans do, said Hall of Fame Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter, who has worked with the Wilfs on development and philanthropy projects. In other words, while NFL owners have grown fabulously wealthy in the last 19 years, Minnesota fans and residents perceive that the Vikings’ business, employees, players, retirees and fans have also benefited from that growth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7DIYM4OWF5DUVILUYS3LB7OQZQ","content":"<sapn>“Fans know we’re trying to win,” Carter said. “There was a regime before them, that the community didn’t know if they were trying to win.”</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"CMVJPGDMIFA2DIP7WCLG3LLR64","content":"<sapn>Shortly after taking over the franchise, the Wilfs overhauled the team’s alumni relations program to keep former players closer to the organization. In 2017, the Wilfs created the Minnesota Vikings Foundation, with the primary goal of improving children’s lives through education and health initiatives. They’ve contributed to numerous philanthropic and social justice causes, particularly following the George Floyd protests in 2020. Hall of Fame defensive lineman and former Minnesota State Supreme Court justice Alan Page said the Wilfs clearly want to do good, not just create the appearance of doing good.&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"YIUX2WF65RGMDJQQGH4ZN3WQ2Y","content":"<sapn>“Obviously they’re not from here, but you wouldn’t know it,” said Page. “They’ve shown up with intention.”&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"AMOLCG7TQNFUNKBSYUG3M5TK34","content":"<sapn>As chief executive at U.S. Bank, the stadium naming-rights sponsor, Davis got to know the Wilfs as both a fellow community leader and as a lender.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/vaicMao-l5R5CxsTPoLaY3XNLrs=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA.png","galleries":[],"mime_type":"application/octet-stream","originalName":"pg-07-Wilfs-US-Bank-Stadium-Getty.ashx","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA.png","proxyUrl":"/resizer/vaicMao-l5R5CxsTPoLaY3XNLrs=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA.png","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/vaicMao-l5R5CxsTPoLaY3XNLrs=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA.png","restricted":false,"thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/BKwFzh2ooMX-Nv06ufXfkJ5Z0Zc=/300x0/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA.png","version":1},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"2967b55247e5e03839d80d0845118fbbb81db528be8064cffdda4fae07e8e4c7"},"caption":"","created_date":"2024-11-25T10:38:32Z","height":661,"last_updated_date":"2024-11-25T10:40:04Z","licensable":false,"owner":{"id":"leadersgroup"},"source":{"additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"},"edit_url":"","system":"photo center"},"subtitle":"getty images","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/6LFA5CNBGO24W5HBS3UFXS36GA.png","version":"0.10.9","width":1000},{"_id":"YFTZR66U3RFXXJBBVNT6BESIOI","content":"<sapn>In the latter capacity, Davis said both the Wilfs’ real estate company, Garden Homes, and the Vikings stand out as particularly well-run family businesses, with a low likelihood of facing the succession and cohesion problems common to the third and fourth generations of family firms. “I have not seen a stronger generational glue,” he said.&nbsp;</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"4GQ2KGEPQJDBDFWTINKPNP6JDY","content":"The Wilfs — Lenny, 77; Zygi, 74; and Mark, 62 — intend to hold the team in their family for multiple generations. Seven of the brothers’ children are involved with the Vikings in some fashion. Zygi’s son, Jonathan, is executive vice president of strategic planning and business initiatives. Mark’s son, Steven, is executive vice president of innovation and strategy. Those two and Daniel, another of Mark’s sons, all participated in the 2022 searches that brought aboard head coach Kevin O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VTJCX6OR2RG3ZHPLLRDWSQ6GVA","content":"<sapn>Four other next-generation Wilfs serve on the Vikings Foundation board: Zygi’s daughters, Stephanie Wilf Kahn and Elana Wilf Tanzman; Lenny’s daughter, Halle Wilf Oshinsky; and Mark’s daughter, Rachel Wilf.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"BK5ZLRZJH5EIDLPSH6HWRPHDSA","content":"<sapn>A large family contingent traveled to London for the Vikings game there Oct. 6, when the team beat the Jets to improve to 5-0 on the year, its best start since 2016.</span>","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLBDS54VLREFTMLWM6KYMDI6GM","content":"There were echoes back to the bleachers at Yankee Stadium: a football game as platform for family bonds.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LCTUEVJLUJCU3NO4DVLIGBRQO4","content":"<sapn>“My kids, Mark’s kids, my grandkids … We’re doing the same thing our father did to us, to create a passion for us and our team,” Zygi Wilf said. “It’ll carry on through their lifetime and it will help them in every way, in any direction they want to go.” &nbsp;</span>","type":"text"}],"description":{"basic":"The Wilf family is 20 years into its ownership of the Vikings, but it still has one major goal to achieve."}},{"_id":"CO57CEQK32LIWUT6W3RZENQ7AY","promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"2R4B3XURZDH7F6Q2OJ6QFRHIYE","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/kLZ4mulf-Es0LbklBpaFY94DIuM=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/2R4B3XURZDH7F6Q2OJ6QFRHIYE.jpg","galleries":[],"mime_type":"application/octet-stream","originalName":"pg-09-Red-Sox-Jason-Varitek-and-Alan-Embree_Getty.ashx","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leadersgroup/2R4B3XURZDH7F6Q2OJ6QFRHIYE.jpg","proxyUrl":"/resizer/kLZ4mulf-Es0LbklBpaFY94DIuM=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/2R4B3XURZDH7F6Q2OJ6QFRHIYE.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/kLZ4mulf-Es0LbklBpaFY94DIuM=/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/2R4B3XURZDH7F6Q2OJ6QFRHIYE.jpg","restricted":false,"thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/7-0W_Y8oRS9ny8QhGVO0Z7MEC_I=/300x0/arc-photo-leadersgroup/arc2-prod/public/2R4B3XURZDH7F6Q2OJ6QFRHIYE.jpg","version":1},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"b83e19f755d8065437aa90ef9f3f48bed76e19645560658b17f78509acad9efa"},"caption":"Boston overcame a 3-games-to-0 deficit to topple the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.","copyright":"2011 - 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