(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – Continuing low attendance for the Chicago White Sox means another season of the team not having to pay extra fees to state government, a published report says.
The White Sox pay rent to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which owns Guaranteed Rate Field. But according to Crain’s Chicago Business, this will be the 13th season in a row that attendance has been so disappointing that the team will not have to pay an extra ticket fee to the state.
The ticket fee is triggered once Sox attendance reaches 1.93 million. Currently, Sox attendance is 1.45 million with 11 home games remaining.
Sox spokesman Scott Reifert says the lease agreement between the team and the state has always been designed so that both parties benefit and share the goal of increasing attendance.
By just about any measure, it’s been an abysmal season for the South Siders, who could reach the dubious benchmark of 100 losses before season’s end. Team owners fired top executives Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn last month before installing Chris Getz as general manager.
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