Sagging interest
Minnesota Twins Ratings on FSN
• 7.48 in 2008
128,000 households
• 6.25 in 2009 (-16.4%)
108,000 households
• 8.70 in 2010 (+38.0%)
152,000 households
• 6.24 in 2011 (- 28.3%)
109,000 households
• 4.52 in 2012 (- 27.6%)
79,000 households
• 4.23 in 2013 (- 6.4%)
(- 51.4% since 2010)
73,000 households
Home Attendance
• 2,302,431 in 2008
• 2,416,237 in 2009 (+ 4.9%)
• 3,223,640 in 2010 (+ 33.4%)
• 3,168,116 in 2011 (- 1.7%)
• 2,776,354 in 2012 (- 12.4%)
• 2,477,644 in 2013 (- 10.8%) (- 23.1% since 2010)
Sources: Sports Business Journal,
Forbes, MLB
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