Christina Gough
Research expert covering sports and video gaming
Seattle Mariners - Statistics & Facts
The MLB franchise the Seattle Mariners played their first game in 1977 in Seattle, Washington. The team is a member of the American League's West division. John Stanton has been the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners since 2016.
COVID impact on revenues
The franchise value of the Seattle Mariners has doubled in the past five years, reaching 1.63 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. In the 2019 season, the team generated around 315 million U.S. dollars in revenue, a slight decrease from the year before, but nevertheless almost double the value from the turn of the century. However, the Mariners' revenue dropped to 129 million U.S. dollars in 2020 as a result of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the entire professional sports industry. The full 162-game regular season was reduced to just 60 games as a result of the pandemic, with total league revenue unsurprisingly plummeting in that season.Mariners tickets and fans
The average attendance at Seattle Mariners games was at around 15 thousand in the COVID-affected 2021 season, with a total attendance of 1.22 million. Teams across the MLB played their home games in front of a reduced capacity crowd in line with national pandemic guidelines. The average ticket price for the Mariners was 37.77 U.S. dollars for a home game in the 2019 season, which was significantly higher than the league's average of 32.99 U.S. dollars. The Mariners have over a million fans on Facebook, and the team has also enjoyed a consistent increase in its follower count on Twitter, surpassing 575 thousand fans in 2021.
