The Business of Football

The National Football League is the strongest sport in the world. The reason: No other league has so successfully exploited new stadiums as the NFL during the past decade. Each of the top 10 most valuable teams plays in a modern stadium, or will by 2010. Yes, England's prolific soccer team, Manchester United, is still the most valuable team in the world ($1.8 billion), but there are only four soccer teams (Real Madrid, Arsenal and Liverpool are the others) worth over $1 billion. The NFL now has 19 teams worth that much, compared with five last year and none five years ago.

Rank		Current Value	Revenue	Operating Income
1	Dallas Cowboys	$1,612,000,000	$269,000,000	$30,600,000
2	Washington Redskins	$1,538,000,000	$327,000,000	$58,100,000
3	New England Patriots	$1,324,000,000	$282,000,000	$39,200,000
4	New York Giants	$1,178,000,000	$214,000,000	$41,200,000
5	New York Jets	$1,170,000,000	$213,000,000	$25,900,000
6	Houston Texans	$1,125,000,000	$239,000,000	$43,900,000
7	Philadelphia Eagles	$1,116,000,000	$237,000,000	$33,500,000
8	Indianapolis Colts	$1,076,000,000	$203,000,000	$16,100,000
9	Chicago Bears	$1,064,000,000	$226,000,000	$33,700,000
10	Baltimore Ravens	$1,062,000,000	$226,000,000	$23,000,000
11	Denver Broncos	$1,061,000,000	$226,000,000	$18,800,000
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	$1,053,000,000	$224,000,000	$39,300,000
13	Miami Dolphins	$1,044,000,000	$232,000,000	$36,100,000
14	Carolina Panthers	$1,040,000,000	$221,000,000	$22,300,000
15	Cleveland Browns	$1,035,000,000	$220,000,000	$19,300,000
16	Green Bay Packers	$1,023,000,000	$218,000,000	$21,900,000
17	Kansas City Chiefs	$1,016,000,000	$214,000,000	$11,900,000
18	Pittsburgh Steelers	$1,015,000,000	$216,000,000	$14,400,000
19	Seattle Seahawks	$1,010,000,000	$215,000,000	$8,900,000
20	Tennessee Titans	$994,000,000	$216,000,000	$24,500,000
21	Cincinnati Bengals	$941,000,000	$205,000,000	$22,000,000
22	New Orleans Saints	$937,000,000	$213,000,000	$21,500,000
23	St Louis Rams	$929,000,000	$206,000,000	$26,400,000
24	Detroit Lions	$917,000,000	$204,000,000	-$3,100,000
25	Arizona Cardinals	$914,000,000	$203,000,000	$19,700,000
26	San Diego Chargers	$888,000,000	$207,000,000	$19,000,000
27	Buffalo Bills	$885,000,000	$206,000,000	$12,400,000
28	Jacksonville Jaguars	$876,000,000	$204,000,000	$27,600,000
29	Atlanta Falcons	$872,000,000	$203,000,000	$30,900,000
30	San Francisco 49ers	$865,000,000	$201,000,000	$4,100,000
31	Oakland Raiders	$861,000,000	$205,000,000	$27,000,000
32	Minnesota Vikings	$839,000,000	$195,000,000	$18,900,000

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