Financials

[liquidcrash]

There should be a few places on the sheet that you can change to add seats or change field dimensions and wall heights. When you do that, a running total of the cost should appear.

I'd check it myself, but I'm having trouble opening it without Excel.

[ChubbyBanana]

It says it's locked and the 2nd and 3rd shhet are blank.

Doh!

[Ryan]

Matt, you could also raise ticket prices. That would save you the trouble/cost of adding seats, but you'd get more revenue. Just a thought.

[Whale]

How do we see how much we have in our stadium funds?

[Riverman]

How do we see how much we have in our stadium funds?

When I click on the utility I get a screen that provides that piece of info.

[Gyrodork]

I can open the Excel spreadsheet when it downloads (even on my iMac). The grey areas allow you to input the proposed changes and the cost is automatically tallied.

However, when I click on the "Stadium Fund" item in the Utilities drop-down menu, I just get "SQL Syntax" error messages.

[Matt]

Matt, you could also raise ticket prices. That would save you the trouble/cost of adding seats, but you'd get more revenue. Just a thought.

For some reason I thought that was locked. It's 10.50 right now...is there anyway to see how going to $11 would change attendance or is it just change and see.

[Pat]

For some reason I thought that was locked. It's 10.50 right now...is there anyway to see how going to $11 would change attendance or is it just change and see.

Just change and see.

[Whale]

When I click on the utility I get a screen that provides that piece of info.

I get a syntax error as well.

If some can just copy and paste it in this thread that would be helpful thanks!

[Matt]

Well I don't have Excel so nothing works. I have 12 mil in the stadium fund...what sort of damage can I do with that?

[Clay]

I think 1,000 seats is 5 million

[Matt]

Ok since I don't want to miss out on this...I have $12 mil in my stadium fund and on the financial sheet from Andrew it says another $5 mil is auto (rolled into stadium fund).

My question is has that been done yet?

[Andrew]

Ok since I don't want to miss out on this...I have $12 mil in my stadium fund and on the financial sheet from Andrew it says another $5 mil is auto (rolled into stadium fund).

My question is has that been done yet?

Yes.

Also, the "new cash" for each team has been entered into the game.

[Whale]

Ok new question under the same heading...

I have long been frustrated with the financials in this game, mainly cause I never have any ;) Now that I'm spending some money, I have a question: How is current budget calculated?

So, take for instance my team. If I add all my revenue up from last season, it equals $78m. I also got a media boost this season, so that would add $6m for $84m. I also have $19m in cash laying around.

After all that, my owner has made the budget $65m, so it shows me being -$15m in the red since my expenses are currently $75m.

So anyway, how do they make the budget? I know that I should spend enough cash that I have $16m left at the end of the year to cover that -$15m, right? Stupid game...

[Carlos]

Ok new question under the same heading...

I have long been frustrated with the financials in this game, mainly cause I never have any ;) Now that I'm spending some money, I have a question: How is current budget calculated?

So, take for instance my team. If I add all my revenue up from last season, it equals $78m. I also got a media boost this season, so that would add $6m for $84m. I also have $19m in cash laying around.

After all that, my owner has made the budget $65m, so it shows me being -$15m in the red since my expenses are currently $75m.

So anyway, how do they make the budget? I know that I should spend enough cash that I have $16m left at the end of the year to cover that -$15m, right? Stupid game...

If there is a formula that creates the budget, I believe it's hard coded into your previous attendance numbers, performance, expectations, etc. There is no real way to know what it will be. There's one barometer and that's doing well in both attendance, fan interest, and wins.

And yes, you should have the extra cash to pay that red. If, however, you already have $19 MM in cash, you should be fine. The owner will pull your excess cash to pay for the red.

Really, the budget is just a guideline. It doesn't make a lot of sense because the whole idea of how it's put on screen is confusing. You aren't going to lose $16 MM. You are going to spend 16 more than he expected and your cash pays for that.

I really think financials should just show how much money you have in total and have that vs. how much money you'll spend. The breakdown is nice, but there's still no simple (Revenue Total)-(Expenses)=Profit in the system.

It's there, but it's lacking information because certain areas of it can not be calculated until a final number is given at the end of the year. It should be cleaner.