NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 27: Travis d'Arnaud #18 of the New York Mets comes out of the clubhouse to greet the fans and give out a bat and some baseballs to them after the Mets last home game of the season in an MLB baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on September 27, 2017 at CitiField in the Queens borough of New York City. Mets won 7-1. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images)
The New York Mets won only 70 games in 2017 and attendance at Citi Field averaged 30,757, 12% below the previous season.
But documents obtained by Forbes via a FOIL request to the New York City Economic Development Corporation show the MLB team did very well at the cash register.