The Cubs had a one-hour online forum Thursday evening for season-ticket holders with chairman Tom Ricketts, President of Baseball Operations Crane Kenney and other team executives.
Moderated by Len Kasper, the executives appeared from their homes. And Ricketts said something that surprised me, anyway. He stated that 70 percent of Cubs revenues come from what can generally be termed “gameday operations” — in other words, ticket sales and other money that comes from fans in the stands. He added that in the proposed 82-game season, if there are no fans the Cubs would be taking in about 15 percent of what they usually do, presumably largely from broadcast rights and related advertising and sponsorships.