As expected, the Philadelphia Phillies lost a boatload of money during the 60-game 2020 season, in which fans weren’t allowed to attend games because of COVID-19.
Kaleel Weatherly and Ryan Sharrow of Philadelphia Business Journal say that according to the annual Team Marketing Report, the Phillies lost $186.1 million in 2020 because of fans not being able to attend games. The Team Marketing Report is independent of teams or leagues, and makes their assessment based on how much each team had in terms of fan attendance over the course of the 2019 season, which was the typical 162-game length.