In the Baltimore Washington area, every team plays in a new facility. Baseball is the last affordable sport in the area for many families, and even that claim has become debatable. The survey was taken two years ago, before two significant ticket price hikes. The change appears most stark at new NFL and Major League Baseball stadiums, where the cost of attending games has gone up more dramatically than at other venues. Tickets to new stadiums in the NFL cost about 25 percent more than those of the previous generation, and even more than that when compared to early century venues such as Soldier Field.
Teams build stadiums.
Stadiums don't build teams. No Super Bowl champion in the past two decades had a new stadium. Neither did any of the teams they beat in the title game. The owners all sing the same lame tune. Money, they do understand.