Something I’ve never seen anyone do: the math when it comes to total ticket inventory each of our major league franchises truly has (roughly). The Lightning play 41 home games (capacity 19,204). Rays play 81 home games (capacity 31,042) and the Bucs play 8 home games (capacity 65,890).

 

When people always talk about the Lightning selling out I always want to talk about the additional ticket inventory the Rays actually have to move. The baseball season is a LONG LONG season but I think it’s only fair to put some of these conversations in context.

 

Total Inventory: 

Bolts: 41 x 19,204 = 787,364 tickets in a season

Bucs: 8 x 65,890 = 527,120 tickets in a season

Rays: 81 x 31,042 = 2,514,402 tickets in a season

Rays have more than 3X the ticket inventory than the Bolts and almost 5X the inventory to sell than the Bucs. But no one ever brings this up…