Jaws art director Joe Alves was determined to prove a top-notch mechanical shark could be done. Of course this decision would come back to haunt Spielberg repeatedly throughout the shoot, but Alves was determined to prove a top-notch mechanical shark could be done.
The average Major League Soccer franchise is worth $103 million, according to a Forbes article from 2013. In 2008, the average team was worth $37 million and losing money. According to the Forbes article, the average MLS attendance in 2013 was 18,611 fans per game, more than the NBA and NHL. And 10 of the league's 19 teams are making a profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
The richest sports league in the world, the NFL, had a league average of $81.54 per each of its 8 regular season home games per team in the comparable 2013 season. This was also a 3.1% increase over the average from the previous year. (In 2014, the average NFL ticket costs $84.43, a 3.5% increase over last year.