Minnesota fans are notorious bandwagon jumpers so people will come back if the Twins start winning with some flare.

The teams last three years, more likely 4 years were schizophrenic. And last years seemingly successful season was not looking good at the break. Closing the year out by getting bombed in NY didn't generate any enthusiasm either. There's just too many gaps for the average fan. One has to go into the season knowing it's going to be a good year, not hoping it will. And those empty early season seats can't be recouped.

The teams last three years, more likely 4 years were schizophrenic. And last years seemingly successful season was not looking good at the break. Closing the year out by getting bombed in NY didn't generate any enthusiasm either. There's just too many gaps for the average fan. One has to go into the season knowing it's going to be a good year, not hoping it will. And those empty early season seats can't be recouped.

From my perspective, hype around the team seems to be higher than last year, but I mostly agree with you. Home games in April in the Minnesota "cold" won't be a hot ticket without a sure thing. The baby boomer fan base may opt for activities that favor climate comfort. Folks have five months afterwards to get to a game. 

It looked to me like single-game ticket prices increased a bit for this upcoming season, but it's difficult to track that kind of stuff now that they have the demand-based pricing system. 

Tom Froeming:  The source I found had average ticket price up 18.9%, so we should see a nice bump in revenue if attendance increases as well. 

The twins sold a lot of full price tickets because of their success last year. So, they aren't hurting.

Winning puts butts in the seats. Establishing some player stars helps with promotions.

And, people comign to games means more ad revenue, plus concessions and such.

Plus, the ahrd reality is that they SHOULD be able to spend upwards of $150 million and not suffer, especially in a weak division.

The rotation is still a shambles, with a couple of low price fixes that is absically throwing money to the wind (the bounce back of Hughes, the rebirth of Sanchez, the promise of May). May promises Santana's return, but the twins are still one short of a full cup of solid arms.

Time to cut the bait and get on with going forwards. The rookies are still a half-season away, and maybe ready for short game callups. Slegers and Mejia are in the wings, but only as short-term probables. Next year you may lose someone, and then work Pineada into the mix.

But the Twins are NOT losing money. Plus, their part of the stadium is almost (if not) paid off.

It would be interesting to see a breakdown in revenue between ticket dollars and concession dollars.  It takes butts in the seats in order to sell $8 hotdogs and $10 beers. Winning puts butts in the seats, more 'fair weather fans' that don't goto a lot of games and will splurge on more concessions.