Blue Bombers post $7M operating profit in 2024, raking in a total of $54.7M

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· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 1:57 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers posted a $7-million operating nett past season, the CFL nine announced Wednesday.

"It's conscionable the testament of our fans and the beardown enactment of our squad to conscionable physique a large game-day experience," said Wade Miller, president and CEO of the club, a non-profit corporation.

Total expenses for the twelvemonth were $47.7 million, with revenues of $54.7 million, says the 2024 yearly study released Wednesday.

The squad recorded 5 sellouts successful its 9 regular play contests astatine Princess Auto Stadium, which has a capableness of 32,343. Average attendance for the twelvemonth was much than 31,000, Miller said.

That occurrence follows 2023, erstwhile the squad scored a $5.7 cardinal profit.

"It's conscionable been different great, fantastic year. And connected the field, evidently it helps erstwhile you're a palmy winning team," Miller said.

Winnipeg finished atop the West Division standings for a 4th consecutive twelvemonth successful 2024 with an 11-7 record, and present sports a regular-season grounds of 51-17 since the 2021 season.

The squad has appeared five consecutive Grey Cup title games (2020 play was cancelled owed to the pandemic). The Bombers won the archetypal 2 but person mislaid 3 straight.

The club's beardown fiscal presumption has allowed it to marque upgrades to its stadium. In 2024, $7.1 cardinal was spent connected respective projects, specified arsenic the replacement of the stadium turf and tract wall, renovation of the Bomber Store and installation of a caller LED ribbon committee that wraps astir the wrong of the facility.

At the Bomber Store, immoderate banners were replaced and 2 caller grab-and-go concession locations were added.

Outside the stadium, the nine improved the tailgate plaza country by adding a imperishable stage, a caller barbecue shack, imperishable powerfulness and enhanced lighting for safety.

"We're the stewards of Princess Auto Stadium and look aft it and instrumentality attraction of each the repairs and attraction and superior improvements," Miller said.

The Bombers entered into an statement with the Manitoba authorities and Triple B Stadium successful 2021 that established a superior money dedicated to semipermanent stadium improvements.

The latest profits volition spell into that superior fund, with the nine readying this twelvemonth to upgrade the HVAC system, make a caller players' lounge and adhd much contactless security screening devices astatine the gates.

The stadium itself is owned by Triple B, which is simply a consortium that includes the Bombers, the province, the City of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba.