Citi Field revenues have dropped more than 30 percent since the Mets’ ballpark opened in 2009, and premium ticket sales are down by nearly 50 percent, according to financial records.
Overall attendance declined 26 percent, to 2.3 million, and during that time, revenues for concessions and parking slipped.
The financial records reveal that concessions revenue has dropped 28 percent since 2009, to $10.9 million in 2011, and parking was down 37 percent, to $7 million.
Ticket sales for the 10,635 premium seats also declined from $99.3 million in 2009 to $50.6 million through 2011. The seats are about 25 percent of the 42,000-seat stadium.
The records highlight some of the team’s financial struggles — worsened by ownership’s investments with disgraced financier Bernard Madoff.
The Mets owners are being sued by a bankruptcy trustee seeking to recoup some of the $50 billion in Madoff fraud money.
The Mets pay $1 million per year to lease the stadium. The park was built through the sale of city bonds that are being repaid by the Mets.