Professional Sports on the Moon – Next Decade's Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity

Compared to established leagues and competitions:

- this will attract less TV revenue

- this will attract zero match day revenue (ticket sales, concessions, etc)

- this will have much higher logistics costs

- there will be less money to pay/attract athletes

- the athletes will have nothing to do outside of performing and training (no nightclubs for the kids, no bringing family along for the grown ups)

- the commute time between Earth and Moon means the athletes will have to live out there during the season

- there will be no crowd noise on the broadcasts unless it is faked (as happened during covid)

- the lower gravity will weird some potential viewers out (how many? don't know… but it will surely suppress viewership to some extent)

I am not saying this will never happen, but next decade feels wildly overoptimistic.

Is this a late April Fools?

The brainchild of HN's dr_dshiv.