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Financial Forecasting (Pro Forma)

Understand your project's financial potential with SFC’s fully custom institutional-grade pro forma — your business plan in numbers

In funded facilities

$ Billion+

Financial feasibility studies

100 +

Communities served

10 +

In planned facilities

$ 100 Million+

Properties under SFC's management

50 +

Get a clear picture of your facility’s financial performance

A new sports, recreation, events, or entertainment venue represents a significant investment in your community’s future. Take the guesswork out of the strategic planning process and mitigate financial risks with accurate financial forecasting services from the industry’s best.

The Sports Facilities Companies’ (SFC) pro forma is the financial blueprint for your project. It translates vision into an institutional-grade forecast that investors, lenders, donors, sponsors, grant agencies, boards, and partners trust. With clear assumptions and defensible benchmarks, this detailed financial analysis becomes the roadmap for creating partnerships, establishing capital budgets, building a funding strategy, generating the playbook for operational success, and long term-profitability.

Service highlights

duration:

10–12 weeks

Best suited for:

Projects in planning and early-stage development

Led By SFC Advisory Experts:

What you can do with a financial forecast (pro forma)

Provide investors, lenders, donors, sponsors, grant agencies, boards, and partners with a rigorous, transparent forecast.
Align program mix, space sizes, capital budget, and staffing with realistic demand, pricing, and utilization.
Connect design layout, amenities, and staffing plans to revenues, expenses, EBITDA, and cash flow.
Give leaders and decision-makers a shared, data-driven view of outcomes, tradeoffs, and timelines they can evaluate for more informed business decisions.
Set five-year cash flow and a 20-year outlook expectations with scenarios that stress-test assumptions, identify potential challenges, and highlight growth opportunities.

Comprehensive cash flow and financial outlook

We deliver institutional-grade financial forecasts featuring 5-year operational and cash flow projections, alongside a 20-year financial outlook to support a robust, long-term path forward.

Institutional-grade rigor

We apply market assessment, competitive benchmarking, and proven operating metrics that stakeholders can underwrite. This is the rigorous forecasting process that top finance professionals and businesses put their confidence in.

Thorough cost analysis

We provide meticulous cost modeling that covers everything from direct facility expenses and staffing payroll to full construction and start-up costs, benchmarked against recent, comparable projects.

Integrated with your process

We align the pro forma with concept goals, design decisions, and funding strategies across public, private, and philanthropic partners.

Tailored to your community

We lead inclusive engagement and deploy proprietary tools and systems to maximize outreach, capture the voice of the community, and integrate community demand into analyses, recommendations, and strategies to drive profitability.

Grounded in operating data

Our forecasts reflect real business performance from a national portfolio of facilities, comparable programs, and current cost drivers. Our expert team leverages these insights to create realistic pricing, utilization, and expense profiles.