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Merch store is a riskless investment from what I have learned so far.

As written before, merch store is a good option. If you have 4M (or more) cash available, I would recommend you to take the 4M arena as it delivers you constant cash income.

I would rank the investments in this order of importance:
- get trainees (3 or 6 depending on the training plan)
- get staff members, the trainer being the most important lvl 4-5, then doctor lvl 3-4, last PR Manager lvl 3 max. If all trainees are 18-19 year old, and you will really focus on training, consider hiring a youth coach.
- complete the roster backbone (for 3 trainees, add 4 starters and 3-4 bench players; for 6 trainees add 3 starters and 2-3 bench players)
- gradually expand the Arena. For D.IV up to 15.5k / 2.85k / 360 / 25 which can earn you $200k-$220k per home game (if not losing every game and set the prices correctly). Total cost for the expansion will be ~$700k. If you are going for promotion, consider this D.III Arena 15.5k / 3.4k / 470 / 30. Total investment ~$1.4M and potential $260k-$280k revenue per home game (again, prices and season results mater).

Only after this think about Infrastructure, which is the luxury part and it depends on your style. Some like faster player development and go for max Gym. I had Gym level 3 until recently, but decided to downgrade to no Gym. Level 3 Gym will cost you $1M for the investment and $15k weekly expenses for maintenance. Training court is optional, but lvl1 is considered to give a good return for the $500k investment and $5k for weekly maintenance.

If you are filthy rich, consider getting Merch store and Arena Design (the consensus combo is $1M for lvl3 Merch Store + $1M Arena Design). You can get the Merch store gradually x3 investment tranches ($500k+$300k+$200k), but for the Arena design you are paying the full amount at once.

Last edited by LynxBK at 7/28/2026 5:11:30 PM

Why would you prefer the 1M arena instead of the 4M arena? Yes, I know, to invest 1M is cheaper than to invest the 4M, but in (the very) long run, the 4M arena has higher return on invest. Besides of the investment costs, am I missin' something?

It's the price. You will be getting ~$10k more with a $4M compared to the $1M, which for me is not a reasonable investment, with the limited amount of funds I have. I don't have an arena design at the moment, though I may get one in the future. For now, it's at the bottom of my list of priorities for future investments.

I do fully agree with you that arena design is the last, final big infrastructure investment. And yes, limitied resources are for sure an issue. However, me, when the time will come, I will go for the 4M design as it is clearly justified that in the (very) long run, the 4M arena gives you the highest return on investment.

Sure, if you might not plan to stay as long as it needs that return on invest to come back to your team, the lower arena designs might also be a good option. It depends on personal situation of the respective manager.

Sure it does. One can play the game however they choose to do. Good luck Amigo! Hope you will get that shiny Arena sooner than projected

Thanks guys for the responses, it sure is helpful. But i wanted to ask wbout the arena desogn - you just pick design for some cash and it provides merchandise revenue?

About arena
arena design weekly income for every design
4,8K - 200K arena
8,9 K - 500 k arena
11,9 - 1 mln arena
15,9K - 2 mln arena
23,8K - 4 mln arena

200K is profitable after 43 weeks
500K is profitable after 58 weeks and is more profitable than 200K arena after 75 weeks
1mln is profitable after 86 weeks and is more profitable than 500K arena after 178 weeks
2 mln is never smart as it takes 252 weeks for the 2 mln arena to be more profitable than the 1 mln arena and it takes
255 weeks for the 2 mln arena to be more profitable than the 4 mln arena
4 mln arena is profitable after 180 weeks and is more profitable than 1 mln arena after 254 weeks