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Top 3 for me would probably be (in no order) San Diego, Vegas, or possibly somewhere in the midwest like St. Louis or Kansas City.
As much as I think it would be cool to see a second Chicago team, I don't think it would work. Bulls culture is fairly big - I don't think you'd have a lot of people feeling comfortable supporting another team in town, though it would be fun.
I'd love to see Seattle with a team again though. Vegas could very possibly win. It is largely an entertainment city with loads of visitors and it already has an arena on the strip that fits 18,000 people for basketball setup. That is very much in the capacity range of most arenas and almost identical in size to what the Houston Rockets can fit and actually larger than the Nets, Kings, and Pelicans arenas. There are a lot of people who love Vegas but live elsewhere that I bet would be fans of the team - and as an entertainment area, there's no doubt in my mind that they would see a number of tourists going to the games.
Well, 3 of those cities (will be 5 in the not-too-distant future) have Major League Soccer, which NOW counts as a major league.
Nonetheless, there'd still wouldn't be much competition for sports dollars since Major League Soccer is smaller than the NBA, and the newcomer in all three markets.
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San Antonio and Indianapolis were two of the 4 ABA teams that got to go to the NBA after the buyout in 76. (The other two were Denver and New Jersey), don't know if the Spurs or the Pacers would have existed otherwise
Noted, but even then, it probably helped that there was no competition for sports dollars in either city at the time. The Colts didn't arrive in Indiana(polis) until 1984, and San Antonio is still a one-sport town.
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What some of you people don't understand is that sports franchises don't care about MSA size. What's much more important is the television market size and the proximity of franchises in other cities. The Cleveland and Denver TV markets are more than large enough to handle the teams that they have. You people need to get to get some help for your "MSA addiction"!!
Even if you use TV market size, my point still stands. Denver and Cleveland are the only NBA cities with at least three major professional sports teams present and TV market populations less than 4,000,000. They're exceptions to the rule regardless. Anyplace else with a TV market less than 4,000,000 better hope that there's little or no competition for sports dollars if it expects to land an NBA franchise.
It's not about who "deserves" a team. It's about business.
Exactly. As long as the business can make money, then it's going to happen. Does anyone really believe that Carolina "deserves" an NHL team? You might say no, but at the end of the day - it's a business and that's the bottom line.
I have my doubts that Las Vegas can support 2 teams let alone 3.
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