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Originally Posted by adavi215
I really like this list for the NBA. I agree with all the cities could/should have NBA teams with the exception of Louisville and Austin. I thinki they're more of college towns. I'll give Louisville 5-10 more years before they get one. Although Louisville is the size now when Charlotte got the Hornets (RIP Hornets 1987-2004). We miss you.
The reason I included Louisville is because it is a huge basketball town and produces tons of basketball talent, as does the state of Kentucky (as do many others as well). It's definitely an "outlier" though, but so is Green Bay for football.
The reason I included Louisville is because it is a huge basketball town and produces tons of basketball talent, as does the state of Kentucky (as do many others as well). It's definitely an "outlier" though, but so is Green Bay for football.
People forget that Columbus is larger than both Cincinnati and Cleveland. It is the largest city and metro in the state of Ohio. It is also the state capitol.
Dallas needs their own team, leave the Rangers for Fort Worth
Dallas could certainly use a national league team. Fort Worth doesn't have the Rangers either. That team came to the metro for Dallas and is a Dallas team. Dallas could support two teams I think. The city size and metro is big enough.
People forget that Columbus is larger than both Cincinnati and Cleveland. It is the largest city and metro in the state of Ohio. It is also the state capitol.
No it isn't. Cleveland and Cincinnati are both larger metros than Columbus. And Columbus would have trouble getting any of these sports teams because they are dominated by OSU.
People forget that Columbus is larger than both Cincinnati and Cleveland. It is the largest city and metro in the state of Ohio. It is also the state capitol.
Columbus has a greater city population, but its metro population is smaller than both Cleveland and Cincinnati.
They almost got the Twins in the late 1990's! I remember, at the time, the Charlotte mega-region had like 10 million potential viewers to Mpls' 5 million. I bet those numbes are much different now, and most of the change would benefit Charlotte. I'm not sure if that situation were to come up again today with the same circumstances that the Twins wouldn't be in Charlotte...
Interesting, I didn't know that. I know the Chicago White Sox owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, around the late '80s once threatened to move the team to I believe Phoenix(if you know the city Reinsdorf was threatening to move to for sure, feel free to correct me, as I don't 100% remember this). That threat of course went nowhere, when New Comiskey/'The Cell'(although I don't think of it by the latter, and still think of it by it's old name) was opened in 1991.
And of course Phoenix has had an MLB team today since '98, the Arizona Diamondbacks. I always thought Charlotte, Indianapolis(they already have a very successful minor league team, and man did their stadium have a great view of downtown Indy), Columbus, OH, Sacramento or Portland might work, maybe Las Vegas as well since they don't have any pro teams. But of course with MLB's paranoia about gambling issues(and of course Pete Rose), I doubt any will ever get approval by MLB to relocate to Vegas.
Was just reading a thread yesterday(think it was in the C-D Bay Area/San Fran/Oakland one) about the possibility that the Oakland A's might move out of Oakland eventually, and I found the talk interesting that a site in San Jose was being considered, if a new stadium plan within Oakland doesn't work out. Some people on that thread mentioned Sacramento, and I could see how that city might be a possibility as well.
They aren't mutually exclusive, but they've talked contraction off and on for 15 years.
Selig floated the idea that they dump (not move) the Twins and Marlins. Interesting that both teams had greater success than his family team, the Brewers.
More to the point - this country is headed in a downward direction. If there is ever a "rebound" it would take generations, not a few years. I wouldn't expect to see further expansion in my lifetime.
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