MLB considers expansion
MLB considers expansion
What cities would be best for baseball to expand to.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13256 ... mlb-future
Montreal, Charlotte, North Carolina, San Antonio, Portland, Oregon, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, northern New Jersey, Mexico City or Monterrey, Mexico, are among the markets that could eventually land on baseball's radar as potential locations for new or relocated franchises.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13256 ... mlb-future
Montreal, Charlotte, North Carolina, San Antonio, Portland, Oregon, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, northern New Jersey, Mexico City or Monterrey, Mexico, are among the markets that could eventually land on baseball's radar as potential locations for new or relocated franchises.
I should try to find Maury Brown's pieces that basically concede that there's nowhere in these 50 states that truly expand overall baseball revenues. The functional part of that: there's not a useful inch of American soil that isn't already in another team's regional TV market. Now, I could see San Antonio bucking the trend... eh.
Montreal would at least be an attempt to reconnect to Quebec.
People here consistently underestimate Mexico's potential... but not by THAT much. It's a different nut to crack because even Liga MX teams do NOT lean towards a season ticket model. They get game-by-game fans. The population does not expect an MLB model of pricing.
It'd be interesting to see, get this, Havana after a few years of normalized relations and maybe some foreign investment in Cuba. Right now, heck no, but in 10 years, when it might actually be feasible for MLB to expand...
Montreal would at least be an attempt to reconnect to Quebec.
People here consistently underestimate Mexico's potential... but not by THAT much. It's a different nut to crack because even Liga MX teams do NOT lean towards a season ticket model. They get game-by-game fans. The population does not expect an MLB model of pricing.
It'd be interesting to see, get this, Havana after a few years of normalized relations and maybe some foreign investment in Cuba. Right now, heck no, but in 10 years, when it might actually be feasible for MLB to expand...
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