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MLB considers expansion
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:50 pm
by Fran
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:08 pm
by Pounder
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...
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:21 pm
by Fran
Should any of the current teams relocate like Tampa Bay?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 11:21 pm
by Sam Hill
If people underestimate Mexico's potential, they surely underestimate the fact that Tampa Bay has a lease that runs for another 12 years.
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:53 am
by Fran
Good point Sam I forgot that the Rays had a long lease.
