Expansion - sean this time

[GoIrish]

In regards to the teams, you have to keep in mind that these expansion teams will have an effect in game on teams in the area. So If you put another team in NY (Syracuse), that will effect the revenue of NYM and NYY. If you put another team in Texas (San Antonio), that will have an effect on the Rangers and Astros. When DJ put these two cities together, he was looking for cities that could not provide a negative impact on another franchise.

Here is a list of the top 20 populations by city
1. New York, New York - 8,214,426
2. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,378
3. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,321
4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491
5. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,986
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,394
7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,682
8. San Diego, California - 1,256,951
9. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,940
10. San Jose, California - 929,936
11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,121
12. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,555
13. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,597
14. San Francisco, California - 744,041
15. Columbus, Ohio - 733,203
16. Austin, Texas - 709,893
17. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,902
18. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,320
19. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,366
20. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478

Las Vegas comes in 28th on the list with a total of 567,641
However, the one thing that I think vegas holds over all the other cities is that Vegas has 40M of visiters per year. That is the biggest reason that the next time NBA or MLB expand that the Vegas will be the most likely destination.