Expansion - sean this time

[GoIrish]

Calgary would never get an expansion team because they are in the middle of no where, write them out. They tried to have a minor league team, the Calgary Cannons, but the poor weather led to bad attendance and no longer made economic sense to have a team in Calgary.

Maybe we should look at attendance numbers of minor league teams to see which cities would be most interested in having a team.

Sacramento, Columbus, Louisville, Buffalo are cities that pop out to me on that list. Las Vegas is not even on the top 20 - when people go to Las Vegas, they are normally not interested in going to a baseball game.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/201...ar-503987/


It shouldn't be a matter of population to determine which city can sustain a Major League team. It should be a matter of which city has people that would want to go to a baseball game.

Look at the Green Bay Packers in the NFL, they always sell out but are in an illogical location population wise for an NFL team.

Sean, did you see this post? I disagree with your population list.

Jordan if there was not a salary cap in the NFL, do you think Green Bay would compete? You are talking about a different sport and comparing apples to oranges. You also cannot compare minor league attendance numbers.

Look at all the boxing, MMA and Shows in vegas... they are always sold out. When the UNLV running rebels were in their hay day, every game was sold out. What makes you think the same would not happen in Vegas with a professional team. People are in vegas to gamble, what makes you think people won't lay money on the game and head over to watch it?