Of course these money making leagues aren't willy nilly with decisions (except with expanding into funtime Florida?)
Methodology for sports capacity study:
http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2011/08/methodology-for-sports-capacity-study.html
Baseball has few options for expansion markets:
http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2011/08/baseball-has-few-options-for-expansion.html
Thank you, Mr. Thomas.
Baseball won't be back in Montreal for awhile:
http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=447645
See more expansion and relocation talk for football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer on my blog (starting in Feb 2014, see table of contents/archive): Major League/Pro Expansion <CLICK> http://prosportsexpansion.blogspot.com/
And please feel free to contribute your two cents with mine.
"In terms of relocation, the difficulties have increased with the advent of regional sports networks (RSNs)."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-relocation-and-expansion-are-a-pain-for-mlb/
So, the Portland Athletics and the Charlotte Moonlight Knights or some such sneakery out of Tampa.