But what if the above stated realities stay bleak? Then I propose a share like Portland-Las Vegas and Nashville-Charlotte teaming up for a regional brand. My first choices stated on this blog are for a West Coast Athletics and Southland Rays of some sort, even including the likes of Oakland/Sacramento, New Orleans and Monterrey, Mexico. If the Florida Marlins come back into existence and share time with St. Pete Tampa, then surely the attendance at their home games would be better than embarrassing, instead of getting outnumbered by a Gloria Estefan concert. And the Rays can stretch their history somewhere else.
see Business Journal Market Study 2015
Either way, with a broader name like the old California Angels and Marlins and the lone star state's Texas Rangers, or regional name claims like the Golden State Warriors and New England Patriots, co-location options for the home team increase. And there are many options to wonder about. Like the Angels also playing in Sacramento, the Rangers in Austin, or Marlins in Orlando.I try to make my case. Though in recent history, television market is a bigger money maker than money for seats at the ballpark I know the brand expansion is a way to make more people invested.
Wrap a bigger claim |
A thought: L.A. already has a team. Expand the Angels brand into the West Coast Angels
If I can't have the A's this way, let it be a California Angels also playing upstate or in a place like Las Vegas or Portland.
Take New York's brand and consider some share-time with Buffalo. They have a renovation-ready stadium beckoning. Or imagine: A power expansion team like the resurrection and renovation co-location of the East Coast Expos in Montreal and Charlotte.
Counter the realities by co-location with a dose of the idea that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Repping' all of the south? Unfair. |
Enticing idea? |
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links about big league expansion, relocation and co-location for the Big
Five sports throughout the blog: ProSportsExpansion.blogspot.com
An Angel. Ann Angel. Get it? |
Just a few samples:
California Angels Again
The California Angels of Anaheim and Oakland. West Coast Raiders
What City Combinations could you Fly a Flag Over these Regional Names? Sports Expansion
The New 32 Team MLB: Tampa-Monterrey, West Coast, North Country and SouthlandEast Coast Whalers of Norfolk and Hartford. A Two-Place Team in the NHL
For States without Big League Ball the Next Landing will be Las Vegas or Louisville
#MLBlasvegas #MLBportland #MLBsacramento
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