What Similarities for these Cities ....of More: Of Big Five, pt. 2

Nashville & Cincinnati fresh on the list

                                                                                                     Big Five as I see it

The Big Three

MLB NFL NBA

     Cleveland

    ...was Oakland also.  Milwaukee (w/ Packers), right?

                                                MLB NFL NHL

Tampa 

Pittsburgh

 (not too long ago St. Louis)

                                     More than one big city in their state

                          NFL NBA NHL

Carolina (Charlotte et al)
                             Up next, New Orleans?  Long time off

                               
         The Outdoor Towns                                   

                                                        MLB NFL MLS 

Cincinnati
Kansas City
                             More than one big city in their state.  Populations capture 2 million,  The drive between KC and STL is as far as Cinci to Cle (but Ohio's C-bus is the big league in between)

                    Any indication point to other city with two of these three leagues?:Baltimore is that  too near under D.C.'s big five shadow?

Outdoor towns, though they have newer and renovated arenas in wait.....

NFL NHL MLS

Connect 4

Nashville 

Big Three ....And 1

Atlanta and Houston

Next up:  Cleveland?

wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._cities_with_teams_from_four_major_league_sports 

You lucky bastards.  I've talked about you in other posts.  I've even talked second teams for the likes of Boston, Philly and Dallas.  Even further in the future than that,......everyone's second team cities.

see: Of Big Five: What Similarities for these Cities. 'Wons and Too's

What Similarities for these Cities. Of Big Five, Ones andToo's

I call it like I see it.  Though I believe MLS might swap with NHL in a couple decades.

NBA MLS Cities
"The Big Balls"

Portland

Orlando

              Utah              

                              SLC and Portland are the only big cities in their state
                              Orlando is in a state that touts 4 top-league towns.
                                    And by that measure, Only California has more in its market
                   

                     You can get super technical and say 7 cities in the Golden State(LA (Anaheim))

So, CA 7, FL 4, and then Texas and Ohio 3 and the likes of New York, 

Missouri and Tennessee with 2

          A one-horse stable in a state with flaunting of the Big Five?  Illinois

And all in name it's Minnesota       Next:  Sacramento, OKC down the line

NHL MLS

Columbus
San Jose         C-bus and San Josey' have car hustle proximity
                                                           to more than one big league city.
Montreal
Vancouver              
                                 Next:  Portland, but wait, they have the NBA

MLB NHL

St. Louis
           NFL Owner wanted unearned money and respect, so the people replied: "burn this bitch down"
                      Next:  Montreal
                            If it weren't for vacancies in Seattle and/or Portland, I'd say San Diego.

NFL NBA

New Orleans
Indianapolis
                    Next:  Oklahoma City?
                               Jacksonville or Memphis = No
                        And for both leagues: Louisville.  Kentucky Downs sound badass enough?

NFL NHL

Buffalo            ....No Balls
                           Next:  Toronto (and/or; but not for this argument because they tout MLB)

MLB NBA

.. .... well, kinda' Milwaukee but really they're big 3 staycationers
but we can all agree Green Bay is Milwaukee's and Wisconsin's.

THE BIG TWO

MLB NFL

Baltimore

Lucky coney for your next team

....used to be San Diego and Cincinnati, from a loss and gain, respecively

                                 The Onesies

MLB      

      San Diego

NFL

"Green Bay" - a Milwaukee tailgate trip
                      kind of like OSU grads making the trip from Cincinnati
Jacksonville

                 Over this expansion landing, I would've taken a Green Bay'esque tailgating venture for the entire state of Crimson Tide and War Eagle Countries

Next:  Louisville, sometime after that is Alabama  

NBA

Memphis

Oklahoma City
San Antonio (staked claim of Texas, namely the Rangers)
Brooklyn
Sacramento
                      next, Louisville

Onsie as far as the NFL is probably concerned, NHL Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Winnipeg
Ottawa
             and Las Vegas
      Next:  Nordiques again


Any missing?

 

see:  Of Big Five, pt. 2: What Similarities for these Cities ....of More

Detroit Arsenal and Sacramento Republic ???

Two more bids for the taking in Major League Soccer expansion.

Sactown

San Diego Wave
Or should the next So.Cal brand be called something like the Banshees.  The Land Whales.  But a play on the word Wail.  Banshees wail, right?


Detroit Arsenal sounds bad ass.
Bad as hell.  Tight af, as the kiddos are saying.  Naughty naughty ass.


But Gateway sounds crunk.  Lol, "crunk".  But really.  Gateway, though.  No more basic ass bizatch names, shall we?
Something else unconventional?  What about the Archies?  You know for the arch in St. Louis.  Or something I've been looking at for awhile:  Instead of United, let's do a sarcastic American twist by saying "Divided".  Make it our own, even if we know it's not, ...and we're late to the game.  I've said Texas Divided before, but it can work with the existence of Sporting Kansas City in Missouri.  State Divided.  Show me.  But since we have that arch in St. Louis and the great divide of the Mississippi, let's just call it States Divided.  Right smack in the middle of America.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Soccer

FC Cincinnati Training Facility

In the northeast suburb of Milford off the loop highway
(...close enough to Mason and the north 'Nnati demographic I've harped on)

bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018 fc-cincinnati-reportedly-has-found-training

 Viva the Football

Portland Diamond Project

Doing your homework.
Even turning it in the VERY day it's assigned.
That's front-runner material for a pro expansion bid landing in your city.

I would say it's eagerness for baseball watching bleacher-style.  But I didn't see anyone vying to relocate or land a Triple-A team to the city anytime recently.  But, okay, maybe too soon.  While there's a short-season A-level minor league club in those Oregon suburbs of Portland, they haven't beckoned higher level play since 2010.  Those Beavers of AAA ago became the Chihuahuas down yander in west Texas.

oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/06/portland_no_1_option_for_mlb

New Portland MLB Stadium [?]

Same team names across the board

Rangers  NHL MLB

Jets  NFL NHL

Oilers  NHL and used to be NFL

Giants   MLB NFL

Cardinals of MLB NFL
Panthers  NFL NHL

Kings   NHL NBA

Lions   CFL NFL

Cue the Cpt. Obvious pic, but I already did that recently. so  this'll do instead

Portland sounds good with a Jets name.  Charlotte/Carolina brand too for that matter.  Oklahoma Oilers.  The Basketball Giants.  Some Lions baseball?

United Bid gets World Cup 2026. Soccer Love Expanding

No Chicago in the United North American bid???

And some of the locations on this map could be subjected to national team training camp locations.  For Cincinnati, there will be the new MLS Fußball Cincinnati Stadium to house matches, as well as some renovated version of elbow ball American football at PBS just south of there, which is home of the Bengals, as well as Nippert and the University campus.  And another mile from that are high class athletic facilities at Xavier University.

But what do you see, or really don't see when you see this map?  I know Charlotte has had some international feetball displayed at a big venue.  No Chicago.  Utah on the outs.

Next Triple-A farm clubs in Portland and Montreal ?

And would they correspond to MLB teams in the cities of Vancouver and Charlotte?

Or perhaps Monterrey and Indianapolis...

Alternative Names. Some Teams Soccer, Major Leagues

New England Shields
New York Force
Philadelphia Statesmen
Columbus Ohioans
Portland Axemen
Boston Colonies



Minnesota Norse
Armada Orlando
Colorado Arsenal
American Inland FC (Cincinnati)
                  Monarchs
Gateway KC
Nashville Band
West Coast Galaxies
Armada (LA) or Fleet

G-League Triple-A Future

And these farm teams will be call-up ready clones for the NBA squads 

from the multi-tiered minor league in the future.

Cincinnati Celtics
Columbus Cavaliers
Louisville Pacers
Pittsburgh 76ers
Atlantic City Knicks
Hartford Nets
Baltimore Wizards
Columbia Hawks
Jacksonville Heat
Mobile Magic
Corpus Christi Pelicans
El Paso Spurs
Idaho Mavericks
Las Vegas Kings
Vancouver Raptors

Alabama Rockets
Reno Trailblazers
Knoxville Lakers
Seattle West Coast Clippers
Inland Empire Warriors
Nashville Grizzlies
St. Louis Jazz
Mexico Bulls
Dakota Timberwolves
New Mexico Nuggets
Arkansas Bucks
Omaha Thunder
Kansas City Suns
Norfolk Hornets
Albuquerque Pistons

Alternative Names. Each Team NHL

Montreal Minks
Toronto Talls
Ottawa Barons
Boston Boosters
New York New York Reign & Dockers
Florida Destroyers
Tampa Bay Boosters
Dallas Rail
LA Hits
LA Anaheim Emperors
San Jose Stompers
Calgary Zoo
Edmonton Axes
Vancouver Shipmen

Winnepeg Winds
Las Vegas Shows
Pittsburgh Mills
Philadelphia Shakers
Columbus Huskers
Chicago Snow Thunder
Colorado Maximum
Carolina Tidals
Nashville Comets
Detroit Diesel
Minnesota Missiles
Washington Lords
Buffalo Rinks
New Jersey Jolts
St. Louis Middlemen

....... but but..... 31, ....ummm Arizona Pack
for hell's sake Quebec Nordiques!!!

Markets on Edge of your Seats and Screens

The title is a thematic homage.  Television ratings are huge for sports markets.  MLS is struggling to monetize the relative break-less format of the game to squeeze in commercials in addition to its American popularity patience growth.

With all the talk of the hugely successful Las Vegas NHL Golden Knights Team in their inaugural year, big league soccer landing in Cincinnati in the matter of no time, places like Portland having the buzz for a ballpark, and the sitting arena in the land of Nordiques, expansion craze is subtly in the air.

Seattle NHL NBA
Louisville NBA
Quebec City NHL
Portland MLB news blurb every other day.  Montreal romanticizing for rebirth.
Is the 27th kickball franchise ready to stabilize in Sac-town Capital Cali?
As far as the feetball, Las Vegas is going to be invigorated with Raider football and there's no talk about who is next in the league.  It would be nice for the NFL to address a minor league system so we can get out of patronizing institutions of academic learning.  My blog has addressed markets like Toronto, Louisville, Portland, OKC or San Antonio/Austin (San Marcos).

 
What are your thoughts?  
Is the first of any of the above-mentioned going to be Seattle filling their arena with two more sports seasons?

You on the edge of your seat?
Building a brand before the blessing?