Region ‘Capitols

Kang of the Northwest is Seattle. 

West is LA. I wonder if that’s permanent.

Big five Mountain Time champ = Denver. Sorry, Phoenix hockey.

Central time defaults to Dallas.

Populationwise as well, in the Midwest it’s Chicago.

Dirty South could be New Orleans depending how much we fragment this vibe-map. Another swampy south but tropical vibe mention is Miami. For sports they got it all. 

Atlanta is a strong default in mentioning a ball hog of the south. Puck that. Nashville might vie for it in decades to come.

Northeast is double-up NYC. 

For geographic purposes a king of north claim could be had for Minneapolis.

Ticker tape 2100 St. Louis

St. Louis Opening Day tickets package,… maybe. Year 2100 A.D.

Cards v. Reds 

Blues v. Penguins

SLSC v. Columbus Crew

Battlehawks v. Bears

Rapids v. Bucks 

Battlehawks. Rapids.

Decade later is dark horse

The difference a dozen years make…

Since 2014 the NFL returned to Los Angeles in the double dose again.

As for MLB Portland & Charlotte are no longer front-runners. Between the riotous blingy trendy borderless boothead problem storming the nation the apple pie pastime may no longer fit in those Afroconfederate Soviet sanctuary markets.

NBA is not going my way à la Louisville. Glitz and glamour clamour to Las Vegas. It’s empty, it’s not homey and it’s likely a candidate for relocation when the getting isn’t good. I’m calling it before it even starts. Loyalty is an issue. Like LeeBrsun Jamiseisons’ loyalty. The refugeebreeds be refugeeing.

Austin indeed finally took center stage in center Texas. Maybe that will prove to help break the ice.

NHL did return to Seattle, but there we are with the Vegas Big Four or Five boomtown of lust over loyalty again.  Portland against the world when it comes to that place showing its jungle barista brat ass.

Ticker tape 2100 New Orleans

New Orleans opening day tickets package.

Saints vs. Bengals

Parades and Cardinals

Bayou v. Austin SC

Pelicans v. Jazz 

Gators take on the Flames

Cities to get 2 Big Five teams ?

Louisville needs the Horsemen NBA and Kentucky Downs NFL

SLC after baseball Eagles can have Raptors

Portland Talls and Stags

OKC is decades away from a market substantially over a million for two more, though I think a lot of markets can swing a tailgate for NFL, especially states that have two big college contenders in them. Oilers anyone?

Toronto is the no-brainer for that balance on the NFL map.

MLS Gap. Albuquerque area …and by Buffalo

 Upstate v. The Ranch

Dallas for a Two-team town w/ MLB at Austin

 Central

Texas Sidewinders

Central Texas with San Antonio & Austin have about two-thirds the market Dallas does.

I wonder if a Texas billionaire could finagle another team into town (Greater Dallas), with at least 40 home camp games in Austin/San Antonio Central Texasplex.

Ohio bush

 

MLB expansion rounds down the road

Next: Tennessee Stars & Utah Raptors

2040?: Carolina Cats & Portland Talls

2060: Indiana Farmers & Oklahoma Pilots

Will the Expos ever reincarnate? Will Anglo and Franco ties be looser in Western politics in a Brexity-fragmented Euro-world kind of way, thereby Quebec blowing off baseball?

If my year 2040/60 panned out, below is what turf is staked.

A.I. missed some teams.

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Volleyball at Wrigley last weekend

 Hockey and Volleyball at baseball. Hockey at football.

Any others to do?

MLS map gap. Winnipeg and South Carolina

 A team already exists called Charleston Battery. Whether MLS stays the same or does relegation someday….they can take on more Canadian teams

MLS…..futuro

Arsenal and Armada take to the pitch.

The Ranch travel from Albuquerque to Bootleggers Utd. in Louisville this week.

Canyon against Bayou

PACOM in Honolulu, Oakland and occasionally Anchorage camped “home”. Represent.

Drive OK takes on Scout Platoon Idaho

Diamond Club @ Deisel

The Parade @ Indiana Infantry ground game

Intra-Canadian battle of Energy taking on the Flock. The Meece Flock fans bang the drums.Atlantic Fleet at tier 2 will have camped games docking at Norfolk or Charleston for the loser of the Sac Rep v. Austin FC. Winner of that takes on Great Lakes. Pitt goes down river to take on FCC.

Maybe relegation structure of two-tier league will usher in wider geographical inclusivity decades earlier.

North Country ‘Jacks, Vancouver Canadiens & Montreal Expos

 North Country ‘Jacks be flapping in Vancouver and Montreal.

In Triple-A, respectively, so can the Canadiens & Expos. 40 big league games and some farm team squad action.

Montreal with Vancouver Viability

 A.I., citing MLB standards,  didn’t like my 15,000 seat aim at viability. 

Pretty much it wants more than 25k seats. It does mention higher scalability for renovating to accommodate more seating. If British Columbia wouldn’t stack up to even only 40 games, more seats can be stacked in Montreal.

Should some of these just be triple-A towns?

Artintell maps suck so bad, missing O-birds and Brewers…Angels, Cubbies…

What year could this be? 2075 or 2100…

Tennessee Stars vs. Utah Raptors

Carolina Cougarcats vs. Indiana Farmers

Louisville Lumber Co. vs. Omaha Oaks

Oklahoma Pilots vs. Portland Talls

New Orleans Parades vs. Orlando Gators (OG?) or Palms

North Country Jacks vs. Central Texas Sidewinders

For now, Portland, Orlando and Montreal need bigger league teams. Some of the other cities could have, and have sustained bigger teams like Trip-A before. Not shown, Richmond and Dayton has the attendance figures to sustain AAA. Austin or San Antonio for MLB?

Arizona Soccer Club vs. another swath of America. MLS gaps

 Toe-tapping markets. Dipping the toes in to see the temperature. Arizona and Appalachia’ish.

More MLB Canada. Lumberjacks play in Vancouver & Montreal

Any divisional alignment justified. Their affiliate clubs can share the two 15,000 seat stadiums. Ball hogs in Canada.

In the previous post I had A.I. do Montreal’s rendering. I like the brand ‘Jacks for our North Country neighbors.

Montreal could be Athletics Triple-A team ?

 Expos, or call them Internationals.

I’m really about multi-nodal all-Canadian brands in MLB and the NFL, North Country and Norde Force.

The North Country Lumberjacks sharing time in 15,000 seat ballparks in Vancouver and Montreal. The triple-A squads can share the places.

Spoiler alert…a future post talks about how A.I. countered my notion with economic sense.

Cincinnati Sisters vs. Nashville Cowgals

 

I like the Gals name.

WNBA specific arena in Cincinnati 

Austin Outlaws v. KC

 This ain’t your Stars and Mavs 

Which future MLB city wears green better ?

 Portland Talls or Indiana Farmers

Wish List Maps

 As seen in blog posts.

Charlotte or Raleigh for Big League Baseball

Raleigh 

More than 150 miles separate Charlotte and Raleigh, the 21st and 22nd largest media markets. And it seems to showcase Raleigh in the conversation more than Charlotte in 2026 chatter.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/09/29/us-media-market-rankings-bay-area-passes-boston-strong-growth-for-austin-west-palm-beach-okc/

They would name it Carolina, right? Please do not insert Star Wars Princess Laya meme. In honor of 9/11 and a billionaire jobless Islamic mayor of NYC voted in, who cares.

MLS Map pace?

Energy vs. Blue Collars

Infantry @ Armada

Cincinnati area arena…

 

Should it be Tennessee Stars in Memphis too?

Memphis

What happens to Nashville’s current AAA team and field? Part-time in Memphis? An annual game in the Smokies!?

Butts in seats is the pastime’s prob these daze.

Nashville rendering

Cin v. Pit on the hardwood someday t’morrow, them Dogs taking on the Squads

 Cinci Shield, Sorties, Squads? Pittsburgh Dawgs?

Tailgater States

Summonsing a Sunday after a Saturday might be a bit much. 

East of the Mississip’. Could they handle NFL?

Big league markets already exist. Toronto untapped. Buffalo would be fine.

West Virginia. Marshal and WVU fans enough? Maybe not. Steelers suffice.

Alabama. Auburn and Big Bammy bases. Something akin even to a Green Bay situation could work.

West

Iowa and Oklahoma tout more than one big program and much of those homeboy fan bases can come together, swinging a Saturday into the Sunday. Ditto for Utah and Oregon, even though SLC and Portland dollars are substantial market metros for twice a month.

Nebraska and Arkansas not so much. I’d like to hear a case for a 50 mile stretch of Omaha to Lincoln. What about Boise?

Fantasy NBA Map adds

 Some teams mentioned in the blog before.

MiLB promotion or Reincarnation to Triple-A

With hot talk of MLB expansion, you get my 2 pennies. Those pennies are Utah Eagles/Raptors and Tennessee Stars.

Colorado Sky Sox could be a reincarnation. And we can look north to Canada in the Vancouver Canadiens and Ottawa Lynx  

Added Colorado & Carolina.

 

Eagle emblem needs work 

Columbia Beans in Carolina. Lexington Legends promotion?

New Orleans and Oakland might plainly be too black, like a riotous Baltimore stadium echo. Dare not pretend I’m off base. Yes, America is the individual. And it is group patterns. Math is math. Deficits are deficits. It’s 2026. It’s not excusable. Ok, so you want to be tribal and now let’s see how that attitude stacks for ya’.

What about rebirth of Honolulu as Trip-A and new turf in Alaska?  It’s an airlift. Would the North Pole Nicks be a brave brand in Alaska or Canada? Alaska has never had MiLB.

Who do you see? Maybe Birmingham and Madison, WI. Open up some Dbl-A to Evansville?