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wow, the SF Bay Area has 7.1M people just by itself, and the LA area has more...."You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
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Downtown Cincinnati to downtown Indianapolis is just under two hours, so you can see where the Reds would have a fit about expansion there. Indy did have the Reds' AAA team at one time, but during the Schott era, the Indy owners got tired of Marge's BS and penury and broke free.Originally posted by james33 View Post
Columbus, which currently has the Indians' AAA team, is also just under two hours from downtown Cincinnati, and it's about two and a quarter to two and a half hours from Cleveland. The city is pretty much the border between Reds and Indians fans. You can see where neither of those franchises would welcome an expansion team there.
Louisville has the Reds' AAA team and, once again, is right around two hours from Cincinnati. The Reds would scream bloody murder if a team wound up there.
Dayton is barely an hour from Cincinnati, is solid Reds territory, and doesn't have the metro population to support a team. In over 40 years in Cincinnati, I've never heard any call for a major league team there.Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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Great city. Lived there for almost four years in the early 2000s, and still have a number of friends in the area. Only bad thing about it is if you're still travelling a lot - the airport is one of the most poorly run airports in the US. If you start to get serious about it, pop me a PM. I'll pass on what I can to help you out.Originally posted by Moonlight J View PostWhy do you think I'm contemplating a move to Charlotte in 2014?
I'm just here for the baseball.
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The 51's are moving from downtown to Summerlin in 2015.Comment
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That will help in terms of being a more successful AAA franchise, given that Summerlin is a comparatively safe and well-off area. Are they building the park with "expandability" in mind? Maybe 18-20,000, with room to build up to 40,000?Originally posted by mgwiz22 View PostOnly the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William JamesComment
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Hmmm, the latest I see on a new stadium in Summerlin seems to still be in the proposal/planning phase and not a done deal yet. To answer your questions, DQ, according to this article, looks like the stadium plan is to only hold 9,000 (which is about what Cashman Field currently holds) with no mention of an expansion plan.Originally posted by Don Quixote View Post
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I took the information from Billhere newsletter http://www.lvopenings.com/click-here...s-newsletters/. It was presented there as a done deal but I suspect that the information cited in the review journal is more accurate.Originally posted by Friarfan View PostHmmm, the latest I see on a new stadium in Summerlin seems to still be in the proposal/planning phase and not a done deal yet. To answer your questions, DQ, according to this article, looks like the stadium plan is to only hold 9,000 (which is about what Cashman Field currently holds) with no mention of an expansion plan.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/...park-summerlinComment
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Between the low capacity, the lack of stadium expansion capability, and the suburban location, they're clearly not looking at attracting a major league team.Originally posted by Friarfan View PostHmmm, the latest I see on a new stadium in Summerlin seems to still be in the proposal/planning phase and not a done deal yet. To answer your questions, DQ, according to this article, looks like the stadium plan is to only hold 9,000 (which is about what Cashman Field currently holds) with no mention of an expansion plan.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/...park-summerlinOnly the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William JamesComment
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Maury Brown put his finger on the main obstacle to expansion in this article from a few years ago:
Any expansion city would be heavily opposed by the team(s) whose RSN territory they would be taking away. That's a huge obstacle. Just look at how much trouble the A's are having with the Giants in moving to San Jose.Expansion, for all intents and purposes, is off the menu for MLB these days. With record revenues the pressure to do so is non-existent, and besides, why slice up the revenue pie or conceivably add other revenue-sharing mouths to feed?
In terms of relocation, the difficulties have increased with the advent of regional sports networks (RSNs).
In the early ‘90s you could count on the Cubs and Braves as being seen out of the local market on a regional and national level. There was no YES or NESN or MLB Extra Innings. And FOX Sports Net was just starting its march across the country with a fleet of RSNs. The addition of RSNs has created a hodgepodge of television territories, some of which overlap, and are guarded like a first-born child."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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Which is why Montreal is viewed as an easy expansion market because there are no territorial rights to fight.Comment
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