Long story but sums up the efforts of Portland, Montreal and the Carolina's very well:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-business-behind-mlb-expansion-portland-montreal-and-raleigh-taking-different-approaches-to-landing-a-team/

Question: Would you be OK if the Sox moved to Portland and we immediately got an expansion team? Jerry owns the Portland team and we get a whole new franchise. He demands it's the Portland White Sox so we have to rename the team the Chicago Barons or Chicago Fire Trucks.

And our new owners announce immediate plans to build a new ballpark in either the most accessible suburb to the highway or on 35th and Shields in the parking lot which was the old stadium property.

Edited July 19, 20196 yr by greg775

It'd be a lot easier to legally watch the Sox in such an instance.