if the owners of the Miami Marlins are considering a move, where would a good

place be???

 

I am thinking b/c of the economic growth of North Dakota, would that be a good

state / city to look at. redo the alignments and have them move into the Central,

either AL or NL.

San Antonio

 

7th largest city in the US, huge sports town. Great early and late season weather.

Most likely place for a new/relocated franchise to succeed is Montreal. San Antonio and Las Vegas are other possibilities

if the owners of the Miami Marlins are considering a move, where would a good

place be???

 

I am thinking b/c of the economic growth of North Dakota, would that be a good

state / city to look at. redo the alignments and have them move into the Central,

either AL or NL.

 

Miami isn't going anywhere. They just got a brand new stadium.

Lol, there are so many locales that would be considered before any Dakota.

 

 

Besides, Wite is there. They know it is toxic

The estimated population of the Miami metropolitan area is ~5 million people.

 

The population of North and South Dakota COMBINED is 1.56 million.

The estimated population of the Miami metropolitan area is ~

5 million people.

 

The population of North and South Dakota COMBINED is 1.56 million.

 

all that has been mention is true. i did not know that the owners of the Marlins

finally signed the lease. last i know, 2 wks ago, they didn't like the contract.

 

North Dakota is going thru a boom, with more projected. Vegas, i thought that

sustaining a crowd for the whole season may be a gamble, no pun intended.

Once the embargo is lifted I would not be entirely shocked if Santo Domingo and Havana get teams.

Once the embargo is lifted I would not be entirely shocked if Santo Domingo and Havana get teams.

 

Not gonna happen.

 

By that I mean the embargo being lifted or teams moving there.

 

Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Vancouver and Montreal would all come first for international markets.

 

Then you have the following major US cities with a population of 345,000+ without a team: San Antonio, San Jose, Austin, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Columbus, Charlotte, El Paso, Louisville, Portland, Las Vegas, Albuquergue, Tuscon, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Mesa, Virginia Beach, Colorado Springs, Omaha, Raleigh, Tulsa, Wichita, New Orleans and Honolulu.

Not gonna happen.

 

By that I mean the embargo being lifted or teams moving there.

 

Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Vancouver and Montreal would all come first for international markets.

 

Then you have the following major US cities with a population of 345,000+ without a team: San Antonio, San Jose, Austin, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Columbus, Charlotte, El Paso, Louisville, Portland, Las Vegas, Albuquergue, Tuscon, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Mesa, Virginia Beach, Colorado Springs, Omaha, Raleigh, Tulsa, Wichita, New Orleans and Honolulu.

 

Neither Indianapolis nor Louisville are at all interested in teams. They are more than satisfied being AAA cities.

North Dakota? I tried not to reply, but... the population is exceedingly tiny and mostly in lower wage work, not to mention the oil boom is by nature likely to cycle back down at some point.

 

The list of usual metro area suspects remains pretty much the same: San Antonio/McAllen, Portland, Las Vegas, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Nashville, Montreal, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, San Juan. Long shots maybe New Orleans, Oklahoma City. Honestly I could come up with probably at least 50 metro areas ahead of anything in the Dakotas on a list.

 

ETA: The Tampa team is the one who would move, not Miami.

 

North Dakota? I tried not to reply, but... the population is exceedingly tiny and mostly in lower wage work, not to mention the oil boom is by nature likely to cycle back down at some point.

 

The list of usual metro area suspects remains pretty much the same: San Antonio/McAllen, Portland, Las Vegas, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Nashville, Montreal, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, San Juan. Long shots maybe New Orleans, Oklahoma City. Honestly I could come up with probably at least 50 metro areas ahead of anything in the Dakotas on a list.

 

ETA: The Tampa team is the one who would move, not Miami.

 

to all who posted, thanks for the updates and your opinion.

 

many thanks.

Neither Indianapolis nor Louisville are at all interested in teams. They are more than satisfied being AAA cities.

 

I know, but they'd still get teams before Cuba.

Mexico City is an impossible place to play baseball. Air is way too thin, it'd be like Denver x10.

By the end of December, the new St Pete mayor and the Rays should have some sort of agreement to allow the Rays to explore locations in the Tampa side of Tampa Bay. The old mayor of St Petersburg wouldn't even let the Rays look in Tampa.

 

So once that is taken care of, the talk of relocation is probably dead when it comes to MLB for awhile.