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That's Ms. Garrett from The Facts Of LifeMove the Rays to Charlotte. The Charlotte Rays actually sounds right
MLB commish confirms Oakland A’s will be moving to Las Vegas (Update: $1.5B park on Vegas strip on the way)
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Where else could they go? Montreal, Charlotte, or Salt Lake City? There's not that many markets left on the table that can support an MLB team
They weren’t leaving Milwaukee, they knew a veiled threat would get the state officials to cave and they got it.
Maybe Charlotte and its metro could do it but a MLB team is a massive big operation.. 82 home games, Triple A, Double A, and Single A affiliates, you need corporate sponsors, promotional nights, etc. Where would West Virginia, S. Carolina, Kentucky, etc. pull in enough fans across the state to fill a 35K stadium for 82 games a season? I don't even see the A's working out in Vegas at all, but we'll see. Maybe I'm wrong
They'd be perfect for Nashville, looking how they show up for Predators games, I have no doubt they'd come for MLB games.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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Is that a market that really cares about baseball though?
Nashville is one of those places that loves sports period. Look at their minor league team, they draw more than some major league teams.
...and some waffle fries
Superstar
Nashville is the best market for a MLB team right now.
Nashvile Sounds is AAA team and they have the 3rd best attendance in the minors. Stadium is downtown. Its been boomin. Nashville is the Atlanta for cacs.
It's going to be a disaster if they go to Las Vegas.
Jimmy Kimmel said Las Vegas is a Dodgers town and John Fisher is a piece of shyt.
I've been following this guy for updates, hoping for the worst because I wish they weren't leaving Oakland.
Of course I want them to stay in Oakland but if they actually leave, then it's Las Vegas' problem
Jimmy Kimmel said Las Vegas is a Dodgers town and John Fisher is a piece of shyt.
I've been following this guy for updates, hoping for the worst because I wish they weren't leaving Oakland.
Of course I want them to stay in Oakland but if they actually leave, then it's Las Vegas' problem
Captain Crunch
Veteran
Who cutting onions?
Captain Crunch
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It’s not over, even the former Marlins President David Samson is saying the same thing.
This has the same smell as the Chargers moving to LA. A long time owner without the funds to compete latches onto a larger city because "market" instead of staying where they have actual fans. The Chargers team complains openly now about not actually having a home game. It is what it is. It'll happen a few more times before they learn to just sell. Vegas ain't gonna support a cheap owner with a losing product.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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It ain’t gonna be like the knights or raiders where the nfl sells out automatically and only has to worry about 8 home games or an expansion franchise that’s made real effort to compete. The A’s will be coming off what’s gonna be the worst decade maybe of any major league team ever and going to a market that’s never to my knowledge cared much for baseball. Rays games vs the Yankees in the early to mid 2000’s in an area full of New Yorkers still could barely get past a half capacity crowd. I can’t see the A’s doing decent attendance in Vegas.This has the same smell as the Chargers moving to LA. A long time owner without the funds to compete latches onto a larger city because "market" instead of staying where they have actual fans. The Chargers team complains openly now about not actually having a home game. It is what it is. It'll happen a few more times before they learn to just sell. Vegas ain't gonna support a cheap owner with a losing product.
Marlins stadium needs to be repurposed to the Canes Stadium/New Orange Bowl.
