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I've heard they're actually more interested in getting an NHL team rather than the NBA. They're said to be shooting for the Penguins that are supposedly looking to leave Pittsburgh. With the youth of Crosby and Malkin, that wouldn't be a bad team to have either.Quote:
Originally Posted by TxJudsonRocketTx
Clippers needs to move back to San Diego, city is ready
Pittsburgh should have a team . very nice city with $$$
Las Vegas is also perfect but with that ref situation it wont happen, i would love NBA in Vegas full time.
i dont think OKC is a good city to hold NBA for many years after it loses its appeal, they are gonna be another Charlotte or N.O.
I think Monterey, Mexico would be a good city in case they expand south of the border but thats a way way long shot
...all these cities would be better served building parks and museums, and replenishing water and energy supplies than financing a NBA Team...
I live in Tampa, and I agree with Russ...we must have the most bandwagoner sports fans in the country down here (see Bucs, Bulls). I don't see TB being able to support an NBA franchise through thick and thin, especially with the Magic less than an hour away in Orlando.
i got it.. the Hawaii Chiefs! :devil
That would make for a hell of a road trip, though. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by urunobili
Except that Mizzou is in Columbia, about 120 miles from StL. Its is just around 45 mins to an hour further to the campuses of Illinois and Indiana. Kansas City is also about 120 miles from Columbia.Quote:
Originally Posted by K-State Spur
And that the Rams are about 98% full every game even tho they just got their first win of the year - about the same percentage as Pitsburgh and Kansas City and higher than Dallas, Indy and San Diego.
So I guess you could call KC's support of the Chefs and Mizzou lukewarm at best. Not to mention that the only team in the MLB that have worse attendance this decade is Tampa Bay.
I don't think anybody in their right mind would say that STL supports the Rams like KC does the Chiefs or PIT does the Steelers. (and NFL attendance, like other sports, is based on tickets sold, not bodies in the arena.)
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NFL says TV blackout policy isn't antiquated
By Dan Caesar
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
10/27/2007
...That will be the case Sunday in St. Louis, as a Rams home game won't be carried locally for just the third time the team moved to St. Louis in 1995 — but for the second home game in a row. The Edward Jones Dome will be about 3,000 tickets short of a sell out....
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No blackout for Chiefs
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, October 05, 2007
The prospect of the first local TV blackout of a Chiefs game since 1990 ended Thursday.
Tickets for the Sunday's noon game with Jacksonville at Arrowhead had been available all week, raising the prospect that the game might not be sold out in time for the NFL's TV blackout provisions to be lifted.
But the Chiefs confirmed Thursday that the league now considers the game to be within sellout limits, even as some individual tickets remain unsold. The Kansas City television station scheduled to broadcast the game — KCTV (Channel 5) in this case — traditionally purchases remaining tickets as a hedge against losing extensive local advertising revenue already sold for the telecast.
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Visibly empty seats at Arrowhead and speculations that some games may be under a television blackout if more tickets are not sold haven’t created a stir among even the most fervent Chiefs fan. The unveiling of the new Arrowhead Stadium received some acknowledgment but still…. Where is the celebrated Chiefs passion? Missing.
No mention of the Mizzou reference, I see.
East St. Louis needs a team. First 20,000 fans get free soup or an AIDS test. Place would sell out every game.
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Originally Posted by Assman
Would Larry Flynt own the team?Quote:
Originally Posted by Assman
The NBA would have to change its usual schedule for East St. Louis home games. 7:30 PM is too early a start time; most residents are just waking up then.
For aesthetic effect, the arena should be made out of 100-year-old brick overgrown with ivy and weeds, and there should be an extra wing of the building that looks "collapsed" for authenticity.
What about Calgary, Alberta.....1.1 million people with Edmonton, Alberta just 2.5 hours away with 1 million as well....still a long shot... :)
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
One hour time diference with the East Cost. Only an 8 hour flight from Miami or Dallas.
And best of all, we would not have to support the Spurs anymore :)
Of the 3 major sports, and MLB franchise is far and away the toughest kind of franchise to sustain (primarily because of broken MLB economics).Quote:
Originally Posted by ShoogarBear
If Baltimore can support an MLB team in between teams in Phili and Wash... they can support an NBA team there.
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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear
Vancouver has been tried very recently. Don't remember all the reasons for the Grizzlies move to Memphis, but I'm assuming the franchise wasn't a giant success up north.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurminator
St. Louis is 50% larger (overall metro area) than Kansas City. (1.5 mill vs. 2.3 mill). That doesn't mean KC can't be a good basketball city... there's more to it than just population.Quote:
Originally Posted by TxJudsonRocketTx
I live in Atlanta, which is the 8th largest market in the country, and the Hawks probably didn't enjoy as much support as they deserved when they were good. In recent years of course, this franchise has been a mess, so it's hard to blame people for not showing up.
But population is important. I like the the odds of a city of 2.3 mill supporting 3 major pro sports franchises better than I like the chances of a 1.5 million-city successfully doing so.
Moving the Sonics is a travesty! They should stay in Seattle for reasons of history and the fact that it is a growing, high income city and a doorway to Asia, and the hornets should move back to OKC where they got great support.
Moving the Sonics to OKC makes no sense whatsoever to me.
I am in favor of okc getting a team
I am oppoed to san antonio getting a football team though ( don;t wan to losee dallas cowboy media coverage)
other than OKC (b/c it'd be the only major league team in town), i can't see any of these cities getting excited about basketball.
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Originally Posted by Kent_in_Atlanta
Most of it had to do with the utter ineptitude of the front office.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kent_in_Atlanta
Personally, I think it's the Clippers that should move to OKC. Aren't the Lakers enough? It's time for the Clippers to take their own identity. The league should have a policy which states, there shall be no city with two commited teams. Really, is it neccessary? Talk about a bunch of greedy bastards. :lol