Don't know how that statements an issue. Just because San Antonio has a low median income don't mean everyone is poor. They can attract some San Antonio people. How is statement a problem? Explain rather than expect people to take what you say and run with it. Oh wait, this is the internet...
@@anonymousperson3023 He's saying that the city doesn't have enough people with enough money to drive 30 minutes to the game, but enough people with enough money to drive an hour and a half to supplement another cities team. That's, in my eyes, a contradiction. It should ideally work the other way, where the city with less expendable income gets the team and the city that's smaller but has more income gets the inconvenience of a longer drive. This not even considering San Antonio has a population of 1.5M, larger than 23 cities with teams and is growling at the same rate as Austin. They can easily get 30K a night into a stadium. Theres the explanation you wanted XD
I'd say also look at Vancouver Canada, Monterrey Mexico, Tijuana Mexico and even possibly returning to Montreal Canada. They're all growing fairly fast, are fairly profitable and (especially in the Mexican cities case) really opens up a new market. A team in Mexico could get the blue jays treatment where they're basically the entire countries team
@@dtcc2k9 true, hence why Monterrey is my first choice. I don't know enough about the demographic and geographic makeup of padres fans so I can't be completely sure on how many people in Tijuana and its surrounding areas are padres fans. All I know is giving them a home team could mean more fans overall.
@@HatWearingDog Cuba would be so damn cool but if they were to go into the Caribbean they gotta go with PR, American territory and all that. It'd be a massive snub to PR if they went to Cuba first. Then again they could easily put 4 teams in the Caribbean and have the bases of support for them.
I don't understand why Charlotte, Vegas, and Nashville aren't considered. Charlotte and Vegas have bigger metro populations than Austin (2.2-2.6 million) and are growing quick. It also would have less competition with other MLB teams from their state like Austin would.
Been saying Raleigh, NC is the perfect place for MLB for years. Plenty of people. Along major travel roads. PLENTY of corporate sponsorship. Already a surviving professional sports franchise. 2 in Charlotte, would make 2 in Raleigh. It lines up with other NL East rival teams. Raleigh is the place.
@@TAGZLABZ I know it would work. I advocate for five new southern MLB teams (Charlotte, Austin, Orlando, Nashville, and either Raleigh or Norfolk). I was just pointing out that they do have professional baseball in the area.
Honestly, OKC seems like a great choice. Large city with only one other sports team. Their minor league team (Dodgers affiliate) pulls great numbers. They produce a lot of baseball players, and the baseball culture is great. I am not from there, but I think that it would be a perfect place for expansion.
Oakland should relocate to Charlotte, NC. I mean North Carolina has the Panthers of the NFL, the Hornets of the NBA, and the Hurricanes of the NHL. The state is just missing a MLB team and there is a huge market in the state for Baseball, I mean, North Carolina does have like 9 minor league or otherwise semi-pro teams and it's time we get a full MLB team.
The only issue I can see with that is then where does the minor league go? They are the Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate so they would need to relocate somewhere east.
When I lived in Oklahoma the only major sports team I could go to was the thunder but if a MLB team came to town that would just be a great impact on the city and for sports fans
Does baseball need to expand to survive though? Just adding a new team doesn't change the fact that baseball as a sport is seen as slow and boring by most young fans. Doing a better job of promoting the game online, marketing their players, eliminating dead time, and making tickets and parking cheaper for kids to entice younger fans would be probably be a better strategy than putting a team in Austin and hoping the residents forgo the other 2 long established teams within 3 hours and the outside team allegiances all the transplants will have.
@@jtscotty007 Angels, Dodgers, A's, Padres and Giants. Only 5 teams... In the MLB. In the NHL they have 3, the L.A. King's, the Anaheim Ducks and the San Jose Sharks. NBA has 4, the Lakers and Clippers in L.A., Sacramento Kings and the Warriors in San Francisco. NFL has 3, the L.A. Chargers, L.A. Rams and San Francisco 49ers. So it's more like 15 teams competing for sports dollars in the state, which is a lot, even if it's the most populated state.
@@jtscotty007 I mean the state has the population of Canada and Canada has 9 pro sports teams, 7 NHL teams, the Jays and the Raptors. If you count the CFL, then add their 9 teams with a tenth coming sometime this decade maybe. And then New York has like 4 million teams. The MLBs Yankees and Mets, The NHLs Rangers, Islanders and Buffalo Sabres, the NBAs Knicks and Nets and the NFLs Giants and Jets although they actually play in New Jersey and the Bills. So like 10. This is all not counting MLS Soccer, which adds 3 teams to Canada (Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal) 2 "New York" Teams (One again playing in Jersey) and Three California teams (L.A. Galaxy, Los Angeles FC and the San Jose Earthquakes) Lotta sports dollar competition.
The thing about Austin though is that it’s still small market knowing that it is growing in population, plus most of it are people watching Longhorns than anything, third of all we don’t need another Texas team
I’m from Baton Rouge and we definitely need a baseball team in New Orleans We already have a football team and if we add a baseball team along with one other expansion team then there would be a 32 teams in mlb The surrounding states to our east don’t have one so it be closer to them and not to mention LSU has the number 1 ranked baseball team which kinda proves we got a fan base here
Plus with minor league teams like Charlotte Knights, Kannapolis Cannonballers, and teams like Gastonia Honeyhunters and more there’s a lot of flow that can happen to bring a good baseball team to Charlotte with minor league teams nearby
@@bravesfan31 Atlanta is 4 hours from Charlotte. Why is this proximity issue o ly everentioned for southern cities? It is absurd considering the Yankees and Mets are less than thirty minutes from one another, the Phillies are only one and a half hours from the Yankees, the Nationals and Orioles are like 45 minutes apart, and the Guardians and Pirates are only one and a half hours from one another. You also have the three southern California teams and the Brewers like an hour away from the Cubs and White Sox. Charlotte is 2.7 million people, and the South had been jipped in MLB, considering is is by far the most populated region and only had one team for every 25 million or so residents, whereas the other regions have one team for every seven to nine million residents.
It would be better to put it in Richmond VA, it had no major baseball teams (or any major teams in VA,) they already have a popular minor league team, the greater Richmond area is 1 mil, and for other towns, it would be a lot easier to go to Richmond than to Washington DC or Nashville
Las Vegas could work because the tourism helps the population punch above its weight, especially if you put the ballpark right by the strip baseball tickets are so cheap. It would be a great comp for the casinos, they could strike a deal for a chunk of the unsold tickets, a day or two ahead of the match and help get butts in the seat. This helps the team fill out the ballpark get some thing for the tickets and make money on concessions and souvenirs.
"MLB is dying" after having a record revenue year in 2022. MLB doesn't have to be popular to make money. It works off of volume not popularity. It sells enough tickets and air-time filler that it only has to be moderately interesting to do well. So long as it's ratings are beating out re-runs of Seinfeld, the owners get to be billionaires.
@@Nameless-mn8sq I dunno how much you make but $60/game is way too much just for a ticket. Once you factor in parking, food and drinks...it gets really expensive. Heaven help you if you want to take along kids (if you have them(
I went to regular season games for the rangers for about $20 and went to the ALCS for $90. Compared to any other sport( mls too) mlb games are by far the lowest price
@@Nameless-mn8sqfor the avg family of 4 its over a thousand dollars for tickets, food, souvenirs, travel and lodging. You can save a few hundred by living close to the stadium or not buying anything there but then what's the point in going?
I would choose 1. Austin 2. Nashville 3. Some candian city 4. Some city in anither nearby coutnry, lets say Mexico 5. IDK probably just abother California team they always seem to have like 73 sports teams
There are usually 6 to 8 teams completely out of contention by the All Star Break. There isn't enough talent to field 30 teams, no way can they expand. If anything they need to cut teams, but they won't because owners are pocketing too much cash on revenue sharing.
I personally think the Raleigh area could work. Only other major pro sport team is the Carolina Hurricanes and is a fast growing area thats pretty big on college baseball. Just wouldn't want it to hurt the Durham Bulls that play 1 city over so idk
Honestly I'd put an expansion team in Austin, TX and Louisville, KY. Austin is the largest city in the US without a big four team, and Louisville is the historical heart of baseball (while still being the 28th largest city in the States). If the Cardinals can sell out at pretty much every venue they own, I'm sure a 35k seat MLB stadium can sell out.
Austin Texas would be great, but I think adding 2 more Canadian teams would be very smart too. Bring back the Montreal Expos, and add a team in Vancouver.
your not taking into account the heat and cost of a fully air conditioned adjustable dome. Rangers had a problem attracting fans during the summer because the Texas heat becomes so brutal, you’d rather watch a game at home. They had to open a brand new fully air condition stadium just to get fans in the stands
Las Vegas makes more money than all of the others that you mentioned. The reason why is because flights are cheap and people will come on weekdays business people will go after conventions etc. if they built it where the Tropicana hotel is, it would be nothing but a money maker.
I’m just going to throw Bellevue out there because I’m t has a fast growing population and is set to have a bigger population than Seattle pretty soon. It is only like ten miles from Seattle but it would be a cool rivalry. Another problem would be that everyone would probably root for the Mariners. It would be cool though.
Charlotte is one of those cities where im baffled that dosent have an MLB franchise. The amount of American prospects that come out of the state of North Carolina is amazing.
I think a perfect place to put an expansion franchise is Columbus, Ohio because it’s a growing city and because it only has one big 4 sports team. With how people from Columbus rally around Ohio State and Columbus Crew (the soccer team) I think Columbus is a good place to think about putting a team.
Lousiana needs a team with how much of a beast their college teams always are. I know its not a direct correlation, but i think seeing their college team win but having no main mlb team to root for is kinda meh. Also here in texas weve gor 2 teams already. A third is fine but lousiana deserves some love.
If only this reel made sense. Nashville and Vegas are both logical options for expansion… There’s not a world where either of those cities struggle to maintain a baseball team 🤦🏻🤦🏻
I have watched every Raiders game this year. One thing I notice is the crowd noise while the Raiders offense is on the field. I think because Las Vegas is such a great destination city people would go to see not only the Yankees play in Vegas but new fans of the Vegas Triads would fly in for a week and catch a game or two while there.
Columbus, Ohio, they have the market for it with only two other major sports team to compete with. They have consistently had attendance at the top of the minor league for years
I think Austin or Vancouver if looking for a larger market but don’t dismiss Nashville or Charlotte, they may be smaller but they’re likely going to be a way more passionate fanbase And for me at the end of the day Passion > size
Possible USA MLB Expansion Cities: Population within 50 miles 1. Orlando 4,762,123 2. Charlotte 3,082,605 3. Portland 2,970,255 4. San Antonio 2,869,071 5. Raleigh 2,808,969 6. Salt Lake City 2,674,321 7. Austin 2,607,958 8. Nashville 2,399,275 9. Las Vegas 2,292,476 10. Norfolk 1,657,580 Possible MLB Expansion Cities: Population within 100 miles 1. Orlando 9,703,653 2. Charlotte 7,973,742 3. Austin 6,284,893 4. Raleigh 5,762,293 5. San Antonio 5,310,557 6. Nashville 4,253,960 7. Portland 3,619,499 8. Norfolk 3,306,911 9. Salt Lake City 2,990,747 10. Las Vegas 2,563,618 Number of Teams within current 100 miles: Orlando (1: Tampa Bay Rays) Charlotte (0) Austin (0) Raleigh (0) San Antonio (0) Nashville (0) Portland (0) Norfolk (0) Salt Lake City (0) Las Vegas (0) Average of 50 & 100 miles (good approximate of general pull from area) 1. Orlando: 7,232,888 2. Charlotte: 5,528,174 3. Austin: 4,446,426 4. Raleigh: 4,285,631 5. San Antonio: 4,089,814 6. Nashville: 3,326,618 7. Portland: 3,294,877 8. Salt Lake City: 2,832,534 9. Norfolk: 2,482,246 10. Las Vegas: 2,428,047 Best Choice of potential fan base Adjusted for competition with other teams within one hundred miles 1. Charlotte: 5,528,174 2. Austin: 4,446,426 3. Raleigh: 4,285,631 4. San Antonio: 4,089,814 5. Orlando: 3,616,444 6. Nashville: 3,326,618 7. Portland: 3,294,877 8. Salt Lake City: 2,832,534 9. Norfolk: 2,482,246 10. Las Vegas: 2,428,047
Charlotte would be a perfect city. Nearly a million people, half of which being 22-42. Not to mention it's one of the nations fastest growing cities. Plus, the franchise would only have to compete with one two other teams in the area.
Austin is not built for a major sports team. It’s a college town through and through. Their thing is music, not sports. San Antonio has a bigger population and has the fan base for a major team. Also, a lot of the economic and population growth is coming from all over, a big chunk of that being Austin. So many people make that hour commute to work here. The surrounding suburbs and small towns also come here for sports. We keep expanding as a city on all sides.
I would add a team in Monterrey mexico as it would draw more Latin fans and while the US is declining in birth, Mexico it’s extremely normal to have 4-9 children per marriage. This would help popularize the game and get fans to travel internationally helping both the MLB and the international growth. I would say Mexico City but the flights would be to difficult as it’s pretty far from most teams can handle
san antonio was the only city that grew during the pandemic with a population of over 1 million in america. though i agree with austin bevause it is projected to be bigger than san antonio soon and san antonio still has the spurs
MLB needs to shrink. Take teams out of Oakland and Tampa. 14 team leagues. There arent any stars on either team and there arent many fans either. You can do 1 better by removing 4 teams. Oakland, Tampa, Miami, and Milwaukee.
Bring back the Expos, and put one in the either Nashville or Charlotte. Both have to either relatively be on opposite ends of the continent or really close to one another to make divisions by region closely.
I'm from roundrock. Which is pretty much in spitting distance north of Austin. I have been to the dell daimond minor league baseball stadium here in roundrock. And I can tell you if mlb came to Austin it would be a hit
Charlotte and Austin are both growing very fast. But Austin does have an edge but also… dog there’s way to many teams in Texas Charlotte needs some love tbh
If the MLB were to expand, it would mostly be with 2 teams in stead of one, and would need a realignment of divisions. Obviously, we need more teams out west, so Vancouver is 100% doable. But a realignment would be interesting to me. I think it would work well with the Texan teams as they always have to travel 2 time zones away to Seattle or California
Great city. Problem is that the mlb can’t expand. I disagree with the original idea. Baseball is already top heavy and as contracts continue to sky rocket, small market teams will die. Adding more won’t do anything. We could move a team like Oakland to Austin, but that’s a different convo
I think the MLB should put a team in Tampa. 11th largest media market and the Lightning sell out every game. If hockey can flourish in Tampa, so can baseball. Or the Rays can just move there.
Put a team in Montreal or Mexico City, no need for another team in Texas. The United States market is tapped out, international growth is the only thing left to save the MLB
San Antonio is one of nations fastest growing cities number wise it’s just so big that percentage doesn’t matter
Bro Fr when he said that I was like ain’t no way it’s growing fast
Austin can draw fans from San Antonio, but San Antonio can’t draw fans from Austin? Got it. 👍🏼
@@f15stroke it would compete with the nba there better business decision to go with Austin
@@austinhall2666 Their point is that you would draw fans from San Antonio. That's still competing with the Spurs.
Austin we are norther and we could put a park in the middle on like San Marcos so both austin and San Antonio could visit.
Montreal, has a nostalgic fan base and Canada needs a second team in the league
thank you
Yes
Agree.....then I don't have to cheer for the Jay's anymore
Definitely even over portland too
Portland has the mariners
"San Antonio has a low household income"
"Austin can draw fans in from San Antonio in the meantime"
Don't know how that statements an issue. Just because San Antonio has a low median income don't mean everyone is poor. They can attract some San Antonio people. How is statement a problem? Explain rather than expect people to take what you say and run with it. Oh wait, this is the internet...
@@anonymousperson3023 He's saying that the city doesn't have enough people with enough money to drive 30 minutes to the game, but enough people with enough money to drive an hour and a half to supplement another cities team. That's, in my eyes, a contradiction. It should ideally work the other way, where the city with less expendable income gets the team and the city that's smaller but has more income gets the inconvenience of a longer drive. This not even considering San Antonio has a population of 1.5M, larger than 23 cities with teams and is growling at the same rate as Austin. They can easily get 30K a night into a stadium.
Theres the explanation you wanted XD
@@SadMarinersFan Perfectly said
He’s saying he can get all the people who can afford it from San Antonio while not basing the entire fan base there when Austin is a better choice.
Brooklyn should get a team!
I'd say also look at Vancouver Canada, Monterrey Mexico, Tijuana Mexico and even possibly returning to Montreal Canada. They're all growing fairly fast, are fairly profitable and (especially in the Mexican cities case) really opens up a new market. A team in Mexico could get the blue jays treatment where they're basically the entire countries team
Agreed. I’m in austin and the city just doesn’t care about pro sports. Mexico having a team would be huge
But the San Diego padres exist so it’s a little smarter to have one in another city in Mexico
@@dtcc2k9 true, hence why Monterrey is my first choice. I don't know enough about the demographic and geographic makeup of padres fans so I can't be completely sure on how many people in Tijuana and its surrounding areas are padres fans. All I know is giving them a home team could mean more fans overall.
Mexican team would be awesome, so would a Cuban one.
@@HatWearingDog Cuba would be so damn cool but if they were to go into the Caribbean they gotta go with PR, American territory and all that. It'd be a massive snub to PR if they went to Cuba first. Then again they could easily put 4 teams in the Caribbean and have the bases of support for them.
Salt Lake City just recently had a focus group about getting an MLB team in SLC. Based off of that, I like to think that SLC is trying to get a team.
Maybe, they are getting a hockey team though
I don't understand why Charlotte, Vegas, and Nashville aren't considered. Charlotte and Vegas have bigger metro populations than Austin (2.2-2.6 million) and are growing quick. It also would have less competition with other MLB teams from their state like Austin would.
Austin’s growth is much larger
Not to mention the many nearby cities in the rest of North and South Carolina
Vegas also has tourists to fill out the Stadiums.
i think if it’s going anywhere in the carolinas it’s going to the raleigh area. pretty sure they have owners willing in the raleigh area
@@Thumper17 The rays already have a triple A team in Durham
Been saying Raleigh, NC is the perfect place for MLB for years. Plenty of people. Along major travel roads. PLENTY of corporate sponsorship. Already a surviving professional sports franchise. 2 in Charlotte, would make 2 in Raleigh. It lines up with other NL East rival teams. Raleigh is the place.
Raleigh has a A team, the Carolina Mudcats. Nearby Durham, in the same urbanized area, has a AAA team, the Durham Bulls.
@@willp.8120 Yea but a Major League team would still work and be awesome
@@TAGZLABZ I know it would work. I advocate for five new southern MLB teams (Charlotte, Austin, Orlando, Nashville, and either Raleigh or Norfolk). I was just pointing out that they do have professional baseball in the area.
@@willp.8120The Mudcats are not in Raleigh. They are in Zebulon which is farther than Durham from Raleigh
@@MintJamN I stand corrected, then.
Honestly, OKC seems like a great choice. Large city with only one other sports team. Their minor league team (Dodgers affiliate) pulls great numbers. They produce a lot of baseball players, and the baseball culture is great. I am not from there, but I think that it would be a perfect place for expansion.
better than austin 😂
I’m legit from Oklahoma and I was like why put another team in Texas when Oklahoma does not have one
@@remingtongibson3525 yeah I agree
Besides, for a vast majority of the year they wouldn't be competing with the Thunder.
Agreed
For someone who lives in a state that doesnt have a mlb ballpark, it would be kinda disappointing to have another state with 3 mlb teams
Nashville is a top 10 fastest growing city with a proud sports fan base. Even Nashville SC MLS games get sold out. It wouldn’t be hard to expand there
I’ve already got a name “ the Nashville songs” or the Nashville Notes
@@Mevbs Nashville Strings
@@Mevbs current triple a team name is the sounds iirc
@@YesHumphreyAppleby the notes is better
Yeah and the Predators have an electric playoff atmosphere, one of the best in the league
Oakland should relocate to Charlotte, NC. I mean North Carolina has the Panthers of the NFL, the Hornets of the NBA, and the Hurricanes of the NHL. The state is just missing a MLB team and there is a huge market in the state for Baseball, I mean, North Carolina does have like 9 minor league or otherwise semi-pro teams and it's time we get a full MLB team.
Nashville would be a perfect spot for a team. You see how they support the NHL team they could easily support a MLB team
Was gonna say Nashville
Indianapolis. We have basketball and football, indy itself isn't expanding but it's suburbs are exploding, and they love their minor league team.
The only issue I can see with that is then where does the minor league go? They are the Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate so they would need to relocate somewhere east.
When I lived in Oklahoma the only major sports team I could go to was the thunder but if a MLB team came to town that would just be a great impact on the city and for sports fans
Does baseball need to expand to survive though? Just adding a new team doesn't change the fact that baseball as a sport is seen as slow and boring by most young fans. Doing a better job of promoting the game online, marketing their players, eliminating dead time, and making tickets and parking cheaper for kids to entice younger fans would be probably be a better strategy than putting a team in Austin and hoping the residents forgo the other 2 long established teams within 3 hours and the outside team allegiances all the transplants will have.
Watch any game on TH-cam from when the Dominican national team plays. It’s not just about the action on the field. Baseball can be fun just as it is
Dude thinks baseball is struggling when they are giving players 500 million dollar deals
"No professional sports teams in Austin"
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He specifically said 4 Major Sports which in this case refers to NBA NFL NHL and MLB because Soccer/Football is not as popular in the US
@@devonhalford5522 soccer/football not important in the US while USA vs Iran was the highest rated game of any kind on ESPN ever in the states 💀
@@landonpatton7997 Idk I wasn’t the one who made the term Big 4 sports it’s just how it is lol
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@@devonhalford5522 soccer is bigger than the mlb in america
there’s already two baseball teams there😅
and a soccer team
California would like to talk to you they have 5 dam teams
@@jtscotty007 Angels, Dodgers, A's, Padres and Giants. Only 5 teams... In the MLB.
In the NHL they have 3, the L.A. King's, the Anaheim Ducks and the San Jose Sharks.
NBA has 4, the Lakers and Clippers in L.A., Sacramento Kings and the Warriors in San Francisco.
NFL has 3, the L.A. Chargers, L.A. Rams and San Francisco 49ers.
So it's more like 15 teams competing for sports dollars in the state, which is a lot, even if it's the most populated state.
@@Thumper17 seriously don’t know why they have so much all the time
@@jtscotty007 I mean the state has the population of Canada and Canada has 9 pro sports teams, 7 NHL teams, the Jays and the Raptors. If you count the CFL, then add their 9 teams with a tenth coming sometime this decade maybe.
And then New York has like 4 million teams.
The MLBs Yankees and Mets, The NHLs Rangers, Islanders and Buffalo Sabres, the NBAs Knicks and Nets and the NFLs Giants and Jets although they actually play in New Jersey and the Bills. So like 10.
This is all not counting MLS Soccer, which adds 3 teams to Canada (Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal) 2 "New York" Teams (One again playing in Jersey) and Three California teams (L.A. Galaxy, Los Angeles FC and the San Jose Earthquakes)
Lotta sports dollar competition.
Ngl mlb isn’t dying it’s actually growing but a new team would be good too
The thing about Austin though is that it’s still small market knowing that it is growing in population, plus most of it are people watching Longhorns than anything, third of all we don’t need another Texas team
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dude Louisiana is literally below sea level no team wants to go there
@@stealthotrapo9123 as someone from New Orleans were mostly rangers fans already so yeah lol it would be awesome to have a team tho
Small population, terrible household income, lost population since Katrina, competing with saints and pelicans. What positive does NOLA have?
I’m from Baton Rouge and we definitely need a baseball team in New Orleans
We already have a football team and if we add a baseball team along with one other expansion team then there would be a 32 teams in mlb
The surrounding states to our east don’t have one so it be closer to them and not to mention LSU has the number 1 ranked baseball team which kinda proves we got a fan base here
@@williamvincent5392 THANK YOU
Everyone who's lived in Austin for 8+ years is like DON'T DO IT WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE A REASON TO MOVE HERE 😂
I would instead of moving or adding promote the Round Rock Express and build a new stadium to use.
Portland is filled with 30 years olds 😭
Louisville Ky for sure. There is great college baseball in the state, the only problem is the reds would lose a big chunk of their fans.
Austin is a 1hr drive from Houston. Texas has 2 baseball teams already.
It's a 1 hour drive if you can go 165mph the entire way with no traffic or stops...
Bring back Montreal. Get better ownership and a decent stadium, should be no problem. Population is just a few million higher than Austin.
charlotte is fr a great place and needs a team for the south east because it doesn’t just there for NC it’s SC too and parts of Virginia
Plus with minor league teams like Charlotte Knights, Kannapolis Cannonballers, and teams like Gastonia Honeyhunters and more there’s a lot of flow that can happen to bring a good baseball team to Charlotte with minor league teams nearby
People in Charlotte and the Carolinas already root for the Braves.
Would rather see Raleigh get it as far as baseball goes but Charlotte always wins out on that
@@bravesfan31 Atlanta is 4 hours from Charlotte. Why is this proximity issue o ly everentioned for southern cities?
It is absurd considering the Yankees and Mets are less than thirty minutes from one another, the Phillies are only one and a half hours from the Yankees, the Nationals and Orioles are like 45 minutes apart, and the Guardians and Pirates are only one and a half hours from one another.
You also have the three southern California teams and the Brewers like an hour away from the Cubs and White Sox.
Charlotte is 2.7 million people, and the South had been jipped in MLB, considering is is by far the most populated region and only had one team for every 25 million or so residents, whereas the other regions have one team for every seven to nine million residents.
It would be better to put it in Richmond VA, it had no major baseball teams (or any major teams in VA,) they already have a popular minor league team, the greater Richmond area is 1 mil, and for other towns, it would be a lot easier to go to Richmond than to Washington DC or Nashville
Las Vegas could work because the tourism helps the population punch above its weight, especially if you put the ballpark right by the strip baseball tickets are so cheap. It would be a great comp for the casinos, they could strike a deal for a chunk of the unsold tickets, a day or two ahead of the match and help get butts in the seat. This helps the team fill out the ballpark get some thing for the tickets and make money on concessions and souvenirs.
Did you know see Austin FC?
By big 4 it’s American football, baseball, basketball, and Hockey.
@@fish5643 damn hockey is the fourth didn’t know that. As a soccer player I would’ve thought it was soccer.
@@gotchello7168 Agreed
@@gotchello7168 the hockey fan base is way bigger in NA because of the weather up north
@@fish5643 ya ig so I live in the south near Houston to my knowledge there’s no hockey team here
"MLB is dying" after having a record revenue year in 2022.
MLB doesn't have to be popular to make money. It works off of volume not popularity. It sells enough tickets and air-time filler that it only has to be moderately interesting to do well.
So long as it's ratings are beating out re-runs of Seinfeld, the owners get to be billionaires.
Baseball has been killing itself for years. It's no longer affordable for the avg family to attend games.
Idk where you live. But you can gets tickets to a baseball game for like $60/ticket
@@Nameless-mn8sq I dunno how much you make but $60/game is way too much just for a ticket. Once you factor in parking, food and drinks...it gets really expensive.
Heaven help you if you want to take along kids (if you have them(
@@Nameless-mn8sq I remember going to Reds games for 4$
I went to regular season games for the rangers for about $20 and went to the ALCS for $90. Compared to any other sport( mls too) mlb games are by far the lowest price
@@Nameless-mn8sqfor the avg family of 4 its over a thousand dollars for tickets, food, souvenirs, travel and lodging. You can save a few hundred by living close to the stadium or not buying anything there but then what's the point in going?
Love how sports enthusiasts always forget majority of these sports aren't just American. Canada needs some new teams
Montreal, OKC, New Orleans, Utah and Austin are all worth a look
portland!
mariners travel more than any team, having a team closer would help alleviate long trips
I would choose
1. Austin
2. Nashville
3. Some candian city
4. Some city in anither nearby coutnry, lets say Mexico
5. IDK probably just abother California team they always seem to have like 73 sports teams
austin when there are already two teams in texas and most ppl there are probably rangers fans😂
Expand into Japan. Let the Japanese teams into the MLB. Baseball is huge in Asia
The A’s are working a deal to move to Vegas but naw Vegas wouldn’t be a good place for a baseball team….
5 teams in California soon to be 4 though. Can't say I'm against a 3rd in Texas
There are usually 6 to 8 teams completely out of contention by the All Star Break. There isn't enough talent to field 30 teams, no way can they expand. If anything they need to cut teams, but they won't because owners are pocketing too much cash on revenue sharing.
Austin is a great choice. When Austin fc from mls opened up there the jerseys sold out for two years in advance
Last time I actually followed baseball the narrative was especially around the rangers in why do we even have 2 teams were a football state😂😂
I personally think the Raleigh area could work. Only other major pro sport team is the Carolina Hurricanes and is a fast growing area thats pretty big on college baseball. Just wouldn't want it to hurt the Durham Bulls that play 1 city over so idk
Honestly I'd put an expansion team in Austin, TX and Louisville, KY. Austin is the largest city in the US without a big four team, and Louisville is the historical heart of baseball (while still being the 28th largest city in the States). If the Cardinals can sell out at pretty much every venue they own, I'm sure a 35k seat MLB stadium can sell out.
austin would be a great place for an mlb team but nashville is still my pick on where the mlb expands
Indianapolis seems perfect
Austin Texas would be great, but I think adding 2 more Canadian teams would be very smart too. Bring back the Montreal Expos, and add a team in Vancouver.
A lot of people up here in Canada would say Montreal, but in all honestly it should be Vancouver. BC is a hotbed for baseball.
Charlotte would attract both Carolinas as a fanbase
If Nashville can support a NHL team they for sure can support a MLB team
Montreal should be the first team on the list.
your not taking into account the heat and cost of a fully air conditioned adjustable dome. Rangers had a problem attracting fans during the summer because the Texas heat becomes so brutal, you’d rather watch a game at home. They had to open a brand new fully air condition stadium just to get fans in the stands
Las Vegas makes more money than all of the others that you mentioned. The reason why is because flights are cheap and people will come on weekdays business people will go after conventions etc. if they built it where the Tropicana hotel is, it would be nothing but a money maker.
Both major sports teams in Vegas (NFL & NHL) pull in a lot of out-of-town fans who will come to see their team play in Vegas as part of a vacation.
MLB does not need more teams. I’m glad they don’t listen to misinformed TH-camrs.
I’m just going to throw Bellevue out there because I’m t has a fast growing population and is set to have a bigger population than Seattle pretty soon. It is only like ten miles from Seattle but it would be a cool rivalry. Another problem would be that everyone would probably root for the Mariners. It would be cool though.
Charlotte is one of those cities where im baffled that dosent have an MLB franchise. The amount of American prospects that come out of the state of North Carolina is amazing.
San Antonio and Austin are like Dallas and Fort Worth. A team would probably pull people from both areas
I think a perfect place to put an expansion franchise is Columbus, Ohio because it’s a growing city and because it only has one big 4 sports team. With how people from Columbus rally around Ohio State and Columbus Crew (the soccer team) I think Columbus is a good place to think about putting a team.
Lousiana needs a team with how much of a beast their college teams always are. I know its not a direct correlation, but i think seeing their college team win but having no main mlb team to root for is kinda meh. Also here in texas weve gor 2 teams already. A third is fine but lousiana deserves some love.
Indianapolis, makes sense. Has one of the best Minor league teams already.
Nashville it’s one of the fastest growing markets in the US and the Titans have shown that Nashville would support a sports team
Austin would have its baseball team competing with soccer which overlaps entirely with the season.
If only this reel made sense. Nashville and Vegas are both logical options for expansion… There’s not a world where either of those cities struggle to maintain a baseball team 🤦🏻🤦🏻
Vancouver and Montreal deserve teams
It should go to Mexico. A Monterrey team would be a huge win for MLB and really create a new market.
YEAHHHH! Lived in Austin all my life, I was hoping you would say Austin 😊
Honestly it makes more sense to not put it where there are to many kids because most think baseball is boring
I have watched every Raiders game this year. One thing I notice is the crowd noise while the Raiders offense is on the field. I think because Las Vegas is such a great destination city people would go to see not only the Yankees play in Vegas but new fans of the Vegas Triads would fly in for a week and catch a game or two while there.
Expansion to survive is like having a kid to save a marriage. Never works
Columbus, Ohio, they have the market for it with only two other major sports team to compete with. They have consistently had attendance at the top of the minor league for years
“The rising cost of going to games”
There. That’s it. That’s why seats aren’t getting filled.
MLB should put an expansion team in San José California
I think Austin or Vancouver if looking for a larger market but don’t dismiss Nashville or Charlotte, they may be smaller but they’re likely going to be a way more passionate fanbase
And for me at the end of the day
Passion > size
I’d like to learn more about the premise that it needs to expand to survive - doesn’t make sense right off the bat
New Orleans would definitely like a MLB Team
Possible USA MLB Expansion Cities: Population within 50 miles
1. Orlando 4,762,123
2. Charlotte 3,082,605
3. Portland 2,970,255
4. San Antonio 2,869,071
5. Raleigh 2,808,969
6. Salt Lake City 2,674,321
7. Austin 2,607,958
8. Nashville 2,399,275
9. Las Vegas 2,292,476
10. Norfolk 1,657,580
Possible MLB Expansion Cities: Population within 100 miles
1. Orlando 9,703,653
2. Charlotte 7,973,742
3. Austin 6,284,893
4. Raleigh 5,762,293
5. San Antonio 5,310,557
6. Nashville 4,253,960
7. Portland 3,619,499
8. Norfolk 3,306,911
9. Salt Lake City 2,990,747
10. Las Vegas 2,563,618
Number of Teams within current 100 miles:
Orlando (1: Tampa Bay Rays)
Charlotte (0)
Austin (0)
Raleigh (0)
San Antonio (0)
Nashville (0)
Portland (0)
Norfolk (0)
Salt Lake City (0)
Las Vegas (0)
Average of 50 & 100 miles (good approximate of general pull from area)
1. Orlando: 7,232,888
2. Charlotte: 5,528,174
3. Austin: 4,446,426
4. Raleigh: 4,285,631
5. San Antonio: 4,089,814
6. Nashville: 3,326,618
7. Portland: 3,294,877
8. Salt Lake City: 2,832,534
9. Norfolk: 2,482,246
10. Las Vegas: 2,428,047
Best Choice of potential fan base Adjusted for competition with other teams within one hundred miles
1. Charlotte: 5,528,174
2. Austin: 4,446,426
3. Raleigh: 4,285,631
4. San Antonio: 4,089,814
5. Orlando: 3,616,444
6. Nashville: 3,326,618
7. Portland: 3,294,877
8. Salt Lake City: 2,832,534
9. Norfolk: 2,482,246
10. Las Vegas: 2,428,047
honestly you could fit 6-8 MLB teams in mexico if baseball was big there
Charlotte would be a perfect city. Nearly a million people, half of which being 22-42. Not to mention it's one of the nations fastest growing cities. Plus, the franchise would only have to compete with one two other teams in the area.
Austin is not built for a major sports team. It’s a college town through and through. Their thing is music, not sports. San Antonio has a bigger population and has the fan base for a major team. Also, a lot of the economic and population growth is coming from all over, a big chunk of that being Austin. So many people make that hour commute to work here. The surrounding suburbs and small towns also come here for sports. We keep expanding as a city on all sides.
Yeah UT has Austin covered for most of the fan base
Working fairly well for MLS
Nashville, Montréal, Vancouver, and Raleigh
“A city with a large population”
Wow that’s innovative thinking…
I would add a team in Monterrey mexico as it would draw more Latin fans and while the US is declining in birth, Mexico it’s extremely normal to have 4-9 children per marriage. This would help popularize the game and get fans to travel internationally helping both the MLB and the international growth. I would say Mexico City but the flights would be to difficult as it’s pretty far from most teams can handle
san antonio was the only city that grew during the pandemic with a population of over 1 million in america. though i agree with austin bevause it is projected to be bigger than san antonio soon and san antonio still has the spurs
Omaha, NE. Already a baseball hotbed for college, give them a pro team and there’ll be no issues with attendance
Population?
AL East: Charlotte
Al Central: Colombus
Al West: Salt Lake City
Nl East: Montreal
Nl Central: Indianapolis
Nl West: Austin
MLB needs to shrink. Take teams out of Oakland and Tampa. 14 team leagues. There arent any stars on either team and there arent many fans either. You can do 1 better by removing 4 teams. Oakland, Tampa, Miami, and Milwaukee.
Louisville ky would honestly be a great spot, Cincinnati is close with the reds but Kentucky needs an mlb team
Bring back the Expos, and put one in the either Nashville or Charlotte.
Both have to either relatively be on opposite ends of the continent or really close to one another to make divisions by region closely.
I'm from roundrock. Which is pretty much in spitting distance north of Austin. I have been to the dell daimond minor league baseball stadium here in roundrock. And I can tell you if mlb came to Austin it would be a hit
Me as a kid in austin when you say that ohhhhhhh my god
Pls bring one down here in North Carolina, there are so many baseball fans here
Charlotte and Austin are both growing very fast. But Austin does have an edge but also… dog there’s way to many teams in Texas Charlotte needs some love tbh
If the MLB were to expand, it would mostly be with 2 teams in stead of one, and would need a realignment of divisions. Obviously, we need more teams out west, so Vancouver is 100% doable. But a realignment would be interesting to me. I think it would work well with the Texan teams as they always have to travel 2 time zones away to Seattle or California
Great city. Problem is that the mlb can’t expand. I disagree with the original idea. Baseball is already top heavy and as contracts continue to sky rocket, small market teams will die. Adding more won’t do anything. We could move a team like Oakland to Austin, but that’s a different convo
San Juan, puerto rico (same size market as pittsburgh but a true baseball community), Montreal, or okc. Are the 3 best locations to me
Vancouver would be sick… a beautiful city with a diverse and growing population and a lotta money… the Seattle rivalry would be cool too
I think the MLB should put a team in Tampa. 11th largest media market and the Lightning sell out every game.
If hockey can flourish in Tampa, so can baseball.
Or the Rays can just move there.
Put a team in Montreal or Mexico City, no need for another team in Texas. The United States market is tapped out, international growth is the only thing left to save the MLB