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Posted on 5/6/09 at 10:00 am to CrazyTigerFan
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Houston just took a hurricane hit recently. That stadium managed to survive, somehow, so it follows that the engineering challenges could be overcome in New Orleans as well.
One point you forget...
Houston>sealevel. New Orleans< sealevel.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 10:07 am to CrazyTigerFan
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Enron / Minute Maid Park is a retractable roof stadium in/near Houston. Houston just took a hurricane hit recently. That stadium managed to survive, somehow,
Yes, but Reliant Stadium didn't.
2 different roofs designs though.
This post was edited on 5/6/09 at 10:08 am
Posted on 5/6/09 at 10:31 am to Moustache
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One point you forget...
Houston>sealevel. New Orleans< sealevel.
So because New Orleans is below sea level, the winds from a hurricane would rip the structure apart? The point is that a stadium can be engineered in such a way that it can withstand hurricane force winds. Flooding is a different issue entirely.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 12:06 pm to Buck Magnum
Yeah, moron. Pretty sure LA wouldn't have their ticket prices for over 2 grand a piece.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 12:25 pm to CrazyTigerFan
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So because New Orleans is below sea level, the winds from a hurricane would rip the structure apart? The point is that a stadium can be engineered in such a way that it can withstand hurricane force winds. Flooding is a different issue entirely.
Why was the Superdome damaged on the roof and not some of the stadiums in FL?
Posted on 5/6/09 at 12:49 pm to TheCenlaTiger
People who can't sit in the humidity for 3 hours are a bunch of pussies
Posted on 5/6/09 at 1:09 pm to hendersonshands
new orleans is on the verge of losing the zephyrs, if they ever were to get a MLB team, it wouldn't be in this generation
Posted on 5/6/09 at 1:14 pm to TheCenlaTiger
If the money was better I don't see why not.
There were talks last year that Dallas was looking hard into getting a NL team for downtown.
The Rangers barely have 16 K in the stadium for regular games. Unless the bandwagon teams role through.
There were talks last year that Dallas was looking hard into getting a NL team for downtown.
The Rangers barely have 16 K in the stadium for regular games. Unless the bandwagon teams role through.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 3:31 pm to Obst33
This is stupid.
They can barely support (yeah, barely) a playoff basketball team. Basketball is more tailored to small markets (i.e. Oklahoma City, Portland, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, etc, etc).
Sure, play in the Superdome. Uh, that would possibly be the most musty, dank, and ugliest facility for the MLB. It would make the Metrodome look like Camden Yards. It would make dead stadiums like Three Rivers and the Vet look damn good.
The city doesn't have enough firepower financially to support a MLB team, or the deep pockets to buy one with investors. Benson won't own everything.
There is no competitive market nearby, that is a plus. But if any city out there CAN get a big league team soon, I'd guess these teams would be on the list:
San Antonio - something tells me they could fund a stadium. They have shown ineterest (Florida Marlins). The city is on the rise. Nearby markets in Houston and DFW don't necessarily need nor thrive off of people coming in from SA. And people in the southern border (mexicans) region love baseball.
Portland - rising market. They just redid their triple-A stadium to make it one of the nicest and biggest ones around. Only competing market is Seattle, I guess, unless you consider the Bay Area a prime competitor.
Charlotte - they are big league in everything else...at least the region is. They have alot of baseball fans in that area that are stuck trying to go to Braves games or Nats/Orioles games. The city is getting huge at a fast rate, which means jobs and media market are going to be positive aspects.
Other cities who would throw their name out there:
New Orleans - not enough economic reasons and bigger 'fish to fry' than trying to lure MLB
Virginia Beach - Nats move killed this option
Memphis - too close to KC and not enough resources for big league ball
Omaha - college baseball success = who knows?
Las Vegas - gambling problem would hurt MLB image more than it is right now
Oklahoma City - market size?
Buffalo - only because they came so close in the 92' expansion
They can barely support (yeah, barely) a playoff basketball team. Basketball is more tailored to small markets (i.e. Oklahoma City, Portland, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, etc, etc).
Sure, play in the Superdome. Uh, that would possibly be the most musty, dank, and ugliest facility for the MLB. It would make the Metrodome look like Camden Yards. It would make dead stadiums like Three Rivers and the Vet look damn good.
The city doesn't have enough firepower financially to support a MLB team, or the deep pockets to buy one with investors. Benson won't own everything.
There is no competitive market nearby, that is a plus. But if any city out there CAN get a big league team soon, I'd guess these teams would be on the list:
San Antonio - something tells me they could fund a stadium. They have shown ineterest (Florida Marlins). The city is on the rise. Nearby markets in Houston and DFW don't necessarily need nor thrive off of people coming in from SA. And people in the southern border (mexicans) region love baseball.
Portland - rising market. They just redid their triple-A stadium to make it one of the nicest and biggest ones around. Only competing market is Seattle, I guess, unless you consider the Bay Area a prime competitor.
Charlotte - they are big league in everything else...at least the region is. They have alot of baseball fans in that area that are stuck trying to go to Braves games or Nats/Orioles games. The city is getting huge at a fast rate, which means jobs and media market are going to be positive aspects.
Other cities who would throw their name out there:
New Orleans - not enough economic reasons and bigger 'fish to fry' than trying to lure MLB
Virginia Beach - Nats move killed this option
Memphis - too close to KC and not enough resources for big league ball
Omaha - college baseball success = who knows?
Las Vegas - gambling problem would hurt MLB image more than it is right now
Oklahoma City - market size?
Buffalo - only because they came so close in the 92' expansion
Posted on 5/6/09 at 4:01 pm to TexasTiger08
Not only can NO barely support a basketball team, but basketball games are mostly at night when people don't have to work and also has a more diverse fanbase that also corresponds with the demographics of the city. MLB requires twice as many games, lacks in mass appeal to urban minorities and would never work in NO.
I'd expect, easily, for Charlotte, Portland, Sacremento, Las Vegas and Jacksonville to get teams first.
I'd expect, easily, for Charlotte, Portland, Sacremento, Las Vegas and Jacksonville to get teams first.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 4:08 pm to TheCenlaTiger
I think the Cubs and Red Sox would debate you on this.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 4:30 pm to USMC DAWG
While this would never happen, this whole thing about the fans not showing up is stupid. Hardly any MLB team has many stands on weekdays the stadiums are empty. But I do think louisiana is a big baseball state, the problem with louisiana fans is if a team starts losing then no one goes to the games. An expansion team would be doomed for disaster
Posted on 5/6/09 at 5:21 pm to TheCenlaTiger
Hell f'ing no
There was talk of the expos about 7 years ago
There was talk of the expos about 7 years ago
Posted on 5/6/09 at 5:35 pm to JFremani
I really don't think any of those cities deserve a MLB team any time soon.
MLB is the one sport where pretty much every major city has a team.
Whereas in the NBA, KC, St Louis, Tampa, Seattle do not have a team. In the NFL, Los Angeles is the big one.
MLB is the one sport where pretty much every major city has a team.
Whereas in the NBA, KC, St Louis, Tampa, Seattle do not have a team. In the NFL, Los Angeles is the big one.
Posted on 5/6/09 at 7:26 pm to mattz1122
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KC, St Louis, Tampa, Seattle
Throw Tampa out. Orlando and Miami are enough.
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