Comments on: A stadium plan in Las Vegas?

By: joelthomas47

joelthomas47 — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:32:08 +0000

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By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:26:49 +0000

MLB must love this. They need at least one market trying to get a relocated team. So MLB uses that market to pressure (some would call it blackmail) an existing market to get a new ballpark (see Rays, Tampa Bay).

However, one has to wonder how much leverage Las Vegas would really give them, and whether there are any other viable markets left.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:43:32 +0000

How big is the AAA team’s stadium. If they’re drawing 100% of capacity, that’s much different than if they’re drawing 40%.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:19:47 +0000

I really didn’t mean to suggest that baseball ought to expand to Columbus or Sacramento, just their attendance figures, at the top of AAA, make them deserving. It was meant as a compliment to those communities who support baseball so well.

While I’m at it, what’s up with Cincinnati?

By: brucewaynewins

brucewaynewins — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:55:24 +0000

Craig, what do you think the possibility is that Casino’s buy season tickets, box seats, and such to give to to High Rollers?

By: BC

BC — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:08:07 +0000

Baseball with a gametime temperature of 108. What could go wrong?
They’d be better off putting a team in Charlotte or Raleigh-Durham.
Or heck, Hartford has space to build something right near the UConn football stadium. There’s a Cabella’s right there. How could THAT not possibly succeed? Oh yeah, right, this is Connecticut….

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:42:26 +0000

As I Columbus resident, I feel obliged to agree. Columbus’ size is misleading. It ranks high on city-size rank, but that has a lot to do with an aggressive annexation policy that has led to a huge area within the city limits but limited suburban sprawl. So while the city ranks 15th or 16th in size — bigger than both Cleveland and Cincy — as a metro area it’s like 29th or something, which is much smaller than those places.

Columbus supports the Clippers well, but I don’t think it’s large enough — or, frankly, interested in baseball enough — to support a major league team, even if it were possible (which for the reasons brucewaynewins notes, it is not)

By: brucewaynewins

brucewaynewins — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:38:09 +0000

Columbus won’t get a team. It’s in the area that both Cleveland and Cincinnati have rights to. I’d be shocked to see even one of those teams give that up.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:52:27 +0000

OK, I take it back. Maybe I outta check the facts before postulating. The Las Vegas AAA team is only drawing about 330,000 fans a year, less than half of more deserving cities like, Columbus or Sacramento.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:45:38 +0000

All valid concerns Craig, but if I am not mistaken the AAA team draws reasonably well.

By: thebravehomer

thebravehomer — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:08:01 +0000

They’re not serious about this, notice there’s no room for parking? This happens every few years in Vegas, remember the $4 billion Ultimate Sports Resort from five years ago? That land’s bank owned, they probably needed some sort of plan in order to get financing to purchase the land.

By: RedHeadedBastard

RedHeadedBastard — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:45:16 +0000

Pete Rose’s dream come true.