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JackBurton said:
No chance whatsoever.
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I wouldn't go that far, unlikely yes, however, if Peledeau fails at landing an NHL team in Quebec, he will desperately need content for TVA sports (for which he's thrown a lot of $$ at) and could follow the path of Rogers with perennial money loser Blue Jays - offset losses by "cable content theory".
 
Sal_Butera said:
Demographic is the key word - the immigrant trend over the last 25yrs to Mtl, predominantly were from locales where soccer not baseball was the known sport (North Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe). To state the obvious: Mtl's not the Franco/Anglo with scattering of Italians & Greeks from 30, 40, 50 yrs ago. It'll take a generation to get majority of the recent immigrant population to become baseball fans, if ever - they make up a huge % of Mtl's present population. There's a reason baseball diamonds were converted to soccer pitches - supply & demand.

Smaller US markets still have a huge advantage of having a historical relationship with the game, look at the demographic of small market Kansas City, it's over 95% White + African American + Hispanic, all groups having a long standing relationship with the game of baseball.
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yup

Saputo is well placed.
 
xposbrad said:
I don't know what the numbers are, but with rev sharing and a decent tv contract + modest payroll, I'd like to think there should be money to be made. Loria made a ton off the Expos flip. You'd be surprised what a new stadium and a half decent team could do here. I know the demographics have changed a bit, ie. a lot of the 'wealthy' moving to TO, but the Big O is in a horrible location. There are a lot smaller markets supporting baseball teams, and even if Montreal is a hockey town with a team that hasn't won anything in 20 years, there are enough fans to support baseball too, especially with owners who won't screw the fans.
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Who is going to build this stadium? Unless it's publicly financed, I can't see any private business people wanting to own a team in Montreal.
 
xposbrad said:
I don't know what the numbers are, but with rev sharing and a decent tv contract + modest payroll, I'd like to think there should be money to be made. Loria made a ton off the Expos flip. You'd be surprised what a new stadium and a half decent team could do here. I know the demographics have changed a bit, ie. a lot of the 'wealthy' moving to TO, but the Big O is in a horrible location. There are a lot smaller markets supporting baseball teams, and even if Montreal is a hockey town with a team that hasn't won anything in 20 years, there are enough fans to support baseball too, especially with owners who won't screw the fans.
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Expos made the playoffs ONCE in 35 years.
 
Krustchev said:
Who is going to build this stadium? Unless it's publicly financed, I can't see any private business people wanting to own a team in Montreal.
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Bell Media, Quebecor...but they will expect large handouts from the various levels of governments in terms of building a stadium. And that will be the stumbling block.
 
wiseguy1 said:
Bell Media, Quebecor...but they will expect large handouts from the various levels of governments in terms of building a stadium. And that will be the stumbling block.
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The business market will continue to struggle while the PQ are in power, esp with these new rules trying to censor non-white people. Nothing major will happen short-term in that province.
 
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