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xposbrad said:
Well for whoever plans on going to the BJs vs Mets series, are people going to the Friday or Saturday 1pm game? I'm leaning towards Saturday but I love night games.
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It's a domed stadium that doesn't allow natural light to pass through the roof. When you're inside you can't tell whether it's day or night anyway. It's like being inside a Vegas casino.
 
What i thought was far fetch a few years ago does not anymore. I think it will happen in the next few years.
 
It'll never happen with the Milwaukee mafia in charge. They've always hated Montreal after they lost the expansion bid back in 68. Bud got his team in 1970 when the Seattle Pilots went into bankruptcy.
 
lecoqsportif said:
It'll never happen with the Milwaukee mafia in charge. They've always hated Montreal after they lost the expansion bid back in 68. Bud got his team in 1970 when the Seattle Pilots went into bankruptcy.
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Although the rug wearing rodent will retire or die one day.
 
Wow, it's great to see either way the new mayor Coderre/Cote be fans of the Expos. Did anyone have a link to a study, I read somewhere that the Expos between tourists/city advertising/tax revenue was making like 27m a year off the Expos. I could be wrong but that number around 30m has stuck in my head, but if anyone has a link that gave any kind of estimates.

Either way, I can't stand soccer, and I hardly go to Als game, and if they found a better location, not in that dumpy area of town the Big O is, and built a nice area around the stadium with restos/entertainment/bars, I would definitely go to several games a year. Now, I know for sure the Bronfman's are not interested, what other rich guys does this province have that would have the capital to bring them back? Quebecor?
 
xposbrad said:
Wow, it's great to see either way the new mayor Coderre/Cote be fans of the Expos. Did anyone have a link to a study, I read somewhere that the Expos between tourists/city advertising/tax revenue was making like 27m a year off the Expos. I could be wrong but that number around 30m has stuck in my head, but if anyone has a link that gave any kind of estimates.

Either way, I can't stand soccer, and I hardly go to Als game, and if they found a better location, not in that dumpy area of town the Big O is, and built a nice area around the stadium with restos/entertainment/bars, I would definitely go to several games a year. Now, I know for sure the Bronfman's are not interested, what other rich guys does this province have that would have the capital to bring them back? Quebecor?
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Many but that's not the issue/problem. Rich people won't just spend money to make you happy. There is not enough money to be made owning an MLB team in Montreal.
 
Krustchev said:
Many but that's not the issue/problem. Rich people won't just spend money to make you happy. There is not enough money to be made owning an MLB team in Montreal.
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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.
 
Habs53 said:
You play in the big shit bowl until one is built. Its coming... I say the Als and the Expos will share one.
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MLB is full of themselves these days. 500-600 million to buy a crap franchise like the Rays + you must have a modern stadium dedicated to baseball ready to go. Thats the new standard today, otherwise forget it. MLB won't even look at your application.
 
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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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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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