Pro sports teams location movement

[loneryder]

The corporate money is the key component to today's sports franchises. Having Steve's Ace Hardware as a sponsor of a professional sports franchise worked decades ago, but not today.

Supplementally,on MACRO basis all the professional athletes want to play and live in the South and West.

Not if, but when these long time professional sport franchises move from the Upper Midwest and Northeast to the South and West.

They really like to play where there is no state income tax.

 

[Allaned]

Perhaps but what you're forgetting is the stadium. Unfortunately public money is required and there are not many southern cities left who can float the bonds necessary to fund the construction of a NFL stadium. Think over $1.5B.

Right. The large population centers already have football: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami, New Orleans. Where else in the southeast: nowhere to go. Market is saturated. But that is the NFL: all shared revenue and a salary cap makes every team competitive. The NHL is the same.

 

[LDM]

As much as I loath Chicago, there is no way any team in Chicago is going anywhere. Chicago fans will pay just about anything to watch their teams play, regardless of whether they are good or not. The Cubs went 108 years without a WS win and the stadium was still packed every year. Bears have only won 1 Super Bowl and are essentially a garbage team every year at the bottom of the league. Still the stadium is packed on game days. Unless the city burns to the ground the sports teams are staying there for the money.

 

[John105]

Jmoymmv, these I would scratch if a bettin’ man
Chicago
Detroit
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh

If we’re talking about NHL ice hockey, 2 are original 6 and the other 3 cities were part of the first expansion. As far as Philly goes, we have the fan base and money to support all 4 sports franchises. We just can’t guarantee anyone’s safety and our real estate values are not good. A plus is you don’t need a license/registration/insurance/inspection to drive and limo tints are ok. Any city who has had a franchise move out 2 or more times, then imho it becomes a question.

 

[PF52]

The Cubs went 108 years without a WS win and the stadium was still packed every year.

It didn't used to be that way. Prior to the Tribune ownership, they usually had the upper deck closed unless there was a large-draw tream in town (Cardinals, Reds, Dodgers, etc). Jack Brickhouse used to mention the upper deck being open, like it was some sort of novelty.

 

[John105]

I will only address the city I care about: The Steelers and Penguins are never leaving Pittsburgh: both are too much a part of the city and have been very successful: sold out stadium and arenas and good TV followers. There have been rumors about the Pirates for years but then it never happens. If the owner found a way to pay for a real major league roster and they started winning again, the Bucs would be very popular and more successful than now. They still draw some fans because seeing a game at beautiful PNC Park is worth it alone.

Here’s a difference thst I point out about “old” cities vs what was mentioned initially.

Your city is passionate about the Pens and ours the Flyers. We don’t root for one another because we’re both in PA.

My buddy lives in FL and as of late he is a die hard Bolts and Panthers fan, and said the Cup is where it belongs. In Florida.

I said you gotta be joking. I was in Tampa 2016 and in a bar and the playoffs werent even on. I asked why and was told we’re not into hockey. They win the Cup 2 more times and everyone is a hardcore Bolts fan. They decline and the Panthers rise, and now they switch? That’s the difference between fair weathered and old school. We don’t have that option nor do our pocketbooks.

Get the money to flip flop and you win. Why not buy the Yankees and the Mets or the Cubs and White Sox and get everyone to band together in a sign of unity?

This is about money, ladies and gentlemen.