re: Honestly, all jokes aside. What would make MLB more marketable in the South?

Last year, the Marlins scheduled a game against the Zephyrs after spring training. This was the first time an MLB team had even played a game in over 15 years in New Orleans. You would think that even the average MLB fan would take interest in this and want to go watch professional players right? The game barely sold 6k tickets. I know it doesn't directly translate to having a home MLB team but how is a New Orleans team supposed to sell 20,000+ tickets if they can't even spark interest?