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Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:03 am to drewb808
Would love to have a baseball team here but the city couldn't support three major sport franchises... especially being that of baseball. It would be no different than it is now in Tampa.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:09 am to Wayne Campbell
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50 MILLION people visit Orlando every year. Put a stadium near the tourist district and they will fill that stadium every night.
Tourists don't make for good fans.
Exactly. That is the thinking that got MLB in its florida problem in the first place. Tourists and transplants don't make for a good fan base and the Marlins are exhibit A and Rays are exhibit B. I rest my case your honor.
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Those 50 million people, how many we going to Orlando exclusivley for Disney?
91.45787490386749273% of them.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:31 am to OneMoreTime
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50 MILLION people visit Orlando every year. Put a stadium near the tourist district and they will fill that stadium every night.
Sincerely,
Jeff Loria to Miami City Board, while robbing them of Multi millions.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:05 am to GTSwarms
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would have a world class city name in Orlando
Thanks for the laugh.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:10 am to GTSwarms
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50 MILLION people visit Orlando every year. Put a stadium near the tourist district and they will fill that stadium every night
Are you really implying a family that goes to Disney would really want to/rather go to a baseball game? Can you find me a 2 or 3 year old kid that would actually sit through a full MLB baseball game? Your logic is a bit off my friend. Disney would be competitor to any MLB team in Orlando, not a supporter.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 11:11 am
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:15 am to mkibod1
tourists FLOCK to Orlando Magic games every game - FLOCK
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:24 am to GTSwarms
The Rays do well on TV and radio. This graph shows combined average viewing audience and attendance from last year. Still not great, but not terrible either. Strong TV ratings is a reason so many think a lot will change attendance wise with a stadium move.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:24 am to GTSwarms
Typically though, NBA arenas have about half the seating capacity that MLB parks/stadiums do. Also, the NBA has half the games an MLB team does. MLB weekday games earlier and later in the season when Disney does not have its summer rush would be empty houses, unless somehow they put together a playoff team, in which case, they may have decent crowds, but MLB is a totally different animal than NBA.
ETA: MLB parks hold between 31 to 56K, while NBA arenas hold between 16 to 21K. NBA season is 82 games, while MLB is 162. MLB has 80 more total games than NBA and has double and close to triple the amount of seats to sell.
ETA: MLB parks hold between 31 to 56K, while NBA arenas hold between 16 to 21K. NBA season is 82 games, while MLB is 162. MLB has 80 more total games than NBA and has double and close to triple the amount of seats to sell.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 11:30 am
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:26 am to GTSwarms
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tourists FLOCK to Orlando Magic games every game - FLOCK
LOL
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:27 am to MrFreakinMiyagi
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It's not as bad as people make it out or be
You're right. It's worse.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 11:28 am to papz
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Would love to have a baseball team here but the city couldn't support three major sport franchises... especially being that of baseball. It would be no different than it is now in Tampa.
Can we give the pelicans to someone else to make this happen?
Posted on 8/26/15 at 12:53 pm to GTSwarms
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Tampa is such a dump of a city compared to Orlando
Posted on 8/26/15 at 12:55 pm to drewb808
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I'm sure this has been discussed ad nauseam, but New Orleans seems like it would be a good landing spot
Oh please
Posted on 8/26/15 at 12:58 pm to bgator85
If Tampa/St. Pete wants to keep them, they will build a stadium. If not...
Posted on 8/26/15 at 2:41 pm to Jwho77
I thought the Trop was a dump of a stadium too. However, they have more atmosphere there than the Rangers have around their stadium.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 3:03 pm to Chitter Chatter
The TV/radio numbers pointed out suggest that "if you build it they will come" may apply. The Rays support around the bay area is a lot stronger than it would appear from home game attendance.
There's many good baseball fans down here (this is Grapefruit HQ after all) who absolutely hate going to the Trop. It's very easy to want to pass on box seats.
New stadium would be awful during the day unless it's also indoors. It's basically Louisiana humidity and heat.
There's many good baseball fans down here (this is Grapefruit HQ after all) who absolutely hate going to the Trop. It's very easy to want to pass on box seats.
New stadium would be awful during the day unless it's also indoors. It's basically Louisiana humidity and heat.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 8/26/15 at 7:05 pm to RemouladeSawce
Saw a game there last summer (2014) vs Blue Jays. Didn't think it was that bad a place to watch a game. Didn't care for the 10$ beers though
Posted on 8/26/15 at 7:38 pm to raceboy
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Didn't care for the 10$ beers though
That's every MLB stadium, at least every one that I have been to.
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