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Business group wants to bring NBA expansion team to....Montreal
Posted on 10/11/18 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 10/11/18 at 3:58 pm
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MONTREAL -- A Quebec group wants to bring an NBA team to Montreal even though the league has no current plans to expand. The business group is led by former federal cabinet minister and senator Michael Fortier. He said Wednesday he has spoken with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, saying his group has "taken the decision to prepare for when expansion does take place." The group has been meeting with potential Canadian and foreign investors. Fortier estimated a franchise would cost $1.5 billion to $2 billion, but no public funding would be required. He says Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson is open to an NBA team playing at the NHL club's Bell Centre.
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Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:01 pm to RedRifle
Expansion teams to Seattle and Montreal. Move the Pels to the East for some reason. 
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:01 pm to RedRifle
Do they have Pelicans in Montreal?
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:08 pm to Chad504boy
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Do they have Pelicans in Montreal?
Les Pelicans
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:10 pm to BayouBengal
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Les Pelicans
Keep them in New Orleans and make that the official name.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:14 pm to RedRifle
It will fail. Like baseball.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:21 pm to RedRifle
Isn't Montreal famous for their strip clubs?
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:23 pm to ProjectP2294
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Isn't Montreal famous for their strip clubs?
If true, they will instantly become the #1 destination for free agents
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:27 pm to AUCE05
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It will fail. Like baseball.
Baseball failed because of the crappy stadium and the 1994 strike
The Expos could have legitimately won the WS that year
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:31 pm to Tigeralum2008
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The Expos could have legitimately won the WS that year
And the 300 or 400 Expos fans would have been jumping for joy.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:35 pm to ProjectP2294
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Isn't Montreal famous for their strip clubs?
Pornhub started in Montreal
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:37 pm to SCLibertarian
Basketball is easy. If Orlando, OKC, Salt Lake, Memphis, Sacramento can support teams, then Montreal certainly can.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:37 pm to SCLibertarian
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And the 300 or 400 Expos fans would have been jumping for joy.
The average attendance for an expos game in 1993 (pre-strike) was 20,265
It'd be 24th in MLB for 2017
I believe basketball is more popular in Canada than baseball as evidenced by the Raptors having the 3rd largest average attendance in the NBA
Montreal also has the 2nd best average attendance in the NHL and a media market the size of Las Vegas
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:45 pm to RedRifle
The 15 largest non-NBA cities - Listed by MSA population (2004):
1. Riverside, California (3,793,081)(in Los Angeles-Anaheim TV market)
2. San Diego, California (2,931,714)
3. St. Louis, Missouri (2,764,054)
4. Baltimore, Maryland (2,639,613)
5. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (2,587,967)
6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2,401,575)
7. Cincinnati, Ohio (2,058,221)
8. Kansas City, Missouri (1,925,319)
9. San Jose, California (1,741,431)(in San Francisco-Oakland TV market)
Montreal fits right here 1.741M
10. Columbus, Ohio (1,693,906)
11. Las Vegas, Nevada (1,650,671)
12. Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Virginia (1,644,250)
13. Providence, Rhode Island (1,628,808)
14. Austin, Texas (1,412,271)
15. Nashville, Tennessee (1,395,879)
1. Riverside, California (3,793,081)(in Los Angeles-Anaheim TV market)
2. San Diego, California (2,931,714)
3. St. Louis, Missouri (2,764,054)
4. Baltimore, Maryland (2,639,613)
5. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (2,587,967)
6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2,401,575)
7. Cincinnati, Ohio (2,058,221)
8. Kansas City, Missouri (1,925,319)
9. San Jose, California (1,741,431)(in San Francisco-Oakland TV market)
Montreal fits right here 1.741M
10. Columbus, Ohio (1,693,906)
11. Las Vegas, Nevada (1,650,671)
12. Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Virginia (1,644,250)
13. Providence, Rhode Island (1,628,808)
14. Austin, Texas (1,412,271)
15. Nashville, Tennessee (1,395,879)
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:51 pm to Tigeralum2008
NBA wants San Diego the most. Seattle is the nostalgic favorite, but San Diego and maybe Vegas make the most financial sense.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:52 pm to Tigeralum2008
montreals metro population is like almost 5 million
Posted on 10/11/18 at 4:54 pm to Tigeralum2008
I do a lot of work in Montreal, and never took it as an NBA town. When I was up in June, when the NBA and NHL playoffs were on, it was like pulling teeth to get an NBA game shown.
It is hockey, hockey, hockey, and then more hockey.
Their baseball fans though small were hardcore. If they built a stadium not at the Olympic Park it would do well.
It is hockey, hockey, hockey, and then more hockey.
Their baseball fans though small were hardcore. If they built a stadium not at the Olympic Park it would do well.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 5:22 pm to RedRifle
Jesus. The NBA is a terrible league and you want to add another franchise? My god.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 9:55 pm to Tigeralum2008
That stadium isn't crappy. They failed because it isnt a baseball town.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:30 pm to Tigeralum2008
You just compared Montreal city proper with MSA's. Montreal metro is over 4 million.
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