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re: Pro baseball in Louisiana
Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:27 am to Brettesaurus Rex
Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:27 am to Brettesaurus Rex
Nobody supports college baseball like LSU.
But agree a MLB team would have it rough. Just doesn't strike me as a good fit for south LA.
I bet NHL might do well with all the fights.
And you only have to have a 18k arena to play in.
But agree a MLB team would have it rough. Just doesn't strike me as a good fit for south LA.
I bet NHL might do well with all the fights.
And you only have to have a 18k arena to play in.
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Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:37 am to Phathead
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could see a team coming out of Gonzales.
You talking single a type team or major league here?
Posted on 10/29/12 at 8:13 am to Phathead
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Do you think it would flourish?
No
Posted on 10/29/12 at 3:21 pm to chalmetteowl
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watch bad baseball
Give it a few years
Posted on 10/29/12 at 3:23 pm to Phathead
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What's keeping it from happening?
Louisianaians don't care for baseball unless it goes ping
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Do you think it would flourish?
no I would love it but not enough me's here
Posted on 10/29/12 at 4:19 pm to Phathead
I've thought about this. We would have to come up with a name that would include the entire gulf coast form Lake Charles to Pensacola. Because that is the fanbase you would have to have in order to support a baseball team.
i.e.
the Gulf Coast Pirates.
i.e.
the Gulf Coast Pirates.
Posted on 10/29/12 at 4:49 pm to Phathead
The fact that no one cares about MLB around here
Posted on 10/29/12 at 5:31 pm to Phathead
too fricking hot. thats my best answer
Posted on 10/29/12 at 5:34 pm to kingbob
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. On some nights, it takes less time to get from East Jeff to the AP than it does to get from Metairie to the CBD.
lolwut
Posted on 10/29/12 at 6:01 pm to TejasHorn
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I bet NHL might do well with all the fights
an NHL team in Louisiana would be awesome. I'd go to at least half the games. Live hockey is the tits.
Posted on 10/29/12 at 6:17 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
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No way it'd be successful. We're just not a baseball state. Football rules, both professionally and collegiately. The Hornets have a pretty good following, but it's not like the whole state is really into it.
12,000 fans at a college baseball game beg to differ.
Baseball is ingrained in the culture here. If there was a team to root for, they would be fans for life. If you build it, they will come.
Posted on 10/29/12 at 6:43 pm to kingbob
MLB wouldn't be able to make it in Louisiana because revenue is based primarily on the number of television sets that happen to be there. There is simply no way to raise enough local TV revenue to keep good players in a market like New Orleans.
Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:07 pm to kingbob
quote:12,000 college baseball fans? Ok, first of all, it isn't 12,000 fans.
12,000 fans at a college baseball game beg to differ. Baseball is ingrained in the culture here. If there was a team to root for, they would be fans for life. If you build it, they will come.
"LSU established a school single-game record for actual attendance last Sunday when 10,620 fans witnessed the Tigers' Super Regional contest versus Stony Brook."
"LSU sold over 10,000 tickets for 37 of its 44 games in Alex Box Stadium this season."
So if their single-game record is 10,620, then for most games the attendance is under 10,000.
And you have to consider that many of those fans are students and other people who support the school. You also have to consider that LSU's baseball team is always really fricking good, so that will draw people.
LSU also only plays about 35 games at home.
So after all of this, LSU baseball still only pulls in about 10,000 fans per game. Now, this is fantastic for college baseball. In fact, it is by far the best in the nation.
But it doesn't compare to an MLB team.
MLB teams play 81 games at home every year. MLB stadiums hold up to about 50,000 people.
Houston was the worst team in baseball this year. Houston is a big city with several million people in the area. The Astros drew an average attendance of only about 20,000.
If a Louisiana MLB team was GOOD, they would have to be drawing about 40,000 people for 81 games. That would be incredibly tough to do considering the small population and also considering the Saints and Hornets are also in town.
Then consider if the team is BAD. If the team is bad with that small population, if Houston is only generating 20,000 per game for their huge city, a Louisiana-based team's attendance would be pathetic.
So if baseball was the only show in town, then it could work. But considering there is also the Saints and Hornets, there is no way all 3 teams could be supported.
Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:09 pm to Carlton Banks
Don't forget about the Shreveport-Bossier Captains 
Eta: nevermind, I now see that they moved to Laredo.
Eta: nevermind, I now see that they moved to Laredo.
This post was edited on 10/29/12 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:29 pm to brewhan davey
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But I don't know if there is a big enough market for it. I mean, how many fans do the Hornets get? And supposedly basketball has a bigger following than baseball in this country.
Correction MLB has a lot bigger following nationally than the NBA. The ranking goes like this:
NFL
MLB
NBA
This post was edited on 10/29/12 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 10/29/12 at 7:55 pm to Harry Caray
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an NHL team in Louisiana would be awesome. I'd go to at least half the games. Live hockey is the tits
I agree with this. Me and my oldest brother would have season tickets. He still has a bunch of old Kingfish memorabilia.
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