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Will Louisiana ever get an MLB/MLS/NHL team?
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:52 am
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:52 am
I know area isn't as development as other metro areas , not enough money , business ,racial tension ,
But look how Orlando MLS team is doing
But look how Orlando MLS team is doing
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Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:53 am to Boo Krewe
I would personally love a hockey team. I know it will never happen, but it would be so much fun to get drunk and watch hockey.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:54 am to Boo Krewe
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:54 am to Boo Krewe
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This post was edited on 12/9/19 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:55 am to Swagga
Baseball probably needs a metro of 2.5 million to make it work. NOLA just doesn’t seem like a hockey town
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:56 am to Boo Krewe
Remember when Louisiana had the Brass, the moccasins, etc? It was fun but not sustainable
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:56 am to Boo Krewe
Nope
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:56 am to Boo Krewe
I'd love to have an NHL team over an N.B.A. team.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:58 am to Boo Krewe
people sure gave a shite about the zephers/baby cakes
Posted on 12/4/19 at 9:58 am to Boo Krewe
A baseball team would 100% require a Dome if its anywhere near I-10
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:01 am to Boo Krewe
Too small of a market. Nola is the smallest NFL market by a good margin
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:03 am to Boo Krewe
Not a chance.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:03 am to Boo Krewe
quote:No. NOLA/BR's market size and demographics wouldn't support a major pro team in any of those sports.
Will Louisiana ever get an MLB/MLS/NHL team?
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:03 am to Boo Krewe
The few little bits of Pelicans games I've seen on tv look like the building is about 70% empty. Why would anyone want to bring another team here? I'm surprised the Pelicans haven't moved yet.
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:04 am to Boo Krewe
MLB? Absolutely not
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:05 am to Boo Krewe
MLB - no
MLS - why would you want one
NHL - no
MLS - why would you want one
NHL - no
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:07 am to The Funnie Five
Mls is fasting growing sport
Look at O'lando, Austin , Nashville
Look at O'lando, Austin , Nashville
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:08 am to Swagga
quote:
I would personally love a hockey team. I know it will never happen, but it would be so much fun to get drunk and watch hockey.
we had em once...
Baton Rouge Kingfish
Posted on 12/4/19 at 10:11 am to jmarto1
Green Bay, baw.
Zephyrs failed because local majority ownership bailed a number of years ago. Walt Leger stayed on in a minority role, but he never seemed a dynamic enough person, and was rarely a dynamic presence at the ball park the way Rob Couhig was. If the new ownership group rumored to be coming together to get a AA Southern League team stays local, they may have success.
Brass failed by moving into the Arena, although they were the only tenant at first; Hornets moved in and SMG did not want to add a third shift to operations to do the needed conversions between hockey and basketball openings. They averaged sellouts in the Auditorium of 5,010. They got nearly that every night in the Arena, too, but it looked a bit more anemic.
Certainly as the other ECHL teams slowly went out of business, the Brass would likely have followed suit simply due to travel costs. Sad.
MLS, New Orleans does not have enough of a soccer history for MLS. We have some strong Hispanic leagues and a couple clubs in that that play well and one club has even made a U.S. Open Cup run. But the history and attendance history is weak. Sad, too, as this denied New Orleans a chance at hosting World Cup games in 1994 and 2026.
The metropolitan area at about 1,500,000 is simply too small to sustain all these. Again, sad.
Zephyrs failed because local majority ownership bailed a number of years ago. Walt Leger stayed on in a minority role, but he never seemed a dynamic enough person, and was rarely a dynamic presence at the ball park the way Rob Couhig was. If the new ownership group rumored to be coming together to get a AA Southern League team stays local, they may have success.
Brass failed by moving into the Arena, although they were the only tenant at first; Hornets moved in and SMG did not want to add a third shift to operations to do the needed conversions between hockey and basketball openings. They averaged sellouts in the Auditorium of 5,010. They got nearly that every night in the Arena, too, but it looked a bit more anemic.
Certainly as the other ECHL teams slowly went out of business, the Brass would likely have followed suit simply due to travel costs. Sad.
MLS, New Orleans does not have enough of a soccer history for MLS. We have some strong Hispanic leagues and a couple clubs in that that play well and one club has even made a U.S. Open Cup run. But the history and attendance history is weak. Sad, too, as this denied New Orleans a chance at hosting World Cup games in 1994 and 2026.
The metropolitan area at about 1,500,000 is simply too small to sustain all these. Again, sad.
This post was edited on 12/4/19 at 10:13 am
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