Hornets Starting A D-League Team

[Proudiddy]

Didn't Fayetteville have a D-league team at one point?

Not that it matters just curious

Yeah, i mentioned it in my post earlier in the thread... i was actually a ball boy for them. IIRC, they were among league leaders in attendance every year. They had a LOT of famous/legit NBA players that came through there too... but, like i said in that previous post, im surprised the nba keeps expanding the dleague teams because from first hand experience, i have no idea how they make money, or even break even for that matter, no matter how successful they are.

[teeray]

Yeah, i mentioned it in my post earlier in the thread... i was actually a ball boy for them. IIRC, they were among league leaders in attendance every year. They had a LOT of famous/legit NBA players that came through there too... but, like i said in that previous post, im surprised the nba keeps expanding the dleague teams because from first hand experience, i have no idea how they make money, or even break even for that matter, no matter how successful they are.

Somehow I missed your post. Doh!! Cool, I thought I remembered them having one. Cool that u were a ball boy.

[cbarrier90]

True, but a D-League team is not going to make poo off of ticket sales no matter where they put it.

They would make more money in long run growing their market and growing their presence in the Raleigh market than worrying about ticket sales.

We have more competition, but we have more people and more diversity than Asheville and Charleston.

Actually Triad area makes a lot of sense too. So I vote Raleigh or Greensboro

 

Counterpoint: They're not going to grow the market in the Triangle where college basketball is always king and they also have the Hurricanes to deal with.

 

Folks are not going to journey out to Dorton Arena when they could be at PNC or Reynolds for NC State and the Canes. What makes the Checkers/Canes relationship work is the Checkers are the only hockey option in Charlotte. In this arrangement you're looking at basketball vs basketball, and NC State and the rest of the elite basketball programs are always going to win the attention span of the market.

 

The D-League works best in smaller communities where the rest of the low minor league sports are. Asheville and even Fayetteville fit that bill much better.

[CCU Norman]

I could really see it being greenville. They had a preseason game there and the place was sold out. Only other place I could see it going to is Greensboro

[Carl Spackler]

TWC Arena to US Cellular Center (Asheville ): 2 hours 13 minutes

TWC Arena to North Charleston Coliseum (Charleston): 3 hours 7 minutes

 

Exactly. Ideal distance is 3 hrs away

[Jakob]

Made a support page for bringing it to Greensboro. Give me a follow and I'll follow back. https://twitter.com/NBADLGSO

[Proudiddy]

http://m.fayobserver.com/sports/fayetteville-looking-to-lure-charlotte-hornets-d-league-team/article_30bf9a55-8dc8-5e4f-9f16-3ba24f497f17.html?mode=jqm

[Spaceshoes]

What kind of minor league team does Asheville have now?

[Carl Spackler]

Holy Stereotype

Batman is Robin?

[Omega Atrocity]

What kind of minor league team does Asheville have now?

Single a baseball team, thats it.

[Carl Spackler]

Same thing Charleston has...

MiLB SAL High-A Baseball Team

 

You're forgetting that Charleston also has a soccer team, the Battery.

[BigCamJefferson]

I think Greenville and Asheville both make the most sense. They have nice facilities in the downtown area, growing population of young professionals, shown support for minor league teams, and are a short distance from charlotte.

[Omega Atrocity]

Asheville has a football team.

Football > Soccer

What football team? I've lived in wnc for all 21 years of my life and I've never heard of it.

[Omega Atrocity]

Asheville Grizzlies (CCFL)

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