Could Raleigh eventually host a Franchise?

[All about the Benjamin]

All this talk of new ownership has got me thinking. Being from the Triangle, seeing how much growth we have every year along with the fact we already have an NHL team, anyone else think this could be possible in the next several years.

 

PS- Maybe even the Panthers?

[sharkkiller]

No.

[Jon Snow]

Nope.

[All about the Benjamin]

4 minutes ago, sharkkiller said:

No

[Panther49er]

Hell no.

[RumHam]

Why Nope? Who says relocation with promise of a new stadium there isn't possible? They are the Carolina Panthers, not the Charlotte Panthers. The Hurricanes will probably move in the near future due to the lack of trying to get a legitimate team together.

[panthersphan]

No.

 

Raleigh is a college sports/NHL kind of town. Eventually it could be a college sports/MLS. It is NOT an NFL or Major League Baseball kind of town. If you don't see that, you're a homer and can't admit it.

 

Metrolina is only continuing to boom. The money is there, the market is there, the Panthers are there. Raleigh will never, let me say that again, Raleigh will never get the Panthers.

 

They can't even fill their NHL games, let alone a 75,000 pro stadium. The "Caniacs" haven't supported the team since the Stanley Cup years over a decade ago. I know they suck , but it's bad, they continue to have games with under-10,000 in attendance. Why would any smart businessman move the CAROLINA Panthers farther from South Carolina and out of the most populated city, largest TV market and economy in The Carolinas?!

 

Plain and simple; moving the Panthers to Raleigh is a pipe dream for Raleigh homers and that's it.

[The Huddler]

Imo fug rolly

[TPanther920]

No. 

[Ricky Spanish]

Charlotte brings in the Sub-Carolinians

I mean South Carolinians. 

Also Raleigh is a college town. With State, Duke, and UNC all within spitting distance of one another I don't see a major sports franchise working out well there. 

[fieryprophet]

Charlotte has a population almost 2 million more than Raleigh. They're not remotely comparable other than the fact they've both been growing.

[All about the Benjamin]

I don't mean in the next five years. Raleigh is projected to grow 72 percent in the next 25 years

[fieryprophet]

Just now, All about the Benjamin said:

I don't mean in the next five years. Raleigh is projected to grow 72 percent in the next 25 years

That would take it from around 450k to 775k. . .in 25 years. Charlotte right now is still 3.5 times larger than that future population point.

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, fieryprophet said:

Charlotte has a population almost 2 million more than Raleigh. They're not remotely comparable other than the fact they've both been growing.

What the hell are you talking about? 

You guys are just hatin'.