Would Charlotte Support The Tampa Rays?

[panther4life]

Bobby Cox?

no his last name would be seen as to offensive by jerry

[YourMomsLover]

Ya as long as Jerry Richardson doesen't buy them. He'd find a coach who loves to bunt and never attempts to steal a base

Yea all we need is small, quick players...not power hitters! Duh! *sarcasm*

[Dpantherman]

Can we keep the players?

[Gazi]

I support Panthers and Bobcats. I don't care about Hurricanes or any other team that was taken from another city. That's just not cool.

Grass roots expansion is always the way to go here

[Dpantherman]

all kidding aside, I want our own baseball team. Im tiring of rooting for the Braves...ive been to ATL once, and lets just say it was a day at the beach.

[Happy Panther]

I doubt we will get a baseball team in our lifetimes.

As for the Rays. There is a reason only 12,000 people showed up to the game. For each person this reason is different however the Rays are fighting for the public's entertainment dollar. Whether the stadium sucks, the O's were in town, it was a Monday, people just don't like baseball...whatever. The ray's organization failed to fill the seats. Don't blame the fans...

This is why the owner ponied up 20,000 free tickets for tomorrow night

[natty]

I think Charlotte could handle a baseball team. When the Bobcats came around I remember hearing from a lot of folks that a pro baseball team would be much better. The resistance to the Bobcats was mainly due to the hangover from the Hornets, which were very well received(at first anyway).

[Happy Panther]

I think Charlotte could handle a baseball team. When the Bobcats came around I remember hearing from a lot of folks that a pro baseball team would be much better. The resistance to the Bobcats was mainly due to the hangover from the Hornets, which were very well received(at first anyway).

Bobcats are 19,500 seats for 41 home games and for a playoff team had terrible attendance last year.

A baseball stadium would be 45k+ for 81 home games.

Tampa metro is 2x Charlotte and we would be dead last in metro area population by a LONG way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_teams_by_population

baseball would die quickly. 0% chance we will ever get a team

[Starscream]

Even if they sucked, I think Charlotte would support a baseball team much better than Tampa and Miami. Between those two teams, I think only about 100 fans show up for each game. We wouldn't sellout every night by any means, but we'd fill up a lot more seats than the teams in Florida.

[Happy Panther]

I stand corrected we would be second to last in population

[fitty76]

Even if they sucked, I think Charlotte would support a baseball team much better than Tampa and Miami. Between those two teams, I think only about 100 fans show up for each game. We wouldn't sellout every night by any means, but we'd fill up a lot more seats than the teams in Florida.

Baseball tickets aren't that expensive. It's a good night out. Even if the team isn't any good.

I say build a stadium that is fan friendly. Plenty of standing room only tickets. Like what they have in Citizens Bank Park. You draw in a lot of college kids that way.

[Happy Panther]

You guys are on acid

[Panthro]

Lets get the minor league team downtown first

[pstall]

yep, start with the Knights and work your way up. The metro COULD support baseball. Doesn't mean it will.

There are enough transplants here to get a core season ticket base to at least 10-20k.

After that it's total crap shoot of weather, money, jobs and diverse economy.

AAA baseball is just the right fit.