atticus
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- Jan 27, 2013
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The thing with baseball, is that part of the allure is the game, and part of the allure is just sitting outside and enjoying the weather on a summer day. This resonates well in Northern Climates, where warm weather is limited to a few months a year, and is why mid-size markets can work in the North, but not in the Sunbelt. And then there are places like California, that have large market cities where it is nice to sit outside year round, and those cities tend to generally draw well too.
But there are also a lot of places, that to be frank, are miserable to spend hours sitting outside in the sun during the summer. These are places like Miami, Phoenix, Tampa, and ..... Las Vegas. The first three all have MLB teams and can't draw fans when their teams are good. Las Vegas would be more of the same. Yes you can build a dome, but a dome kills the atmosphere of baseball, and again does not provide the fun of sitting outside in the summer. Point being, baseball doesn't work in Vegas.
But there are also a lot of places, that to be frank, are miserable to spend hours sitting outside in the sun during the summer. These are places like Miami, Phoenix, Tampa, and ..... Las Vegas. The first three all have MLB teams and can't draw fans when their teams are good. Las Vegas would be more of the same. Yes you can build a dome, but a dome kills the atmosphere of baseball, and again does not provide the fun of sitting outside in the summer. Point being, baseball doesn't work in Vegas.