Green Bay has a football team because of historical accident, and because there are only 8 or 9 home games in a given year and people travel from all over the state and region to attend them. That does not work with an 82 game schedule where you have 41 home games and playoff series rather than single playoff games. They are a whole of Wisconsin team located in a town that would absolutely never be granted a team in any sport today.
I can with great certainty that MLB in Montreal would be successful for maybe 2 or 3 seasons before it starts fading fast, I have experienced it the only sport that is relevant in Montreal is the NHL/hockey. CFL and MLS teams are struggling and if a MLB team join the hardcore are not enough to sustain the team for a while.
I was just in Dayton a few days ago, the Air Force Museum is staggering. Can't recommend it enough. The old Wright Brothers area needs a bit of economic revival, though, but don't knock Dayton.
Not to mention the greater Denver area has 2.5 million people or so Colorado Springs and hourish away have close to 500k and Fort Collins has 200kish which is an hour away"Located in the league’s smallest market — the Quebec metropolitan area now has about 800,000 people — the Nordiques struggled financially for years and left for Denver in 1995."
Quebec Still Longs for Its Lost Hockey Team, a Nationalist Symbol
Ever since the Quebec Nordiques decamped in 1995, leaving a hole in the Francophone city, vote-seeking officials have vowed to bring them back. But younger voters may be starting to forget the team.www.nytimes.com
QC doesn't have a team because it wasn't making money in the 90s and the NHL doesn't view it as a legitimate market due to its size and battling with fans for Montreal.
As if this does not apply to Quebec.
Allegedly, in the very early 1800s one of my ancestors owned a ton of land that is now Dayton, Ohio.
Mad respect to Meruelo for swindling the league out of $700M
What if you include Montreal GDP into Quebec City while you are at it, it's quite similar only 2 hours and a half from Quebec City
It always boils down to location and owner. CFL and MLS are failing here because the stadiums suck, they're in shitty locations, and the owners have been trash. It's the trifecta.
the point is there is no other game in town for Green Bay.
Thanks for posting this, I was going to write something similar. Hopefully people can stop with the Green Bay comparisons.
Weber is only owed $2m in real cash after this season, so they probably don’t give a shit. He’s also the only LTIR that’s on their books.
Very few people are travelling long distances for the NHL are the type of customers that are the lifeblood of NHL teams. NHL teams rely heavily on season ticket holders to be in the green. People aren't travelling from over an hour for 41 games a year.
