Could Raleigh eventually host a Franchise?

[top dawg]

Just now, fieryprophet said:

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.

I like how you completely ignore all the 'burbs, Durham and Chapel Hill. This area has well over a million people. 

[TheRed]

Who the fug wants to go to Raleigh?

[4Corners]

LOL!!!! Rawlee has trouble supporting a Stanley cup winning NHL franchise. What an absurd thought to begin with! 

[fieryprophet]

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

I like how you completely ignore all the 'burbs, Durham and Chapel Hill. This area has well over a million people. 

And? That stills leaves the Charlotte MSA as double the size of Raleigh's. Hell, with all the talk of the Panthers moving away from Charlotte because of it being a "small market" how would Raleigh even compete?

[4Corners]

1 minute ago, TheRed said:

Who the fug wants to go to Raleigh?

Rawlee is a dump and so is Durm. 

[*FreeFua*]

There’s roughly 24 people in attendance for Hurricanes games, why would you put another franchise there?

[All about the Benjamin]

7 minutes ago, fieryprophet said:

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.

Raleigh 1.27 million, Charlotte 2.42 million population bases. You're off

[RoaringRiot]

19 minutes ago, 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

The NFL won't be around in 25 years

[All about the Benjamin]

So much hate for the 919 in thread haha. What about a competing AFC team like other states? Just a thought. 

Also, hockey is not really a southern sport like football. Harder to get people around here behind it

[NanuqoftheNorth]

2 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Who the fug wants to go to Raleigh?

In 25 years?

How about that team in Cleveland? 

2042: The Raleigh Browns?

[Davidson Deac II]

17 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

Charlotte brings in the Sub-Carolinians

I mean South Carolinians. 

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

I agree, but FYI, Wake is closer to Charlotte than Raleigh.   

[panthersphan]

Let's move the Broncos to Colorado Springs while we're at it......

[PantherFanInPhilly]

Beat me to it.

[top dawg]

13 minutes ago, fieryprophet said:

And? That stills leaves the Charlotte MSA as double the size of Raleigh's. Hell, with all the talk of the Panthers moving away from Charlotte because of it being a "small market" how would Raleigh even compete?

The talk of the Panthers moving because of Charlotte being a "small market" is like whispers drowned out by the wind.  Moreover,  the way things are headed,  in a decade the Raleigh area will be larger than Charlotte's.  

https://www.lawnstarter.com/raleigh-nc-lawn-care/research-triangle-population-forecast

All I am saying is that don't talk about this area like some red-headed stepchild.  It's the fastest growing in this state (and one of the fastest in the country).