Could Raleigh eventually host a Franchise?

[Randolph Panther]

In regards to Raleigh I think a more logical question might be could another NBA franchise work out there?  I would think probably not with the way college basketball is. 

[Seltzer]

4 minutes ago, Randolph Panther said:

In regards to Raleigh I think a more logical question might be could another NBA franchise work out there?  I would think probably not with the way college basketball is. 

There are more UNC and Duke fans in Charlotte than Hornets fans.

College basketball is more popular in Charlotte than NBA. It would make even less sense in Raleigh regardless of population 

[4Corners]

1 hour ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

In 25 years?

How about that team in Cleveland? 

2042: The Raleigh Browns?

Rawlee already has the Cleveland Browns of college sports - NC State 

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, Seltzer said:

Did you actually read that article?

It said in 10 years the Research Triangle CSA (Combined Statistical Area), which is a combination of the Raleigh/Cary & the Durham/Chapel Hill MSA's surpass the 2017 population of the Charlotte CSA.

So if Charlotte doesn't grow a single person over the next 10 years it could happen.

And Raleigh boosters always conflagate the percentage growth rate of the Raleigh/Cary MSA (which is by percentage the fastest growing metro area) with the RTP (Triangle) CSA, which is not growing as fast when you factor in Durham, etc but has a larger overall population closer to Charlotte area.

Anyway, long story short. Raleigh and the Triangle is undoubtably fast-growing. Raleigh already has a significant sports presence with the college sports teams there and the Hurricanes. The area doesn't lack for sports options.

However, Charlotte is still significantly larger by any measure today, and continues to adds more resident in real numbers every year. In 10 years, Charlotte will still be larger than Raleigh and the Charlotte CSA will be larger than the RTP CSA unless Charlotte just ceases to grow altogether.

Saying Raleigh is growing faster than Charlotte is like saying Charlotte is growing faster than NYC. Both are technically true by looking at percentage but in real numbers it's not true.

Anyway, Charlotte is the logical place for a NFL team in the Carolinas by any measurement (population, existing sports teams, geography, etc.)

And that's not a knock on Raleigh which I love to visit. Both areas are growing very fast, and the temptation for both areas is to believe (and to manipulate numbers) to seem the fasting growing.

You're  correct. 

The point is though, that Raleigh and the surrounding area have more than enough people to support an NFL franchise.  The Panthers arrived in Charlotte more than 20 years ago when the population wasn't what it is today in Charlotte or Raleigh. 

[!stUp]

1 hour ago, *FreeFua* said:

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

The Huddle, where the jokes write themselves.

[toldozer]

Why did this make it 4 pages? 

[CarolinaSamurai]

Charlotte Rank: 17

Raleigh Rank: 43

Charlotte MSA: 22

Raleigh MSA: 43

 Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill Population: 2,037,430

 Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia Population: 2,632,249 

14. Raleigh, NC

Pop. Growth 2016: 2.43% (5)
Proj. Pop. Growth 2017: 3.09% (3)
19. Charlotte

Pop. Growth 2016: 1.78% (13)
Proj. Pop. Growth 2017: 2.04% (9)

Raleigh is near the top in growth however to get to Charlottes population your need to grow much faster or have Charlotte decline. Your already near the top so growing faster isn't going to happen. Charlotte isn't declining so that isn't going to happen. 

Right now at the current rate you can't catch up to us. Maybe one day but we are talking maybe many many years for that to happen so probably not in our lifetime. 

[*FreeFua*]

6 minutes ago, !stUp said:

The Huddle, where the jokes write themselves.

[!stUp]

2 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

[PhillyB]

2 hours ago, RoaringRiot said:

The NFL won't be around in 25 years

[*FreeFua*]

18 minutes ago, !stUp said:

http://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance

 

You might not want to clinch the link...

If you do, you especially don’t want to go through the last few seasons either...

Spoiler alert: it’s not good

[Joe the Show]

This area doesn't give two shiits about hockey.  Replace it with an NFL team and it sells out every week.  Guaranteed.

[AggieLean]

Bring a team to Greensboro or Winston! Sorry Panthers, id switch my loyalties with the quickness if that ever happened.

It won’t, but it’s cool to think about it.

[Davidson Deac II]

10 minutes ago, AggieLean said:

Bring a team to Greensboro or Winston! Sorry Panthers, id switch my loyalties with the quickness if that ever happened.

It won’t, but it’s cool to think about it.

I remember a few years ago when there was talk of moving the Minnesota Twins to the Triad.  It was never seriously considered, and the area doesn't have the necessary population to support a MLB team, but it was interesting to talk about anyway.