Would Charlotte Support The Tampa Rays?

[dimbee]

As bad as the Panthers are playing, I could definitely see Charlotte supporting an MLB team contending in the playoffs

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Baseball sucks, let MLB die, they've done it to themselves with their games that go on for months and player strikes.

And the Yankees.

[CarolinaKid704]

Great idea. Only problem with that is jet lag. I always thought that Calgary would get a team. I guess since Montreal didn't workout, Calgary was out of the question.

I meant literally take it out of America and install it in Asia.

[Hawk]

Calgary couldn't even support a triple A team when it was there...same with Edmonton. Vancouver would be a maybe, Montreal too

[Grammer]

that can't be real

it is, florida on a whole couldn't give less of a poo about baseball... no matter how good a team is

[Miaoww]

Charlotte doesn't support the Panthers and they only have 8 home games a year, not 81.

[Panthers128]

I do not enjoy the game of baseball and dislike nearly everything about it. Count me out.

[Matt Foley]

Yes. Would it challenge the haves of baseball? No. Would it be better than Cincinnati (nine years out of 10), Oakland, Kansas City, Pittsburgh....yep.

Transient isn't a bad thing. Helps the Panthers sell a lot of tickets.

Charlotte would draw from Columbia, Greensboro, Winston Salem, Raleigh...maybe even Asheville. Not huge numbers, but maybe a thousand or two for the big name series.

Beauty of it is you don't need a gigantic stadium to keep up with the Jerry Joneses. Build a nice, quirky park with 45,000 good seats and people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come. For reasons they can't even fathom.

And the beauty of it is the Rays are built to contend for the next five years. ****** them up before Vegas beats you to it.

[fitty76]

And Jerry Reese is a f'ing idiot!

Charlotte won't even support the Bobcats and lately has even had questions about supporting the Panthers.

South Florida is terrible at supporting teams anyway. Just ask the Jaguars who had to tarp over seats to consistently meet the NFL's sell out rule.

I don't care how many lawsuit Reese bring against the city, there no way that it would support a MLB team.

Build a stadium for the Knight to play Uptown before the city spends more money it doesn't have to build a bigger stadium. This is NOT the Field of Dreams! "If you build it they will come!" Shoeless Joe Jackson isn't coming back from the dead to play for the Charlotte Rays!

I'm not watching Minor League baseball. I don't care where it is.

[Squirrel]

No. In 10 years maybe.

That was said 5 years ago. Charlotte could support a MLB team right now.

[The_Cannon]

This website did a list of the 9 places that deserved the Rays more than Tampa does and Charlotte was #9 http://www.totalprosports.com/2010/09/29/9-cities-that-deserve-the-devil-rays-more-than-tampa-bay/

[Happy Panther]

I think if some guy built a baseball field behind his house they would come

[Porn Shop Clerk]

At least there would be a sport in Charlotte where the fanbase could sit down the whole time. Maybe it is a perfect marriage.

[Starscream]

Charlotte doesn't support the Panthers and they only have 8 home games a year, not 81.

There is a big difference in ticket prices between NFL and the MLB (unless you're in NY, Chicago, or LA). An MLB team would have a lot more casual fans show up just to have an afternoon out at the ballpark.