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    • 04/12/2023 at 1:17 PM #187775
      ProudUte
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      A press conference today announced that Utah (under the Miller Group) is going to try to bring major league baseball to Utah. They have talked to MLB leaders and they believe they have a good chance of getting a team.
      I am glad it’s baseball and not football. An NFL team would reduce interest in Utes football as the Jazz did to the basketball team. I would not want to compete with the NFL.

    • 04/12/2023 at 1:24 PM #187776
      ProudUte
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      They said they want to have a Triple-A and Major League baseball team in Salt Lake County.  That seems odd to me.  The Major League stadium will be built by I80 and I215 in West SLC.  

    • 04/12/2023 at 1:45 PM #187779
      CincyUte
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      Would this be the smallest market in MLB?

      • 04/12/2023 at 1:59 PM #187781
        ProudUte
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        I can’t think of a smaller market MLB team.

        • 04/12/2023 at 2:09 PM #187784
          PlainsUte
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          Yeah, I thought maybe Milwaukee/Wisconsin but considering the pop of the respective cities and states SLC/Utah is about half the size of that market.  If you argue a “Utah” team would draw from the Intermountain West rather than be limited at the state lines like the Brewers (due to existence of Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit teams) maybe you could make an argument for sufficient size for a team.

      • 04/12/2023 at 2:02 PM #187782
        Extra Medium
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        Saw this on Twitter…take it for what it’s worth. 

        “Salt Lake City” is not the market. SLC-Provo-Ogden is all a single market. 2.65 million people in the SLC-Ogden-Provo area. Currently more than: – Milwaukee – Cincinnati – Pittsburgh – Cleveland – Kansas City Give us an MLB team AND a NHL team, NOW. We’re big enough.

        • 04/12/2023 at 2:11 PM #187785
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          PlainsUte
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          If you are going to cite “market” you ahve to do apples-to-apples. Milwaukee draws fans from all of Wisconsin – 6 million population vs 3 million for Utah.

          • 04/12/2023 at 2:28 PM #187786
            CincyUte
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            Same with Cincinnati.  They draw from the entire tristate, particularly Dayton and northern Kentucky.

        • 04/13/2023 at 10:50 AM #187814
          Rick
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          The market is typically the DMA which is the television broadcast boundary.  Salt Lake City DMA is the largest geographic DMA in the USA due to the broadcast reach of KSL and the LDS Church.  So it is the entire state of Utah, parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Colorado.  By DMA data, SLC is 29th and larger than San Diego, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Las Vegas.  The big question is how does TV eyeballs translate to butts in seats in the incredibly long season with a ton of home games?  Not sure.  I do know that even the most storied franchises don’t sell out a majority of their home games.  I would go to some games but no way would I buy season tickets.

    • 04/12/2023 at 2:02 PM #187783
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      Extra Medium
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      If they aren’t the Utah Pioneers or Gulls I’ll be disappointed. 

    • 04/12/2023 at 3:19 PM #187787
      cicampbe
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      Portland, Oregon, my hometown, has been working with the MLB for 20+ years to get a team. Effectively, the same size market as SLC. Buckle in. It’s a long ride.

    • 04/12/2023 at 4:48 PM #187796
      fosternano
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      With Vegas being there other considered market I would be shocked if it doesn’t go there. Both the NHL golden knights and raiders have seemed to really find their spark and Vegas is pushing for a team in every major sport now.

      • 04/12/2023 at 8:29 PM #187800
        UtesRule
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        Vegas is likely going to get the A’s as a relocation team before then.

    • 04/12/2023 at 8:28 PM #187799
      UtesRule
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      PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!

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