From this article https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...xpansion-chasehttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...xpansion-chase
A Salt Lake City consortium led by the former owner of the Utah Jazz plans to pursue a Major League Baseball franchise in the coming years, touting the area's population growth, strong economy and baseball history as draws for a coveted expansion slot, people involved with the project told ESPN.
Big League Utah, a group headed by longtime Jazz owner Gail Miller, will join Nashville's Music City Baseball and the Portland Diamond Project in lobbying to join the current 30 MLB organizations. Las Vegas, considered a prime destination for a franchise, has emerged as a strong candidate if the Oakland Athletics relocate.
This is some bullshit. Started hearing rumblings about this a while back, they think they are going to build it between the Airport and down town, currently a desolate shithole once you get past Red Iguana and before you get to the HUGE new Airport I just experienced for the first time after decades of the old one.
I have talked to some of these folks and I guess LHM thinks they can do a mixed use real estate deal around a new stadium similar to the Battery in Atlanta. This is apples to oranges for a dozen reasons, chief of which is the Braves were an established franchise that have a huge following across the south thanks to TBS in the early cable days and the fact Atlanta is literally a hub and spoke center of the South East. People come to the city for Braves games AND events at the Battery. Trust me I sell the Hotel that's there it does VERY well.
Are folks from ID, WY & farther going to come to SLC for baseball?!?
Plus the local politics will fuck this up like they did the Real Salt Lake stadium which should of been downtown but ended up in another city entirely, Sandy
Real Sandy, its some bullshit.
Just dont see this happening no matter how much lipstick they put on this pig.
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