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Is there anyone right now with a viable stadium awaiting a tenant? I don't think so. Market wise, I think Portland is the only realistic one. One pro team (sorry MLS fans) in town that doesn't play in the summer. Maybe San Antonio for the same reason. People keep throwing around North Jersey. I just don't see it as viable at all. Even though New York City is massive, those fans are already Yankees or Mets fans. It'd be like opening a mom-and-pop shop next to a Wal-Mart. A nice idea, but not viable. What about Indianapolis? I'm not too familiar with the stadium landscape. They obviously can't use Lucas Oil, but is there a demand for ball there?

Omaha????

Wow...completely forgot about Pippen playing for the Rockets until you posted that. Randy Johnson was drafted by the Expos though. And although it still doesn't look right, I don't know if it qualifies.

A reason (not the main reason) for needing the realignment was the time zone factor and the TV ratings that go along with it. This makes it worse than it was. You'd have teams in 3 different time zones in the same division. Your idea in the East isn't as bad, but it does break up some rivals. You have the New Yorks and Pittsburgh separate from Jersey and Philly. Not a major deal, but it's a factor. I'm ok with the current alignment but Metropolitan is a brutal division name.

I remember hearing this 10 years ago? when they moved into their new arena. It never came to fruition.

(Quebec City) would be the smallest market in North American pro sports Ahem... Quebec (Lévis) : 765,706 Green Bay Metro Area: 311,098 Source: www.citypopulation.de *I realize that the Packers have all of Wisconsin (6 million) behind them, but the Quebec City NHL team would have half of Quebec Province (and probably a sizeable portion of the Maritimes) on its side. That's at least 4 million potential viewers, which is enough of a market for an NHL team. Yes, there is the issue of exchange rates and corporate sponsorship, blah, blah - but most of the profitable teams in the NHL are north of the Canada-US border. Exactly. A city/region of a million people where 75% of the population cares about hockey, is much more valuable than a city/region of 3 million where 5% of the population cares about hockey.

As much as I'd like the Yotes to stay in the desert, if they haven't turned things around by now (playoff runs the last few years, WCF last year), I don't think it will turn out.

Sorry but how is this rare?

This matchup had to have only happened once, right? Would've only played once last season, and no inter-conference play this season.

Wow.

Almost positive that the Warriors had just rebranded and these Wizards unis were in their last season.

Picture of Glendale's Mayor POTD

I'll be sad to see them go. Nice identity overall, especially the original set. I've still got the original white jersey tucked away somewhere.

Winnipeg. Were there any other real options at that point though? The cities that had arenas (KC, Houston, etc.) had no interest whatsoever in a team. Seattle wasn't in the mix yet.

^ Gary Bettman is Commissioner of the NHL. Any American city with a guy who says he might be interested will take precedent to a Canadian city with a complete ownership group, arena plans, season tickets sold and uniforms already manufactured.

For hockey, I realize that they want Pittsburgh in with Philly and Washington, but wouldn't it be more logical to bump Columbus and Pittsburgh to the Northeast; and Florida and Tampa Bay to the Atlantic?

This reminds me of back in 2002 when the NFL realigned, some columnist on some site recommended that the NFL realign based on team names It went more or less like this: Birds division: Eagles, Falcons, Ravens, Cardinals Cats: Lions, Panthers, Bengals, Jaguars Barnyard animals: Rams, Colts, Chargers, Broncos Historical: Chiefs, Redskins, Patriots, Cowboys Mythological: Giants, Titans, Vikings, Saints (I realize Vikings and Saints are/were real) Industrial: Steelers, Jets, Packers, 49ers Aquatic: Bucanneers, Raiders, Dolphins, Seahawks Leftover: Browns, Bills, Bears, Texans

EAST Northeast Montreal Toronto Ottawa Buffalo Boston Quebec Pittsburgh Atlantic New York New York New Jersey Philadelphia Washington Carolina Florida Tampa Bay WEST Central Detroit Columbus Nashville Chicago St. Louis Winnipeg Dallas Minnesota Pacific LA Anaheim San Jose Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Colorado Division winners + 6 best teams per conference make playoffs. Done. playoffs. Done.

Out of curiousity, what's the Yotes attendance during the playoffs been?

If this team was in Kansas City, Pittsburgh or Baltimore, where the fans are loyal but hungry for a winning team, they would sell out every single night. Are there any cities with an MLB-ready baseball stadium? I don't think there is. But as far as markets, I think that Portland is the only realistic option, they just have to build a park. Vancouver would be nice, but I understand the MLB's reluctance to try Canada again.

I'm just curious to what their attendance was for the last 10 or so games of the year and the 2 playoff games. This season should have seen a huge spike, especially at the end, considering they beat out the team that 'stole' their superstar in Carl Crawford, the Red Sox.