Brian in Boston Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Major League Lacrosse will be adding a pair of expansion franchises in 2012.A Charlotte, North Carolina-based team is expected to call American Legion Memorial Stadium home.A Columbus, Ohio team will play its home games at Crew Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Memorial Stadium? Gross. It's historical, but that place is a dump. If this does happen, I'd expect them to move to the Matthews Sportsplex when it opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 After two, and going on three, seasons with 6 teams in the league, I am glad to hear MLL is expanding again. It seems that they are not overly ambitious in expanding outside of their capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Both places make sense, if you ask me.Charlotte is in the heart of lacrosse country for the South, so to speak. Duke and North Carolina has consistanly produced high level college teams year in and year out. To see a pro team in the Triangle will help the sport.Same with Columbus as Ohio State has a lacrosse team as well. It also doesn't hurt that they'll use Crew Stadium, which is a damn nice looking place. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Both places make sense, if you ask me.Charlotte is in the heart of lacrosse country for the South, so to speak. Duke and North Carolina has consistanly produced high level college teams year in and year out. To see a pro team in the Triangle will help the sport.Same with Columbus as Ohio State has a lacrosse team as well. It also doesn't hurt that they'll use Crew Stadium, which is a damn nice looking place.Two different markets. Charlotte isn't part of the Triangle. That's Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill. I think a team might do OK here. They could use the soccer complex that may go unused if the new league doesn't get approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Dammit I want a team in the ATL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Both places make sense, if you ask me.Charlotte is in the heart of lacrosse country for the South, so to speak. Duke and North Carolina has consistanly produced high level college teams year in and year out. To see a pro team in the Triangle will help the sport.Same with Columbus as Ohio State has a lacrosse team as well. It also doesn't hurt that they'll use Crew Stadium, which is a damn nice looking place.Two different markets. Charlotte isn't part of the Triangle. That's Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill. I think a team might do OK here. They could use the soccer complex that may go unused if the new league doesn't get approved.Swing and a miss on my part. But, I do have to think that the success of Duke and UNC in lacrosse will have an impact on the Charlotte franchise. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Seeing that a new lacrosse league has been founded reminded me of this thread and some relative news:The Columbus, Ohio franchise will be known as the Ohio Machine (not to be confused with the defunct Chicago Machine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Charlotte is in the heart of lacrosse country for the South, so to speak. Duke and North Carolina has consistanly produced high level college teams year in and year out. To see a pro team in the Triangle will help the sport.Um... Duke and North Carolina surround Raleigh, not Charlotte. Kinda like saying putting a team in Cleveland is good because Pittsburghers would support it.And no, Charlotte having an MLL team won't be impacted one whit by the NCAA teams. Raleighites (Raleighans?) barely go to Charlotte to catch the Carolina Panthers in any numbers, so MLL won't draw flies from here in Charlotte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Charlotte is in the heart of lacrosse country for the South, so to speak. Duke and North Carolina has consistanly produced high level college teams year in and year out. To see a pro team in the Triangle will help the sport.Um... Duke and North Carolina surround Raleigh, not Charlotte. Kinda like saying putting a team in Cleveland is good because Pittsburghers would support it.And no, Charlotte having an MLL team won't be impacted one whit by the NCAA teams. Raleighites (Raleighans?) barely go to Charlotte to catch the Carolina Panthers in any numbers, so MLL won't draw flies from here in Charlotte.Same with the 'Canes - I don't think many Charlotteans frequent Hurricanes games. It's a little less than a 3 hour drive from one to the other, but they really are two completely separate markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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