MaxieMan98 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I came across this blog from the province and had to get CDC's valued opinion.http://blogs.theprovince.com/2015/07/27/the-morning-skate-blue-jays-fans-swarm-seattle-so-could-mlb-in-vancouver-work-plus-winning-whitecaps-and-more/ After reading this a couple things came to mind. The first being would you support at team in Vancouver? I am torn to answer this because I definitely feel like I would follow a team in Vancouver, but if they were to play my beloved Yankees I think I would still root for the Bronx bombers. That is just me but I feel like it would bode the same way for many baseball fans in this city. Hypothetically speaking,Where would we play? BC place? What happened to that piece of land by waterfront where there was supposed to be the new whitecaps stadium, is that a possible location? Would this project be too much of a burden on taxpayers? I would agree that sports fans in Vancouver are very much fair weather fans to a point. And that point is the price of a ticket for a sporting event in vI'm probably not going to shell out 200 bucks to watch the Canucks vs Edmonton on a Tuesday in April when both teams are out of the playoff picture. It's just not worth it. Now if the prices were fairly reasonable I would probably go to more than a few a year. I hope this creates some interesting discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovesLikeDatsyuk Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 NOOOOOOPE. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Wouldn't work. Not enough people. Also doubt MLB expands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxieMan98 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 NOOOOOOPE. That is all. I made this for discussion, so would you mind elaborating a little bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Need a new stadium. There's no room in downtown for it I assume. I do think there's an interest, but it's probably in the range of 25k-30k. I assume MLB is happy with making money from the Vancouver market by us going down to Seattle and watching the jays broadcasts. Better options for expansion if they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovesLikeDatsyuk Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I made this for discussion, so would you mind elaborating a little bit? I played Baseball my entire life. I just dont ever seeing it taking off anywhere but Toronto. I dont have much to base it off of other than my own opinion. Soccer Basketball are both bigger than Baseball in Canada and we got enough trouble supporting that. Plus our $ stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Specter Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Need a new stadium. There's no room in downtown for it I assume. I do think there's an interest, but it's probably in the range of 25k-30k. I assume MLB is happy with making money from the Vancouver market by us going down to Seattle and watching the jays broadcasts. Better options for expansion if they want. Sestito with the knock-out punch on most of the reasons why Vancouver wouldn't be able to sustain an MLB team. Personally, I am happy with the Vancouver Canadians providing a nice source of "professional" baseball. Unfortunately, our fickle city fan-base wouldn't do the new ball club any favours, especially having to build form the ground-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Mulder Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Sestito with the knock-out punch on most of the reasons why Vancouver wouldn't be able to sustain an MLB team. Personally, I am happy with the Vancouver Canadians providing a nice source of "professional" baseball. Unfortunately, our fickle city fan-base wouldn't do the new ball club any favours, especially having to build form the ground-up. Unfortunately, you are correct. If we got an MLB team and their record was 50-112 the first season, 55-107 the second, and 52-110 in the third, attendance would drop from 75-80% down to 50-60% in a hurry. The team would be out of town the first chance it could. At a cost to taxpayers as well. For whatever reason, the people of Vancouver expect a team to compete for a championship every year. If they don't, people stop caring and don't support the teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Phaneuf Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Would probably be amongst the biggest failures in major sports in modern times (90s til present). NBA or NFL would have a much larger following and a chance at actually succeeding to a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 NBA would succeed here. Wouldn't be a big market but it'd be fine. Increase in minority population. Globalization of the NBA. Last seasons raptors game sold out. This year they'll sell out. Volleyball and basketball are the two most popular high school sports. Simple. Baseball is still failing to connect with a younger audience, so the team in Vancouver would have to be instantly successful (within two or three years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 BC Place was built in hopes that Vancouver might land a MLB team and it has hosted baseball games in the past. Wouldn't work these days though with the big screen in the middle. I'm sure it can be easily removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil B From The Pack Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Imo, the MLB is more likely to contract teams than to add teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Great time for a sports team is when your currency is crap and about to plummet even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Montreal is already trying to look at getting MLB back. I'd be very happy with that. The real issue is our weather. You'd have build a field like Safeco Field in Seattle with a retractable roof, and yes a real grass field! (Something I can't stand about BC Place. Just have grass dammit!) Summers like this one are exceptions not the rule. However if we are in an era of climate change, and things are warmer and drier then perhaps we can have more beautiful days for baseball. The reality is there is 81 home games per 162 game season. Texas who's in the middle of pack attendance wise only averages 31,710 fans per game. Seattle averages 29,724, and Toronto averages 28,735. Chicago who has not won a World Series since 1908, averages 35,295 fans per game. And Canucks fans gripe about us not winning a cup in 45 years! I think baseball does have a fan base here. If you have an atmosphere like Nat Bailey Stadium, good food, good drinks. and a nice day in the sun, there's nothing like it. Only issue is you'd have to balance the price structure for ticket prices against attendance. So the owner would have to have deep pockets for it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horvatian One Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Personally, I think that the NBA coming back here would be successful, especially with the Trail Blazers being the only team in the Northwest. Fans from Seattle would want to get a team back there but if a team lands in Vancouver, I think we could see a lot of fans down there coming up here to watch games. would be real cool to see Montreal get the MLB back, and Vancouver get the NBA back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 MLB in Montreal NHL in Quebec City NBA in Vancouver CFL in Halifax That's all Canada needs to add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Not enough "sports fans" in Vancouver. There are mostly bandwagoners in town. Canucks aren't contenders anymore = "The Canucks sucks... they never gonna win the cup!" Whitecaps = "OMG.... it's not Real Madrid or ManU..... no Beckham, not gonna watch!" BC Lion = "CFL? Pfft... why would I want to watch rejects that can't make it to the NFL?" Canadians = "There's no baseball in Vancouver... you stupid?" The only way I can think of MLB being successful here is if the team are very long-term. Like they're gonna offer student discounts or very cheap tickets so family and kids can easily attend.... thus capturing fans from a young age. Then those kids become adults, able to spend more money on the team (food, beer, merchandise), and eventually bring their own kids. On a barely related note.... Just watched a Hanshin Tigers game in Japan... and wow. Talk about passion and atmosphere. It puts the Southsiders to shame. You can bring you own food/drinks into the stadium, and if you're outta beer.... don't worry, they have girls wearing beer kegs to refill your cup. If only North America can be mature enough to let it happen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANUCK-EXPRESS Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 MLB, NBA? I'm down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 David Price's contract alone for next season will be more than $225M over 7 sears , almost $31M per season for 1 player MLB has a 40 player roster, not to mention a farm system and Stadium. Even Jimmy Pattison couldn't afford a MLB team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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