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Originally Posted by Nomad9
Pensacola is only about 45 or so mins from Mobile, and Gulfport is a similar distance, but the problem is that coastal MS, AL, and the FL panhandle are not high income, so I’m not sure that kind of dispersed, middle class population base would support a pro team.
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Thank you for providing the timeage. I agree that, since each metro itself is not particularly high income, wealth is an issue. But, in Alabama’s and Florida’s coastal communities there is a higher level of wealth. People who hold real estate on, live on, and winter in hold a lot of money. Winter-birds who would want to leave the monotony of the beach for a day, and might not have an American pro-team they care for might be interested. Btw, counties like Baldwin in Alabama and Escambia & Santa Rosa in Florida have wealthy enough communities that likely have relatively high median income.
I think the MS, AL, FL mid- Gulf Coast question is similar to Vegas. The difference is distance, IMO. Maybe if the stadium, or arena, was built in Baldwin County (between the more populous metros) along with ALDOT actually getting around to constructing a Mobile River bridge could prove more successful than having the facility in Mobile (being more convenient to Pensacola).
Again, unlikely... interesting, yeah... worth looking into, maybe...