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Originally Posted by PhillyPDX
And it seems like they might not even announce expansion teams until 2028. We are talking YEARS down the road, likely even for an announcement, let alone construction start and actual game play. Crap, my baseball loving/playing kid will be in town for maybe one year before heading to college at that point. He's 10 now...
And this is even before the recent chaos around TB. For a long time the (un)official talk of expansion was notably set to be after resolving the Oakland and TB stadium issues. Oakland is moving to LV, and TB had a stadium deal in the works, thus setting the stage for expansion talks. Now, with the late March shocking news that TB will NOT advance the much needed new stadium as promised, what does that do to the overall timeline? Now there are threats of TB leaving TB altogether now (Orlando?). Surely if Oak/TB stadiums affected expansion talks before, will it again affect that timeline?
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Tampa should move to Charlotte or Nashville. Both want teams and can get a stadium done. Then they can move on to expansion. Our major competitors appears to be Salt Lake City. SLC is a smaller market with more sports competition. No clue what the final criteria will be for choosing a market. It would if an owner would emerge for the Portland team and help advocate for it.
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