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Old 08-06-2021, 03:20 AM
 
Location: Boydton, VA
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"What pro leagues would do well in Louisville?" Wouldn't it be safe to assume that if the base was there for them to cash in on....they'd already be there ?

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Old 08-06-2021, 12:44 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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While I wouldn't bet on a Louisville NBA franchise, it has a lot of the features the league looks for in its smaller markets:

-Large enough (approx 1 million MSA) but limited growth which will prevent competition coming in from other pro sports. This is exactly why the league is in OKC and Memphis.

-No other existing pro competition - same as San Antonio, OKC, Sacramento, and Memphis, and no other team ex-MLS like Orlando, Salt Lake, Portland, others....

-Strong basketball tradition like Indy.

The NBA hates smaller markets with NFL and MLB teams, which is why no Pittsburgh, San Diego, StL, Cleveland, Baltimore, etc. It's basically figured out that any market under 3 million in the MSA needs to be pro competition free to maintain its share of entertainment spend. MLS has started to bite at its heels a little here, so with no chance of MLS Louisville is in a solid spot, while KC has an issue due to the Royals and Chiefs. A Seattle and Louisville expansion is not out of the question.
MLS is now in Sacramento,Orlando,Portland , here are the only 1 horse towns.....
Austin
San Antonio
OKC
Memphis
Jacksonville
Raleigh
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Old 08-07-2021, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Northern California
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MLS is dead in Sacramento. The investor who would have been the owner pulled out, citing losses related to the pandemic.
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Old 08-10-2021, 05:17 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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MLS is dead in Sacramento. The investor who would have been the owner pulled out, citing losses related to the pandemic.
Sacramento has one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave, many teams
have dropped the MLS expansion ball, and Louisville is a dark horse still in the running.

Both NBA/MLS have a lot of larger cities ahead of LOUISVILLE KY......
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Old 08-10-2021, 06:39 PM
 
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Sacramento has one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave, many teams
have dropped the MLS expansion ball, and Louisville is a dark horse still in the running.

Both NBA/MLS have a lot of larger cities ahead of LOUISVILLE KY......
NOT teams with zero pro sports. You must look at pro sports team PER CAPITA. Show me a metro area that has a better ration of 0 pro sports team per 1.3 million? Yes a metro area of 2 M or even 3 M on paper sounds better but even a metro area of 2 M....having three teams like Nashville? One team per 667k people? It just doesn't make sense....

NBA will KILL it in Louisville. So will MLS as evidenced by the city's attendance outperforming two MLS teams while still being minor league! Count be as someone who refuses to go to minor league soccer but will get a box for MLS. There's thousands of us with money in Louisville waiting to roll!
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Old 08-10-2021, 10:22 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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NOT teams with zero pro sports. You must look at pro sports team PER CAPITA. Show me a metro area that has a better ration of 0 pro sports team per 1.3 million? Yes a metro area of 2 M or even 3 M on paper sounds better but even a metro area of 2 M....having three teams like Nashville? One team per 667k people? It just doesn't make sense....

NBA will KILL it in Louisville. So will MLS as evidenced by the city's attendance outperforming two MLS teams while still being minor league! Count be as someone who refuses to go to minor league soccer but will get a box for MLS. There's thousands of us with money in Louisville waiting to roll!
Richmond VA, Provindence RI,,Hampton RoadsVA,,Flint MI,Birmingham Ala, Tulsa OK,
Omaha Neb, Albuquerque NM......All of these cities are less worthy than Louisville
KY!!!!
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Old 08-11-2021, 08:26 AM
 
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On page 1, someone with "inside information" (Peter1948) posts a "secret billionaire" is going to put a NBA team in Louisville. Just wondering if anyone knows how that's progressing?
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Old 08-11-2021, 09:40 PM
 
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Richmond VA, Provindence RI,,Hampton RoadsVA,,Flint MI,Birmingham Ala, Tulsa OK,
Omaha Neb, Albuquerque NM......All of these cities are less worthy than Louisville
KY!!!!
All of those cities are smaller than Louisville. Most of them much smaller. Richmond and hampton Rds have SLIGHTLY larger metro areas. But certainly not an NBA ready arena and basketball fans like Louisville.
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