RE: [nas] Resurrecting the Florida debate

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I'm not sure I'd equate tourism with fans.  One reason Florida has problems supporting their sports teams is because there are a lot of east coast transplants there.  East coasters tend to continue supporting the teams they rooted for before they retired and moved south.  So when they move to Florida, they'll continue rooting for the Yankees, Red Sox, Jets, etc.  That is why the Marlins always market based on their opponents (i.e. "Come see the Marlins when Boston comes to town", etc).  You see this to an extent on the west coast too with so many out-of-staters who have moved out here. 

 

Now, as you point out in your post, 20 years from now things will look a lot different.  But I don't know that tourism will do a lot for a sports franchise. 

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From: nas-bounces@americakicks.com [mailto:nas-bounces@americakicks.com] On Behalf Of Christopher L. Jerry
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 10:16 AM
To: NAS@americakicks.com; C. Smith
Subject: Re: [nas] Resurrecting the Florida debate

Orlando with all its tourism and being located where it is, would be an ideal spot for a soccer or any other sports team. The way its growing, in 20 years it looks like it could be the biggest metro area in Florida and I suspect that come 2025, there will be a team in all sports there, with the possible exception of the NFL seeing how its almost in the halfway point between Jacksonville and Tampa Bay

 

CJ

>>> "C. Lee Smith" <cleesmith@matchnight.com> 08/11/06 10:20 AM >>>

A team in Florida should have been and still should be located in Orlando – even if Disney is not involved.

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