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Originally Posted by SebC
Metro population isn't the only factor in market size for a sports team.
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For MLS it should be factor #1. Factor #2 should be ethnic/immigrant population, and I'd guess Calgary is way down the list in that regard. Toronto for example now has a larger ethnic population than an anglo/franco population. Most US cities have a significant Hispanic population now.
Small market Canadian teams are box office and TV ratings poison in the US.
What Calgary has going for it is wealth and growth.
I'd like to see MLS here, but there are many larger markets.