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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Presumably it's the low median income of the people who actually live there. The fact some casinos rake in a bunch of money from tourists doesn't mean there's a healthy market of individuals willing to pony up $2,500 to $8,000 for season tickets. There's tonnes of money in Cancun. Doesn't mean it could support a major professional sports team.
The alluring notion that tourists and transplants can support a major professional sports team has yet to be proven.
You don't think you would have heard the same thing talking to people in Phoenix, Tampa, and Miami 20 years ago?
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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I dont know, it seems to me that most people know exactly where the majority of the funding for a major professional sports team is going to come from.
Most major professional sports teams make some money from us meatbags that pay for tickets and plunk our meatbutts in their hard plastic seats to go and see these guys play but typically the local businesses and corporate money is what makes them ultimately viable.
Not to mention, these arent a string of Motel 6s or anything.