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Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02
One bonus for baseball is their season doesn't overlap with the Canucks. Imagine how much attention the "Grizzlies" would have got in Vancouver last year? Yes, baseball would also hurt for the first part of the season, but it wraps up the regular season right when the NHL resumes, and a Vancouver MLB team in the playoffs would likely dominate the sports media for the month of October if it were to happen.
It will always be a hockey-first City. That's a given, but #2 is up for grabs. Sorry, the CFL still isn't "major-league" and the MLS is a bit higher than the CFL due to the fact it's an American league mostly. But I think a Vancouver MLB team run properly in an awesome ball park could easily grab the #2 spot. Basketball would do well also, BUT they are always going to be facing up against the Canucks.
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#2 will always be up for grabs in this town. You have the Lions, and the 'Caps as the two teams that are competing for that second spot in the hearts of Vancouverites. With that being said, the NBA is still a more plausible and realistic shot here in Van., only because of that issue with stadium. building a new ballpark isn't going to fly here, especially after a newly renovated BC Place, where government just spent half a billion dollars on it. I understand your points, though, and yeah, it'd be awesome to have a MLB team here, but I just cannot see it being done 10-20 years from now at the very least.
An NBA franchise may go head on head with the Canucks, but like you've said, being #2 isn't all that bad. There will be support for the NBA franchise, it's just that more of it will be going to the Canucks, where it should be, because of the hockey mad town we're in. that's just reality.
And having a ballpark out in the suburbs just doesn't make much sense. Having the stadium in downtown Van., or nearabouts the area, will make more sense, as businesses are down there.
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