Attention Sports Fans

A Sports Steal of a Deal

Do you want a deal. How does 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas, and 1 program sound for a small price of only $34. This bargain basement deal is for the highly competitive Florida Marlins Major League Baseball team in Miami, Florida. A night out to a movie and dinner for four will ver easily exceed one hundred dollars. Of coarse this depends on which resteraunt you choose.
The troubling part of this is that the attendance for homegames last season was dead last in the National League. Can it be that the heat of Miami i making people delerious. Even bad traffic can't account for this. What a waste! The only time this team has seen big attendance was in their last World Series but since then attendance has been steadily growing more dismal.
Why not move the team? After all three different owners groups haven't been able to work any magic in Florida. So why not find them a new home where fans would attend if if they are routing for the away team. Believe it or not there just maybe a few cities interested in being home to the team. Need a good fit? how about Charlotte, NC. Pro basketball and football are big in the Quenn city as well as minor league hockey (Charlotte Checkers) and baseball (Charlotte Knights).
So why not pro baseball? Well on the defense of MLB not having not delivered a team to the Carolinas there are three obvious bits of worthy evidence. First off the Atlanta Braves are emmensley popular in the Carolinas and are not so far away to rule them out as a place for fans to travel to a game. Second the city of Fort Mill, SC (just across the border from Charlotte) has the minor league baseball team the Charlotte Knights. This maybe the strongest arguement against bringing pro ball to the city. Even though the team has a winning tradition and good history they also struggle a bit in the area of attendance. I once attended a Knights game when it meant clinching their spot in the minor league World Series in Las Vegas. It felt odd. I almost felt lonely like I was watching from the comfort of my own den. The fans were attentively watching the game but were doing so in almost complete silence. The game was close and was a come from behind win but you certainly woudn't have knowm by looking at the crowd. The busiest time for the stadium was when the game ended and people left for the parking lot. The third problem is the basic issue for any sports franchise, MONEY! Could the taxpayers welcome pro baseball after forknig over millions to pay for a new basketball arena for the pro basketball team the Charlotte Bobcats. After the Hornets fled Charlotte (All the Owner) it left sports fans with a sour taste in their mouths and memories of winning fresh in the heads. They have no winning memories for pro baseball.
The fact is that just about any city would support the Marlins better that Miami. Plus a nigh out at the Charlotte Nights is cheap but will surely cost four much more than $34 for the same items. If a pro baseball team could come to Charlotte and offer a similar deal that the Marlins are in Miami, well let's just say its a no brainer! People in the area would love it as the whole place is booming like crazy as it is. Many northern baseball fans are moving to the city and would surely like to be able to support a new home team. Personally I would love it. My whole family loves baseball and we would go as regularly as possible. We also would do as we always do when at any sporting event. Be loud and help get the crowd in the game (and out of their trances.) You never know, it could happen!.!!!!!!