07-07-2009, 03:48 PM
Destined, I agree with you on some of those things. Instead of Long Beach, it'd be better to put a new team near Venice Beach, which is definitely a long ways from either stadium, is a highly populated area, and has its own identity...it could be the beach/Hollywood team.
I disagree with you about packing the park. Californians, especially in the L.A. area, just plain like to go to baseball games. As you mentioned, Angel fans are intense and plentiful. And Dodger Stadium consistently draws as many fans as any team in baseball.
And it's not because "Dodger Stadium is huge." For instance, Cleveland's old stadium (before Jacobs) held 80,000, but curiously, they never once beat the Dodgers in attendance.
You're telling me a new team, (call 'em the Hollywood Stars,) with a park near that Beverly Hills/Santa Monica power corridor couldn't make money? I'm gonna have to disagree with you.
I disagree with you about packing the park. Californians, especially in the L.A. area, just plain like to go to baseball games. As you mentioned, Angel fans are intense and plentiful. And Dodger Stadium consistently draws as many fans as any team in baseball.
And it's not because "Dodger Stadium is huge." For instance, Cleveland's old stadium (before Jacobs) held 80,000, but curiously, they never once beat the Dodgers in attendance.
You're telling me a new team, (call 'em the Hollywood Stars,) with a park near that Beverly Hills/Santa Monica power corridor couldn't make money? I'm gonna have to disagree with you.
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